Oktibbeha supervisor claims employees should be paying more for dependent health insurance
An Oktibbeha County supervisor suggested publicly on Monday the county may be breaking the law in the way employees pay for health care coverage for dependents.
Federal health care website up and running after slow start
The federal website where consumers can get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act was up and running Thursday after a slow start as sign-up season for 2019 opened days before the midterm elections.
A cancer screening flop: Few smokers seek free lung scans
Lung cancer screening has proved to be stunningly unpopular. Five years after government and private insurers started paying for it, less than 2 percent of eligible current and former smokers have sought the free scans, researchers report.
Premiums rising 34 percent for most popular health plan
Premiums for the most popular “Obamacare” plans are going up an average of 34 percent, according to a study Wednesday that confirms dire predictions about the impact of political turmoil on consumers.
Senate health care deal in doubt as Trump says he’s opposed
A bipartisan Senate deal to curb the growth of health insurance premiums is reeling after President Donald Trump reversed course and opposed the agreement and top congressional Republicans and conservatives gave it a frosty reception.
Trump to issue stop-payment order on health care subsidies
In a brash move likely to roil insurance markets, President Donald Trump will “immediately” halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to unravel for months.
Trump health coverage alternatives may pose risk to the sick
The White House is working on a plan that could bring more health insurance choices and cheaper options to people buying individual and small business coverage. But the bill for this might be paid by the sick.
Study: Trump actions trigger health premium hikes for 2018
The Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers, a nonpartisan study has found.
Another round of premium hikes: blame Trump or Obama?
Another year of big premium increases and dwindling choice is looking like a distinct possibility for many consumers who buy their own health insurance — but why, and who’s to blame?
More price hikes likely for government insurance markets
Early moves by insurers suggest that another round of price hikes and limited choices will greet insurance shoppers around the country when they start searching for next year’s coverage on the public markets established by the Affordable Care Act.
Personalized IRS letters nudge uninsured to get coverage
If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman.
1 of 3 companies will leave federal health exchange in Miss.
One of three companies is preparing to leave the federally run health insurance exchange in Mississippi.
Insurance hike hits Oktibbeha Co., some employees
Oktibbeha County will absorb some higher costs associated with a recent health insurance rate hike but county employees who cover dependents and other family members, as well as retired employees, will pay slightly higher costs.
Poll: Many insured struggle with medical bills
Having health insurance is no panacea for high medical costs.
Questions over abortion coverage in health law
A nonpartisan congressional agency is raising new questions about compliance with a key compromise on abortion that allowed the federal health care law to pass in 2010.
Columbus drops insurance for retirees
The city of Columbus, because of looming increases in insurance premiums, will no longer offer health insurance coverage to its retirees.
Agents get subsidized ‘Obamacare’ using fake IDs
Undercover investigators using fake identities were able to secure taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Black Caucus cites Medicaid as unaddressed issue
Medicaid expansion is one of the biggest issues Mississippi lawmakers are failing to address this year, the chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus said Monday.
Audit: Health care subsidies vulnerable to fraud
Government subsidies to help Americans buy insurance under the health care overhaul may be vulnerable to fraud, a Treasury Department watchdog warned on Tuesday in the latest indication that troubles are far from over for President Barack Obama’s signature legislation.
Chaney: No big impact from canceled policies
JACKSON — Mississippi consumers should not see a big impact from President Barack Obama’s reversal on a key part of the federal health law, state