The state has asked the new presidential administration for a waiver to pay more than 80 percent of reinsurance costs.
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Alaska seeks federal money to help prevent individual health care market collapse
The state Division of Insurance plans to ask the feds to offset its costs for the Alaska Reinsurance Program.
Other states look to Alaska as model for insurance relief
Donald Trump’s election as president is expected to lead to major changes in the individual health insurance market.
For some Alaskans, individual health insurance costs more each month than a mortgage
Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska is increasing premiums an average of 7.3 percent.
Senate passes bill aimed at lowering individual health insurance costs
Sen. Mia Costello noted that insurance bills now exceed many families’ mortgage payments
State says Moda members should keep paying premiums
A Moda spokesperson declined an interview request but wrote in an email the company hopes to salvage its small and large group business in Alaska.
Moda exits Alaska’s individual health insurance market
Alaska’s director of insurance estimates the company has about 10,000 individual members in Alaska and another 7,000 members on the small-group market.
Obscure rule may be driving up Alaska health care costs
Buried in state medical codes is a rule that essentially allows specialists to name a price that insurers are required to pay. “There’s nothing holding them back,” says consultant Jeff Ranf.
ACA subsidies for Alaskans may be in jeopardy
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide by the end of this month whether Affordable Care Act subsidies are legal in Alaska.