Virginia is moving toward a new way of insuring people with the highest medical costs as a way to bring down health insurance premiums, especially for residents who don't receive federal subsidies to offset costs that averaged almost $650 a month last year.
Virginia is moving toward a new way of insuring people with the highest medical costs as a way to bring down health insurance premiums, especially for residents who don't receive federal subsidies to offset costs that averaged almost $650 a month last year.
SEN. TED CRUZ: "Obamacare has doubled the profits of the big health insurance companies, doubled them. Obamacare has been great corporate welfare for giant health insurance companies at the same time, according to the Kaiser foundation, premiums — average families' premiums — have risen more than — have risen $7,967 per year on average. That is catastrophic that millions of Americans can't afford health care. It is a catastrophic failure of 'Obamacare.'" — Barrett nomination hearing Wednesday.
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Automobile owners in Virginia will have to shop around now to get the best deals on car insurance if they are not driving as much during the pandemic.
You'll never go back to heated blankets.
You can't control whether you lose your job and benefits because of COVID-19. But you can take steps to protect yourself in case you lose health insurance.
Couples who choose cohabitation are more likely to cite practical reasons, like finances, while married couples are more motivated by love and children.
The Infamous Stringdusters with Kitchen Dwellers: 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m., Jefferson Theater, (800) 594-8499, $34, $30 advance.
After defecting from the marketplaces, more insurers are now selling coverage for 2020.
Cultivating coffee was once a way out of poverty. As prices fall, growers are abandoning their farms for the United States.
Fewer Virginians are buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace for individuals as premiums have continued to increase, and even more people are expected to leave the marketplace as they have become eligible for Medicaid under the state’s expansion program, according to a report by the state Bureau of Insurance.
If Republicans actually tried to devise a health care system that fulfilled both conservative principles and their public promises, they'd probably propose something that looks too much like … Obamacare.
AKT, which offers dance-based workouts, will open a location in the Shops at Riverside Village, a development under construction in the Pantops area of Albemarle County.
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Company’s premiums saw record rise last year after other insurers left the area.
As open enrollment starts, insurers and local agencies are racing to educate the public.
Situation occurring despite greater competition, lower rates
Virginians who buy their health insurance on the individual market will see an average rate increase of about 9 percent in 2019, slightly less than the 13 percent increase that was anticipated earlier this year, according to the State Bureau of Insurance.
Optima Health Plan said it would lose $400 million in revenue if it could not revise its Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums in Virginia …
The State Corporation Commission said the insurer's request, made after Anthem entered the ACA marketplace, came too late.
Anthem HealthKeepers and Optima Health both have filed to cover parts of Central Virginia, ending a year of monopoly in the region.
The health care company owns Optima, whose local marketplace rates are among highest in the U.S.
It’s not surprising that the administration of Gov. Ralph Northam would dive into the problems of the health insurance market: Mr. Northam is a physician in his non-political life. What might stump the reformers, however, is how to pay for a solution.
