White House to order health care insurance alternatives
The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states.
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Trump may choose Pence ally Verma to replace ousted Price
Mentioned as a possible permanent successor to ousted health secretary Tom Price is former Indiana health care policy consultant Seema Verma, a protege of Vice President Mike Pence.
Indiana rates to climb more than 20 percent on Obamacare exchanges
Hoosiers buying health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace will pay an average of nearly $500 a month in premiums next year, a sharp rise over current rates.
Employers, workers brace for another round of health premium increases
The National Business Group on Health is projecting the total cost of providing medical and pharmacy benefits to increase 5 percent for the fifth consecutive year in 2018.
Indiana health leaders brace for possible Obamacare repeal
Health experts at an IBJ Health Care & Benefits panel discussion on Thursday said passage of the Graham-Cassidy bill could challenge Indiana's ability to care for low-income Hoosiers.
Holcomb signs letter backing Senate GOP’s health care bill
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has joined 14 other Republican governors in backing a last-ditch GOP effort to repeal former President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
Anthem buys Florida insurer in first acquisition since Cigna deal failed
The deal for HealthSun gives Anthem another 40,000 members and helps build its base in south Florida.
Indiana sees decrease in residents without health insurance
About 8 percent, or 530,000, Indiana residents lacked medical insurance in 2016, compared to 14 percent, or 903,000, residents in 2013.
Anthem expands Obamacare options in Virginia to fill holes
Anthem Inc. reversed course and said it will offer Obamacare plans in Virginia, after a pullback by another insurer threatened to leave the state with large gaps in coverage.
Judge says ‘shadow insurance’ documents can remain secret
Indiana University professor emeritus Joseph Belth sought the documents last year under an open records law, saying he believes they would expose risky financial practices that could bankrupt some insurers.
Analysts see Trump threats to insurers boosting premiums
Average premiums for individually purchased health insurance will grow around 15 percent next year, the Congressional Budget Office projected.
Anthem weighs retreating from even more Obamacare markets
The Indianapolis-based health insurer is in talks with officials in some states ahead of deadlines later this month to decide whether to sell coverage in 2018, CEO Joseph Swedish said Tuesday.
Insurance stocks jump as Irma avoids worst-case scenario
Hurricane Irma weakened as it moved past Tampa on Monday, leaving in its wake a state that avoided the worst predictions of its destruction by sea and storm.
Deadly Irma nears Florida as insurers face nightmare scenario
Damages could easily top $135 billion in Florida, with other economic losses pushing the price tag as high as $200 billion. Every county in the state could experience damaged roofs and power outages.
Anthem to sell insurance in fewer Kentucky counties
Indianapolis-based Anthem had been the only insurance carrier to sell plans in all 120 counties on Kentucky's health exchange.
Indiana proposes work mandate for state health coverage
State documents show that fewer than 30 percent of those enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan would be required to comply with Gov. Eric Holcomb's proposed work mandate.
Most Harvey victims uninsured, face big bills alone
Many families with flooded basements, soaked furniture and water-damaged walls will have to dig deep into their pockets or take on more debt to fix up their homes. Some may be forced to sell.
Obamacare’s last bare spot filled by insurer in rural Ohio
The final county in the U.S. that was at risk of not having an Obamacare insurer next year will have one. The county had been left without ACA coverage for 2018 after Anthem Inc. said it would pull out.
Indy accounting firm merges with larger Louisville company, plans growth spurt
K.B. Parrish & Co. is taking on a new name and expanding its services, with the goal of adding dozens of local workers within three years.
Baldwin & Lyons financial exec departs in termination
The Carmel-based trucking insurer says its chief accounting officer is no longer with the company after spending little more than a year in the position.