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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Humana Chief Says Obamacare Markets Are 'Just Not A Business That We Will Be Good At'
Humana Inc will not return to the individual insurance market after it exits the Obamacare exchanges this year, a market that Republicans are trying to repeal and replace through new legislation, Humana's top executive said on Thursday. (Humer, 6/22)
At this time last year, Minnesota鈥檚 individual health insurance market was in a state of collapse. This year鈥檚 state? Uncertainty. The individual health insurance market covers around 170,000 Minnesotans who don鈥檛 get insurance through an employer or a government program. It鈥檚 been plagued by skyrocketing premiums and insurer turmoil in recent years, and was only barely saved from total collapse in 2016. (Montgomery, 6/22)
Six companies requested to sell health insurance in Florida through the Obamacare exchanges. The average rate increase requested by the companies is 17.8 percent. (Ochoa, 6/22)