Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Ruling Could Send More Retirees Seeking Coverage To Exchanges
A U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case involving healthcare benefits for retirees could potentially have implications for insurers and beneficiaries, experts say. 鈥淭he implications of this case may well be we are going to see more and more retirees turning to the exchanges for their healthcare coverage,鈥 said Nancy Ross, a partner at the Mayer Brown law firm in Chicago. (Schencker, 1/27)
The Affordable Care Act is not so affordable for many Marylanders, according to a new survey. The landmark law that was supposed to make insurance available to hundreds of thousands of people without coverage is costing Marylanders so much more in prescription drug costs that it may deter patients from taking their medicine, the survey by the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease found. (McDaniels, 1/27)
The budget proposal Gov. Mark Dayton released Tuesday would increase state taxpayer money for MNsure to compensate for lower-than-expected enrollment in private insurance policies through the state鈥檚 health exchange. (Snowbeck, 1/27)
As MNsure wraps up its second annual health insurance open enrollment period, numerous proposals are floating around the legislature this session concerning the agency's future. (1/27)
