Michigan's economy has begun to recover from its bottom, but health plan purchasers are only coming back into the market cautiously. Demand is up for products that will yield better medical outcom…
The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…
Health reform has spiked consumer interest in the individual insurance market California, but policyholders are finding shrinking benefits in the sector; in particular, plans with maternity coverage a…
Commercial markets in Colorado and Nevada have been shaken up by expansion of HMOs and, in the case of Las Vegas, new market entrants. At the same time, local brokers say employers are not likely to s…
Uncertainty about the economy and the effects of health reform put a damper on the South's health insurance market. Commercial enrollment is essentially flat in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ten…
Health plans in Massachsuetts, coming off one of their toughest years financially, are battling state regulators over premium increases, and the battle is hitting insurers' bottom lines. Maine is…
Commercial health insurers in the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio region have experienced declining enrollment due to the economic effects of employers dropping or cutting workplace-sponsored coverage. But insu…
Now that federal healthcare reform is passed, insurance companies and their regulators are turning their focus to immediate tasks, in particular setting up a high-risk pool for an estimated 5,000 indi…
Tennessee health plans continued to show declining enrollment as the “jobless recovery” began in early 2010, and health plans are anticipating a renewal season that will see increasing numbe…
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will, in the short run, expand coverage for young people, create new high-risk pools, shift incentives for Medicaid drug rebates and make…
Medicaid programs in the District of Columbia and Virginia are looking at ways to save money and adapt to changes mandated in the federal health reform law. The District is planning to shift the costs…
Unable to reach a compromise between the House and Senate, Florida's state Legislature did not expand Medicaid Reform, which requires beneficiaries in certain counties elect to join an HMO or a Pr…
Thousands of state residents currently receiving care in Wisconsin through the state-subsidized BadgerCare Plus program could be moved into state exchanges as a part of national healthcare reform. How…
Health reform could completely change the landscape of Texas healthcare, bringing new people into the system while challenging smaller plans to meet requirements on their spending on medical care. Med…
Healthcare reform will be less of a game-changer in the TriState, at least for New York and New Jersey, which already ban medical underwriting, exert some controls over insurer rates and benefit plans…