Monday, August 22, 2016
Commonwealth Fund Exec Comments on Obamacare Marketplace Pressures
Recent decisions by giant health insurers to pull back from Obamacare exchanges across the country could make this fall’s enrollment period crucial to the program that has helped millions of people gain health coverage.
Sara Collins, vice president for healthcare coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that supports independent research on healthcare policy, said she believes the Obamacare markets are maturing rather than dying.
Collins noted that major carriers including Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente have not pulled out of the Obamacare exchanges...