Maryland’s individual health insurance market, which will begin open enrollment next week, stands to gain from a second straight year of premium rate declines. Last year, premiums on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange fell by about 11%, the first premium ...

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Maryland reversed enrollment declines on its individual health market, returning to levels near where it was for 2017 after the open enrollment period ended Saturday.

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While other states grapple with the consequences of federal actions in the individual health insurance market, the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange’s original decision to set up as a state-based exchange has left it with the resources to succeed, its executive ...

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The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange’s marketing strategy for the upcoming open enrollment period seems simple, considering historic rate decreases approved by regulators last week. “I just think there’s only one message this year, and that’s that prices are down,” state ...

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The board of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange voted Friday on a solution to an issue where the state’s new reinsurance program could cause duplicative payments under the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program. Kaiser Permanente, one of the state’s ...

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Maryland's health care exchange has announced hearings for public comment on regulations to create a reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market.

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The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange hopes the state’s reinsurance waiver application will gain approval by the end of August, officials said at the exchange’s monthly board meeting Monday. Over the next couple of months, Maryland will see several milestone dates, ...

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Legislation expected to head to Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk this week could allow Maryland enough time to implement a tool aimed at reducing individual market premiums next year. The legislation authorizing Maryland to seek a federal waiver to institute a ...

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The open enrollment period on the Maryland Health Connection, the state run insurance marketplace, will go an extra week as officials announced Wednesday that the deadline to enroll had been extended from Dec. 15 to Dec. 22.

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Despite significant turmoil this year, the 2018 open enrollment period of Maryland’s health exchange has seen an increase in signups from last year’s open enrollment period, just days before the period’s midpoint. As of Friday, more than 130,500 people have ...

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