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June 13, 2016
Proposed Marketplace Premiums Spike; Individual Plans Vary
Most of the companies planning to offer coverage in Indiana through the federal exchange are proposing double-digit rate increases for individual premiums.
Read MoreMay 3, 2016
Politics In Real Life: Rising Health Care Costs Weigh On Voters
When Renee Powell's premiums exceeded her mortgage payments, it was upsetting. But it's just one way health care costs rise for many voters.
Read MoreDecember 16, 2015
Obamacare Enrollment Extended To Accommodate Last-Minute Demand
Faced with 1 million people who left voice mails saying they wanted to buy health insurance, the federal government is giving people two more days to sign up on the federal exchange.
Read MoreNovember 30, 2015
Health Insurance Open Enrollment: A Guide For Hoosiers
It's that time of year again: the open enrollment period for people shopping for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. Open enrollment started Nov. 1 and runs until Jan. 31, 2016. In this guide, we've compiled what you need to know to get started.
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2015
Evans Retiring As IU Health President/CEO
During Evans' 13-year tenure, IU Health has grown from three hospitals in downtown Indianapolis to a unified statewide health system of nearly 20 hospitals and health centers that treat more than 2.5 million patients per year.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2015
Cook Pharmica Adds 70 Jobs In Monroe County
Cook Pharmica currently employs 575 workers, part of more than 13,000 Cook Group employees worldwide, and has already started hiring new employees.
Read MoreJuly 1, 2015
Community Health Reaches $20 Million Overbilling Settlement
Prosecutors say the Indianapolis-based health system referred patients to outside surgery centers to save them money but then billed Medicare and Medicaid as if the surgeries were performed at its hospitals.
Read MoreJune 25, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Keeps Obamacare Subsidies In Place In Indiana, Elsewhere
More than 160,000 Hoosiers will keep their Obamacare health insurance subsidies under a ruling Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreJune 25, 2015
Thousands In Indiana To Keep Health Insurance Subsidies Under Supreme Court Ruling
The high court upheld a decision by the Internal Revenue Service to provide tax breaks to citizens who buy insurance through local health exchanges - even if those marketplaces are operated by the federal government.
Read MoreJune 23, 2015
Hoosiers Waiting On Affordable Care Act Decision
The Supreme Court will rule within the next several days on a lawsuit claiming the Affordable Care Act doesn't allow enrollees in states that chose not to operate state-run health care exchanges to access subsidies that reduce the cost of insurance. About 160,000 people use the subsidies in Indiana.
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