by Anna Patrick | Mar 29, 2019 | Life Insurance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
This week we are reading about Centene’s $15B Wellcare deal, term life insurance market predictions, and CMS’s 2019 Exchange Open Enrollment Period Final Report. Centene’s $15B WellCare Deal Takes a Bigger Share of The Booming Medicare Business |...
by Anna Patrick | Mar 22, 2019 | Life Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicare Advantage, news
This week we are reading about how Humana is planning to price their Medicare drug plans for 2020, the positive growth in life sales, and changes to how Transamerica is administering its long term care business. Humana turns to game theory for new Medicare pricing as...
by Anna Patrick | Mar 15, 2019 | Dental, Medicare Advantage, news
This week we are reading about the oral health of people on Medicare, the deadline for switching or ditching a Medicare Advantage Plan, and Humana expanding its value-based care options for Medicare Advantage. Drilling Down on Dental Coverage and Costs for Medicare...
by Anna Patrick | Mar 8, 2019 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement, news
This week we are reading about controlling Medicare Part B drug prices, the roles in CVS-Aetna merger and Minnesotans forced from Medicare Cost health plans. Medicare advisors eye binding arbitration to control drug prices | Modern Healthcare | March 7, 2019 A key...
by Anna Patrick | Mar 1, 2019 | Competitive Intelligence, Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyEffective Date Average Increase Comments Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 4/1/2019 9.20% Montana American Continental Insurance Company (Aetna) 3/1/2019 3.00% Georgia American Retirement Life Insurance Company (CIGNA) 4/1/2019 8.00% 0.0 - 9.9% ; varies...
