
What We're Reading: BCBSMN Retreating From Individual Market in 2017
What we're reading, June 27, 2016: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is leaving the individual market; out-of-pocket costs for hospital visits grew 37% in 5 years; and a growing number of millennials are becoming caregivers for loved ones.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is dropping individual plans in 2017.
Out-of-pocket hospital visits grew 37% from 2009 to 2013, and it will likely continue to rise. Evidence suggests employers are keeping premium down through the use of high-deductible health plans, which has increased the amount employees pay out of pocket when receiving services,
A growing number of millennials are becoming caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
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