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Will Big Health Insurers Expand 2025 Medicare Advantage Footprints?

Forbes Healthcare

It's unclear whether big health insurers will expand their geographic footprints for 2025 as they have in the past.

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What’s Expected to Drive Up Health Plan Costs in 2025: GLP-1s, Behavioral Health, and Inflationary Pressures for Hospitals and Doctors – PwC’s Behind the Numbers 2025

Health Populi

Motor vehicle insurance costs grew a whopping 19.5% Following the BLS report on the CPI for June 2024, PwC published their new annual report from PwC titled Behind the Numbers 2025 tells us that commercial health care spending is expected to grow some 8.0% and 3.2%, respectively. in the report, FYI). for Group plans and 7.5%

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Humana and CVS are downsizing their Medicare Advantage plans for 2025. Which insurers could benefit?

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Hundreds of thousands of seniors could switch plans during next year’s open enrollment, depending on how drastically the MA market giants slash benefits in an attempt to improve profits.

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Humana expects to lose ‘few hundred thousand’ Medicare Advantage members next year

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The insurer shrank its plan footprint for 2025 in a bid to improve margins. Now, Humana is giving market watchers loose guidance into how that reduction could affect its enrollment along with second quarter results.

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A 2025 Subaru Forester, a Year at U-New Mexico, or a Health Plan for a Family of Four: the 2024 Milliman Medical Index

Health Populi

This year, I opted for a 2025 Subaru Forester and a year’s tuition for a New Mexico resident living off-campus for 2023-24 attending University of New Mexico.

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Premiums for ACA plans to grow 7% next year: KFF

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Insurers cited workforce shortages, hospital consolidation and growing demand for pricey GLP-1 drugs as reasons driving the premium increases for 2025.

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Elevance expands ACA plans in Florida, Texas, Maryland

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The insurer’s Wellpoint subsidiary is expanding its ACA footprint for the 2025 coverage year, likely in a bid to capture enrollees who recently lost Medicaid coverage.