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Blue Cross, Health Net stop offering marketplace plans
Health insurance giants Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Health Net have announced they will stop offering federal marketplace plans in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
Large insurers could leave Arizona health care marketplace
One of Arizona's largest health care insurers is leaving the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace, a move that would reduce or eliminate options in rural counties.
Franks leads Republicans in latest legal attack on Obamacare
Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., led 45 other House Republicans on Dec. 2 who filed a legal brief in support of the latest challenge to Obamacare.
Number of Arizonans with federal marketplace insurance drops
The number of Arizonans who have health insurance plans purchased on the federal marketplace dropped by about 11,000 between March and June.
Arizona’s health insurance co-op sees enrollment soar
The nonprofit co-op health insurance plan created in Arizona to provide competition to traditional insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act has seen enrollment soar above projections after a dismal 2014 start that was highlighted in a recent federal audit.
Gov’t audit finds Obamacare’s co-ops awash in red ink
Nonprofit co-ops, the health care law's public-spirited alternative to mega-insurers, are awash in red ink and many have fallen short of sign-up goals, a government audit has found.
A ‘perfect’ opportunity if Obamacare collapses
Health care advocates dread the possibility that government subsidies on the federal exchanges would be struck down, but Barto would welcome a ruling against the federal government in King v. Burwell. Barto said it would provide the country its best opportunity to offer a better fix to America’s health care woes.
Ducey’s options would be limited if Supreme Court rules against Obamacare
Gov. Doug Ducey is guarded about what his administration plans to do, if anything, once the U.S. Supreme Court rules on whether subsidies may be legally offered on the federal exchanges.
GOP lawmakers urge Congress to ‘fix’ Obamacare subsidies
As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders whether to strike down a pillar of the Affordable Care Act, Republican legislators in Arizona are urging Congress to “fix Obamacare,” which could include finding a way to keep the federal subsidies that more than 200,000 Arizonans use to purchase health care insurance.
White House touts health insurance gains in Arizona under Obamacare
Arizonans without health insurance fell from 20.4 percent of state residents in 2013 to 17.5 percent in 2014, further proof that Obamacare is working, the White House said Tuesday.
Maybe he’s hoping Congress will ride to the rescue
If the US Supreme Court strikes down subsidies for those who purchase insurance on Obamacare’s federally run insurance exchanges, it will force Arizona (and dozens of other states) to make a tough decision whether to create its own exchange or let more than 200,000 people lose their health insurance.
Ducey says he won’t reconsider position on state-run Obamacare exchanges
Gov. Doug Ducey may have just cost more than 200,000 Arizonans a shot at keeping the health insurance they received through the Affordable Care Act, though they won’t know for sure until the U.S. Supreme Court rules this summer.
