Several insurers are also pulling out of the exchange in Illinois for 2026. Aetna CVS Health, Health Alliance and Quartz will no longer offer exchange plans in Illinois next year, and Cigna Healthcare of Illinois will no longer sell marketplace plans in Cook County, though Cigna plans will be available in other parts of the state.
Note to Illinois Legislature: What did you expect when you added many services as required services, for example: hearing aids, drugs at fixed costs, wigs, laser hair removal, horse therapy, PBM head tax (partial list)? Those services are free to the Legislature but cost policyholders money. As the price of coverage rises, the market contracts (the insurers know that the only ones taking coverage are people who expect to spend more than the cost of the coverage), the number of people seeking uncompensated care rises and the costs get pushed back to employers, who, in turn, either cut back on… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Wait until the marketplace changes to Get covered Il to insure illegals. No insurance will be on that site.
FYI-It’s already happening.
Note to Illinois Legislature: What did you expect when you added many services as required services, for example: hearing aids, drugs at fixed costs, wigs, laser hair removal, horse therapy, PBM head tax (partial list)? Those services are free to the Legislature but cost policyholders money. As the price of coverage rises, the market contracts (the insurers know that the only ones taking coverage are people who expect to spend more than the cost of the coverage), the number of people seeking uncompensated care rises and the costs get pushed back to employers, who, in turn, either cut back on… Read more »
100 Percent. Well said MsT.
Hmm….they should rename it the Unafforadble Care Act and meet your new doctor!
Pardon my meme:
Thanks, Obama!
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