CMS issues final rule on health insurance market for 2018

To provide some immediate relief for patients and insurers, CMS has issued the final Market Stabilization Rule, which the agency says will help lower premiums, stabilize individual and small group markets and increase health care choices. “CMS is committed to ensuring access to high quality affordable health care for all Americans and these actions are necessary to increase patient choices and to lower premiums,” Seema Verma, MPH, CMS Administrator, said in a press release. “While these steps will help stabilize the individual and small group markets, they are not a (Read more...)

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