Insurance

TL/DR - A new study suggests that access to health insurance may lower crime rates in the United States. The study examined the largest Medicaid disenrollments in US history in Tennessee in 2005, where approximately 190,000 non-elderly and non-disabled adults lost coverage. The researchers found that losing Medicaid coverage may have societal…

TL/DR - Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has halted the sale of its Louisiana operation to Elevance for the second time due to regulatory and stakeholder concerns. The $2.5 billion deal would be the largest healthcare deal in the state's history, but requires BCBS to reorganize as a for-profit entity, which is causing resistance from state…

TL/DR - The state Public Employees Insurance Agency, which manages health insurance for more than 200,000 government workers in West Virginia, is facing resistance to its proposed 35% premium increase over two years. With the agency already facing a $376 million deficit earlier this year, the state Legislature passed a bill increasing health…