Tracking premium changes on New York’s health exchange

By Dan Goldberg and Brendan Cheney

Last week, the state Department of Financial Services released 2015 insurance rates for the individual market, including for companies offering plans on the state's health insurance exchange.

The exchange, created by the Affordable Care Act, is where nearly 400,000 New Yorkers purchased health insurance during the first year of the health care law.

In 2014, the state had 16 insurance companies offering a variety of plans to different regions of the state. Earlier this year, Capital reported American Progressive Life & Health Insurance Company of New York decided not to participate in 2015 after capturing less than 1 percent of the market. Capital also reported WellCare would be joining the exchange in 2015.



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