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Cigna + Oscar Exiting Group Market, Offering Early Renewal

Cigna and Oscar Health have announced they will exit the Small Group market in California and other states as of December 15, 2024. Cigna + Oscar exited the Covered California Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2023.

WOW 2024: 12 Courses, 7 Days, an Easy Way to Earn CE

Word & Brown's WOW: June 3-11, 2024. 12 CE Courses in 7 days, exclusively for CA brokers. Earn up to 12 of 24 required CE Credits for license renewal.

Opinion: It's Not a Health Care Election, But Health Issues Might Still Add Up

Reprint of KFF column by Drew Altman, President and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, on 2024 Election

Health Savings Accounts: Going Strong After 20+ Years

You may – or may not – know that Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) were first established more than 20 years ago. Learn more about it here.

Few Americans Know Much About Health Care Costs

This article highlights 2023 survey findings about the U.S. healthcare system, revealing confusion about costs, calls for transparency, and the burden of healthcare debt.

Health Insurance Industry Trends in 2024

Health insurance and health care industry analysts don’t all agree. But there is some consensus about a few “hot topics” likely to impact brokers and your clients in 2024. Let’s take a look at five.

Sutter Health Confirms Patient Information Breach at Vendor

Learn about the security breach that occurred when a vendor of Sutter Health was affected by a MOVEit ransomware attack and how it could potentially impact the personal information of approximately 845,441 patients.