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Blue Cross Blue Shield Requests 60 Percent Rate Hikes

The state’s largest insurer has proposed rate increases of 57 percent and 59 percent for plans it offers on the healthcare exchanges, saying it has lost money on exchange patients in past years.

By Madlin MekelburgJune 6, 2016, 11:00 p.m. CentralUpdated June 6, 2016, 11:00 p.m. Central

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Requests 60 Percent Rate Hikes

by Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune
June 6, 2016

<h1>Blue Cross Blue Shield Requests 60 Percent Rate Hikes</h1>
<p class="byline">by Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune <br />June 6, 2016</p>
<p>The state&rsquo;s largest insurer has proposed <a href="http://healthcare.dmagazine.com/2016/06/02/blue-cross-blue-shield-of-texas-requests-60-percent-higher-obamacare-rates/?utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=30224779&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--0X4wGqn7ae5yt7G8kJTPI8PKWS2gkEyJM4EhtqYluQ2f3GgvBxxNBC5phb6jsI2mFlQ8xE95yEnc-RZVXbuhIvq7HCgVTlrqb6RmwvEjnOk1tugk&amp;_hsmi=30224779">rate increases of 57 percent and 59 percent</a> for plans it offers on the federal healthcare exchanges, saying it has lost money on exchange patients in past years. (D Healthcare Daily)</p>
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The state’s largest insurer has proposed rate increases of 57 percent and 59 percent for plans it offers on the federal healthcare exchanges, saying it has lost money on exchange patients in past years. (D Healthcare Daily)

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Madlin Mekelburg was a reporting fellow for the Tribune in 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and French. Madlin previously worked at the... More by Madlin Mekelburg

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