They went to the hospital and came home with COVID Hospital outbreaks have affected hundreds, state says nj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is providing rebates totaling $48.2 million to customers who bought individual policies for 2019, company officials said Monday.
The checks, averaging $367 a person, reflect the pre-COVID era. But executives said the refunds were a sign that their strategy to lower health care costs was paying dividends.
Newark-based Horizon is the state s biggest health insurance company, with 3.4 million members. The rebates, put in the mail this month, are for 131,520 members who had individual plans.
The checks are arriving as the health care industry grapples with the financial impact of COVID-19 a pandemic that is hurting hospitals bottom lines, but could put more money in consumers pockets at least in the short run.
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Around the nation: Democrats propose adding a public option to ACA exchanges
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Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Wednesday released a bill to create a so-called public option health plan that would be sold through the Affordable Care Act s exchanges and compete with private exchange plans, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from the District of Columbia, Florida, and New Jersey.
District of Columbia: Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Wednesday released a bill to create a so-called public option health plan that would be sold through the Affordable Care Act s exchanges and would compete with private exchange plans. Because Senate control is split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, with Vice President Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote, Kaine said he hopes the Senate will pass the bill through the chamber s budget reconciliation process, which would allow the Senate to approve the measure with o