{"id":3626,"date":"2016-04-28T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T21:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peakinsuranceadvisors.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2019-06-10T12:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:08:08","slug":"ny-individual-health-insurance-2017-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peakinsuranceadvisors.com\/ny-individual-health-insurance-2017-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"NY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE \u2013 BIG CHANGES AND RATE INCREASES EXPECTED IN 2017 *UPDATED 7\/14\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 is shaping up to be a year of big changes in the individual health insurance market in NY. Based on numerous recent articles, not only are insurers nationally requesting large premium increases compared to prior years, but some, such as United Healthcare, have expressed their decisions to pull out of many of the individual markets in which they currently write. UPDATE: Oxford\/United Healthcare has decided to pull out of all individual OFF EXCHANGE plans as of 1\/1\/2017. United Healthcare will continue to offer plans via NYSOH on their COMPASS network platform as of 1\/1\/2017.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

While it will me many more months until NY releases requested and approved rate requests for all insurance companies, these articles seem to point towards some bumpy roads ahead. Please visit the actual article links below, and check back for updates.\u00a0Please feel free to contact us directly via phone or email with any questions.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2016\/04\/19 <\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/2016\/04\/28<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bcbs.com\/healthofamerica <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2017 is shaping up to be a year of big changes in the individual health insurance market in NY. Based on numerous recent articles, not only are insurers nationally requesting large premium increases compared to prior years, but some, such as United Healthcare, have expressed their decisions to pull out of many of the individual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1559],"tags":[255,256,257,258,34,38,259,260,51,105,261],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-group-health-insurance","tag-2017-health-insurance-rate-increase","tag-2017-health-insurance-rates-ny","tag-2017-ny-health-insurance","tag-2017-nysoh","tag-health-care-reform","tag-health-insurance-broker-suffolk","tag-ny-health-rate-increase","tag-ny-individual-health-insurance","tag-ny-state-of-health","tag-ny-state-of-health-insurance-broker-medford-ny","tag-oxford-leaving-ny-individual-market"],"yoast_head":"\nBig Changes coming to NY Individual Health Insurance 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peak Advisors specializes in affordable small group health insurance \/ small business health insurance plans and is here to assist you in comparing, obtaining, and servicing all of your New York business insurance needs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/peakinsuranceadvisors.com\/ny-individual-health-insurance-2017-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE \u2013 BIG CHANGES AND RATE INCREASES EXPECTED IN 2017 *UPDATED 7\/14\/16\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peak Advisors specializes in affordable small group health insurance \/ small business health insurance plans and is here to assist you in comparing, obtaining, and servicing all of your New York business insurance needs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/peakinsuranceadvisors.com\/ny-individual-health-insurance-2017-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New York Health Insurance - 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