Health officials vote for reinsurance program, could help pay for claims

WMAR Staff

10:15 AM, Apr 17, 2018

A new plan aimed at stabilizing Maryland's health insurance market is moving forward.

MIAMI, FL - JUNE 02: A doctor wears a stethoscope as he see a patient for a measles vaccination during a visit to the Miami Children's Hospital on June 02, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week announced that in the United States they are seeing the most measles cases in 20 years as they warned clinicians, parents and others to watch for and get vaccinated against the potentially deadly virus. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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(WMAR) - A new plan aimed at stabilizing Maryland's health insurance market is moving forward.

The plan passed in the general assembly during the recently-completed session. Now, the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange have voted to apply for a federal waiver, which would allow the plan to advance.

The prices for insurance plans bought through the Maryland Health Exchange have gone up by double-digit percentages in each of the past four years.