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60 days – 1.55%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Government says cuts possible next year in popular Medicare Advantage private insurance plans
– canadianbusiness.com
WASHINGTON – Cuts are on the table next year for Medicare Advantage plans, the Obama administration says. The politically dicey move affecting a private insurance alternative highly popular with seniors immediately touched off an election-year fight.
The announcement gave new ammunition to Republican critics of President Barack Obama’s health care law, while disappointing some Democratic senators who had called on the administration to hold rates steady. Insurers are still hoping to whittle back the cuts or dodge them altogether.
Late Friday after financial markets closed, Medicare issued a 148-page assessment of cost factors for the private plans next year. It included multiple variables, some moving in different directions, but analyst Matthew Eyles of Avalere Health estimated it would translate to a cut of 1.9 per cent for 2015, a figure also cited by congressional staffers briefed on the proposal.
“There’s nothing to like here if you’re one of the plans,” said Eyles…
The announcement gave new ammunition to Republican critics of President Barack Obama’s health care law, while disappointing some Democratic senators who had called on the administration to hold rates steady. Insurers are still hoping to whittle back the cuts or dodge them altogether.
Late Friday after financial markets closed, Medicare issued a 148-page assessment of cost factors for the private plans next year. It included multiple variables, some moving in different directions, but analyst Matthew Eyles of Avalere Health estimated it would translate to a cut of 1.9 per cent for 2015, a figure also cited by congressional staffers briefed on the proposal.
“There’s nothing to like here if you’re one of the plans,” said Eyles…
120 days – 1.70%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
90 days – 3.00%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-01-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
30 days – 1.50%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.


