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Insurers are complying with federal rules at price transparency that took effect July 1, but consumer use of the data may have to wait until private firms synthesize it.

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Insurers are complying with federal rules at price transparency that took effect July 1, but consumer use of the data may have to wait until private firms synthesize it.

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Data wonks with mighty computers are overjoyed. Ordinary consumers, not so much.

That’s the reaction about three weeks into a data dump of enormous proportions. Health insurers are posting their negotiated rates for just about every type of medical service they cover across all providers.

But so much data is flowing in from insurers — tens of thousands of colossal digital files from a single insurer is not unusual — that it could still be weeks before data firms put it into

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Health care coverage for thousands of Vermonters will be significantly more expensive next year. The Green Mountain Care Board approved double-digit rate hikes for Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health.

For 70,000 individuals and small employers who get their health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health, rates will increase up to nearly 20% depending on the plan.

Thursday, regulators approved rate hikes for Vermonters on Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health plans.

Under BCBS, the board approved an 11.7% rate hike for small businesses and an 11.4% increase for individual and family coverage.

Under MVP, an 18.3% hike for small group plans and 19.3% for individual and family plans.

That news is a tough pill for Anders Aughey to swallow.

“That’s going to impact me pretty severely,” Aughey said.

He works at the Vermont Workers’ Center and buys his insurance through

The number of Americans with health insurance continues to rise, as the number of those without health insurance coverage hits an all-time low.

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that the numbers of uninsured Americans hit 8% this year.

The decline in uninsured Americans began last year, when Congress and President Biden signed off on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that lowered premiums and out-of-pocket costs for new or returning customers purchasing plans through the Affordable Care Act’s private health insurance markets.

FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference June 28, 2022, in Washington. The number of people living in America without health insurance coverage hit an all-time low of 8 percent this year. ((AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) / AP Newsroom)

The uninsured rate fell to just under nine percent last year