Florida consumers will have to wait a little longer to find out definitively what their health insurance premiums may be in 2015, even though recent media reports suggest significant rate changes from some of the state's dominant insurers. Blame it on a Florida statute that allows insurers to withhold publishing all their proposed rates until the next open-enrollment period in the fall.
Recent attention has centered on Florida Blue, the state's largest insurer, as reports have surfaced that the company proposes increasing its premiums by an average of 17.6% when 2015 open enrollment begins in November. Proposed rate filings that are currently available to the public through the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation show an average rate increase of 17.16% for Humana's HMO, while Molina Healthcare of Florida reports it will decrease rates by an average of 11.6% for its plans.