‘Brain training’ is fastest growing Medicare Advantage fitness benefit, data shows

North Carolina lawmakers seem poised to take another stab at expanding Medicaid next year. But many of the same sticking points between the state House and Senate on health care policy that precluded Medicaid expansion passing in this year’ s legislative session will continue into the one that starts in January. North Carolina remains one of just 11 states yet…

The report, released Wednesday by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, shows that in Oklahoma the rate of uninsured children declined from 8.6% to 7.4% between 2019 and 2021.. The organization, described as a nonpartisan policy and research center, credited the drop to the implementation of Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma, along with…

In May, a bipartisan proposal to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for low-income women in Missouri to a full year after they've given birth was close to gaining approval from the state legislature. But as the legislative session came to a close, the bill became collateral damage in the Republican Party's bitter infighting, between the seven-member…

While it's unclear how many people will ultimately benefit from the various changes, 49 million people are enrolled in Medicare Part D plans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. A $35 cap on insulin pumps for Medicare Part B recipients goes into effect July 1, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Richard Frank, senior fellow in…

Low-income women in Mississippi have less access to health care in the months after giving birth than their counterparts in every state except Wyoming. Mississippi and Wyoming are now the only two states in the country that have neither expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income working adults, nor extended postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers…

An attorney representing the state of Idaho filed a motion Friday asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare over alleged discriminatory policies that deny transgender people coverage under Medicaid for gender reassignment surgery. The motion to dismiss the case argues, among other things, that Idaho has no set…

That's according to a new report from the University of Minnesota. According to the report, over 40 percent of direct care workers in Minnesota earn below 200 percent of the federal poverty line and nearly half use Medicaid or Medicare for insurance. Now that vaccines are available, however, and the pandemic is waning, health care work in Minnesota has become much…

Northwestern Mutual announced that it is introducing additional flexibility and choice into its lineup of disability insurance solutions for medical professionals, including physicians and dentists.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has become the latest Triad corporation or nonprofit to face an employee lawsuit involving the administration and pricing of retirement plan offerings. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 18 by employee Harvey Davis in the federal Middle District of N.C. According to the lawsuit, the 401 plan held $2.02 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2021.

A bill (S. 5149) introduced by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) would amend a definition that would currently result in burdensome requirements for insurance agents and brokers who assist consumers enrolling into Medicare.

HELLO TONI: I recently attended a local Medicare Advantage informational workshop and was going to join the plan because my Medicare Supplement Plan F is costing me $260 a month. Thanks.— Theresa from Tulsa, Oklahoma. HI THERE, THERESA: Medicare's Annual Enrollment Period ends this year on Wednesday, Dec. 7, and those who have made changes to their Medicare Advantage…

Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, if you sign up the month you turn 65, during your Initial Enrollment Period, your coverage starts the first day of the month you sign up. When you become eligible for Medicare during this period, you can join a Medicare Advantage Plan. An excellent source of information about options, deadlines and the start of coverage is "Medicare and You…

Nonetheless, the mishap did require medical attention and resulted in a pair of broken glasses, and it seemed pretty clear that Woodman's should reimburse Medicare for her treatment and buy her a new pair of specs. Ferguson said she'd submitted the required documentation of the costs to Woodman's on three occasions, to little avail. So SOS contacted Woodman's…

'Tis the season to pick your health care plan for the upcoming year. It is getting jam-packed every single day right now, "said Anthony Kimbrough, chief executive officer of Farm Bureau Health Plans, based in Columbia. After that, if you're enrolled in a Medicare plan offered directly through the federal government you have from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to pick a plan.

Dec. 3— Julie Lattimer had had a pretty good experience with Bright Health for most of the time she had a health insurance policy with the company, so she was surprised when a routine $60 lab charge was denied back in August. The Lincoln woman said she was even more surprised by what the lab told her: Bright Health apparently wasn't paying the claim because it had run…

ConnectiCare, which offers health plans on and off Connecticut's health insurance exchange, has alerted brokers that it will soon stop selling small group policies to new customers. "ConnectiCare has made the difficult decision to withdraw from the fully insured small employer market in Connecticut," spokeswoman Kimberly Kann said in a statement.

Every day, telehealth delivers convenient access to affordable, high-quality care to help meet the nation’s growing demand for health care services. 

Medicare health insurance plans are now open for enrollment for the 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries in Washington. Deciding what type of Medicare plan is best for you can be a confusing task when not informed of all the important coverage details. Learn more about the different Medicare options available for folks 65 and over in these guidelines.

Dec. 2— While the boost to creating more affordable health care through the Inflation Reduction Act may have received less attention than other programs, some 62,000 Minnesotans could benefit with lower health insurance premiums through a provision in the IRA. That's the estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation of how many more people would qualify for…