Self-pay and dental care: Can paying cash without insurance help you save? Dental insurance is typically separate from health insurance. GoodRx, a platform for medication savings, explains how you can use your own resources to pay for dental care through cash-pay healthcare.
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Bloomfield- headquartered health insurer and pharmacy-benefit manager The Cigna Group again led the Connecticut contingent, placing No. 14, reflecting 2025 revenue of about $275 billion. In comparison, about 1% of the U.S. population lives in Connecticut. Amazon surpassed Bentonville, Arkansas- based Walmart, which had ranked first for 13 consecutive years….
When Hunter Bambino was 9 years old, his parents started noticing something strange in his behavior. "I would be trying to field the baseball and I would freeze. That led to a medical consultation in Pittsburgh and a 20- hour surgery for a problem with his brain stem.
PHOENIX— Attorney General Kris Mayes is accusing major health insurance companies of engaging in illegal price fixing she says profited the companies at the expense of patients and their doctors. In a new lawsuit announced Monday, Mayes said the companies conspired with each other, at least indirectly, to decide how much they would reimburse doctors and…
MOAA and other veterans service organizations have warned lawmakers for years about the growing threat posed by unaccredited, for-profit companies charging veterans thousands of dollars for assistance filing VA disability claims— a service accredited VSO representatives, attorneys, and claims agents often provide at no cost. The legislation builds…
2026 JUN 03– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Staff editors report on the newly launched clinical trial, NCT07594782, which has the following summary description:“ The study introduces a bedside intervention assisting families with the enrollment or re-enrollment process through patient direct contact with NJFamily Care and…
2026 JUN 03– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– A new study on Managed Care is now available. According to news reporting originating from Columbus, Ohio, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ Surgeon attrition threatens access to complex and time-sensitive operative care, but specialty-specific and career-stage patterns…
Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman introduced the Fair Care Act of 2026, a comprehensive health care reform plan that combines over 75 bipartisan proposals to lower costs, decrease the number of uninsured individuals, protect those with preexisting conditions, and expand coverage options. Congressman Westerman released the following statement:.
According to court documents, Tamera Ruth Powers, 68, of Tonganoxie pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Powers defrauded the U.S. government and the State of Kansas by receiving benefits under separate identities. In April 2005, Powers applied for Social Security Administration Disability benefits under the name of Minda Sue Landis.
The rate of Idaho babies, toddlers and preschoolers who don’ t have health insurance rose 36 percent in recent years, leaving the state with the fifth-highest rate of uninsured young children, according to a new report. The report comes years after Idaho state health officials removed tens of thousands of children from Medicaid shortly after the COVID pandemic…
PEABODY— The City Council approved a new $200 trash fee that would affect most residents in an 8-2 vote Tuesday night. This covers just under 14,000 properties in Peabody, as larger multi-family properties and businesses have private contracts to pick up trash. A double-digit rise in employee health insurance each year over the last several years has been a…
Sheridan Capital Partners today announced the completion of its investment in Tres Health, Inc., a national alternative health insurance and technology company. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, Tres is an employer-facing insurance platform that provides tech-enabled health plan solutions for small and medium‑ sized businesses.
North Carolina took an important step forward in April, when the General Assembly passed House Bill 696, and Gov. Josh Stein signed it into law, providing $319 million to fund the Medicaid program through the end of the fiscal year. North Carolina's Medicaid enrollees are not line items in a budget presentation.
PHOENIX– Attorney General Kris Mayes is accusing major health insurance companies of engaging in illegal price fixing that she says profited the companies at the expense of patients and their doctors. In a new lawsuit announced Monday, Mayes said the companies conspired with each other, at least indirectly, to decide how much they would reimburse doctors and…
The analysis, which Paragon plans to publicly release Wednesday and is likely to be sharply disputed by Democrats and other policy groups, is the latest salvo in the political fight over health insurance coverage, an issue that has helped decide past elections and could play a role in this fall’ s midterms. Democrats and some health policy experts have argued…
JOINT RELEASE: TWO BILLS BLUNT RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS, PROTECT CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SIGNED INTO LAW
The following information was released by the Colorado Senate Democrats:. SB26-178 will limit health insurance rate increases and reduce the number of Coloradans who could lose their health insurance coverage due to Congress' continued refusal to extend enhanced premium tax credits. We need this law because of Congress' refusal to extend premium tax…
Cuts to federal subsidies for health insurance are driving people across the country to drop plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplace– but not in Texas. The difference in Texas seems to be a bipartisan law passed in 2021 that gives the state's Department of Insurance the power to limit how much insurance companies raise rates on certain…
The attorney general in Massachusetts is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging in the lawsuit that the Minnetonka-based health insurance giant pocketed millions by overstating the health risks of lower-income residents enrolled in a health plan for Medicaid beneficiaries. But the Massachusetts attorney general alleges the misrepresentations resulted…
Washington's rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers afford the plans. State officials estimated last year that as many as 80,000 people could forgo coverage with Congress not extending tax credits for these…
An initial wellness exam for the state's primary care landscape published by the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner on Monday found fewer Rhode Islanders have a personal doctor they can turn to for non-urgent health concerns compared with a decade earlier. The 31- page report, which relies on 2024 insurance claims data, marks the first in what Health…
