Health/Employee Benefits News

The Trump administration's decision not to renew Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion is alarming medical providers and experts who say the loss of insurance for thousands would be devastating and would damage a state healthcare system already facing serious strains. The decision also comes as hospitals around Arkansas have had to cut back services or…

-Arizona and other Democratic states sued the Trump administration to prevent the administration from implementing health insurance changes, which experts say are aimed at making health care more affordable. In the lawsuit, the Democratic states said the changes made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will“ inexorably lead to higher costs…

New York Life today recognized 20 recipients of its 2026 Golden Futures Scholarship, awarding $10,000 and $20,000 scholarships to rising college students from across the United States while expanding the program to include professional development, career exploration and networking opportunities with New York Life employees. The company celebrated…

Ashley Hinson is rolling out new healthcare legislation aimed at increasing transparency in the health insurance industry while facing sustained criticism over her record on healthcare affordability and access. The proposal comes as healthcare has emerged as a central issue in Iowa's open 2026 U.S. Senate race, with Democratic groups and Hinson's…

GeneDx, the leader in rare disease diagnosis and improving health through the power of genomic data, today announced the launch of a new online offering designed to expand accessibility of exome testing across the U.S. at scale for pediatric patients with global developmental delay, intellectual disability or epilepsy. The new offering enables eligible…

The Ministry of Health and its partners have concluded the 2026 National Health Review Conference with what health experts describe as one of the country's most consequential policy conversations in recent years–a renewed national commitment to establish Universal Health Insurance, strengthen health financing, improve civil registration, and…

Humana Healthy Horizons in Indiana, Humana’ s Medicaid managed care plan, is collaborating with HealthStream, a leading healthcare technology platform company for clinical workforce solutions, to improve the lives of Hoosiers who rely on home-based healthcare. Developed with HealthStream and delivered through their Career Network, myCNAjobs.com, the…

The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance will continue to offer a three-month Open Enrollment Period for Get Covered New Jersey, the State's Official Health Insurance Marketplace, maintaining this long-standing accessibility for individuals and families who rely on the program for their health insurance coverage. A recent court decision…

In a new letter to the editor in the N'West Iowa REVIEW, a health care provider put Zach Lahn on blast for pledging to continue Kim Reynolds' privatized Medicaid disaster, which has made health care more expensive, denied care to thousands of Iowans, and made it harder for rural families to get the care they need. I have recently spent months trying to negotiate a fair…

Question: What are the differences between Medicare Supplements and Advantage Plans? This is Part 2 of my "Medicare Reset Series" designed to prepare those on Medicare for the Annual Election Period that starts Oct. 15. With up to 600,000 people expected to have their current Advantage Plan discontinued, major benefit changes to many Advantage Plans and Part D…

But Santa Clara County expects only $20 to $30 million from this funding against a projected $1 billion dollar loss, while other counties continue to grapple with the fallout from the cuts. After the Trump Administration’ s landmark 2025 spending bill made $1 trillion in cuts over 10 years to Medicaid— the public program that provides health insurance to…

WASHINGTON– Louisiana hospitals are reporting a surge of uninsured patients seeking treatment, many of whom dropped their policies when Congress last year didn’ t extend the subsidies that helped lower-income workers buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Louisiana was among the states that saw the biggest proportion of ACA…

Within the next decade, older adults are expected to outnumber children in the United States for the first time in history. “Most long-term care insurance products are designed to help people prepare for a future care event,” said Samir Shah, CEO of CareScout.“ What makes this offering different is that policyholders can begin accessing care planning, navigation…

For Medicaid, the State of Ohio has awarded contracts for Next Generation MyCare to four Managed Care Plans including: Anthem, Buckeye, CareSource, and Molina. Since Medicaid is issued at the State level, Ohio used its data to assign individuals to a Medicaid plan based on which one had the most contracts with medical providers that the individual currently uses.

Kansas Citians who buy health insurance through healthcare.gov can expect to pay much more for monthly premiums next year. According to preliminary rate filings submitted to state insurance regulators in Missouri and Kansas, every insurance company selling individual plans in the region through the Affordable Care Act marketplace wants to raise prices…

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.– In what was a historic year for education funding in Oklahoma, lawmakers didn't seem to prepare for a major insurance cost increase set to hit next year. "It's crazy to think that in Oklahoma, we can't give our teachers enough insurance coverage that if their kid gets cancer, it should cover everything," said Kaleb Swboni, Principal at Tannehill…

Ashley Hinson is rolling out new health care legislation aimed at increasing transparency in the health insurance industry while facing sustained criticism over her record on health care affordability and access. The proposal comes as health care has emerged as a central issue in Iowa's open 2026 U.S. Senate race, with Democratic groups and Hinson's…