This story was told in several reports I heard on NPR. Stories of frustration with the health insurance industry are pouring out, following the murder of the CEO of United Healthcare, allegedly by a young man frustrated with that industry. From the story on NPR, two questions came to mind.
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The man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive in a brazen hit in New York that sparked fierce debate about the industry pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges including "terrorist" murder. Monday's hearing came after Mangione, 26, appeared in a New York court last week to face federal charges also including murder following his dramatic…
In fact, five Western states rank among the top 10 states where healthcare is least accessible: Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming and Idaho. The survey also revealed that Nevada has the fewest primary care physicians in the nation per 10,000 residents and Texas ranks highest for both the percentage of residents who lack health insurance coverage and the percentage…
Mark Farrah Associates, www.markfarrah.com, released a third quarter 2024 health insurance segment enrollment update. MFA compared membership between the 3rd quarter of 2023 with the 3rd quarter of 2024 to provide greater insight into enrollment trends for the Individual, Group, ASO, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid insurance segments.
The rates are assessed on the paychecks of the enrolled employees of Burlington County, the Burlington County Bridge Commission, Rowan College at Burlington County and the Burlington County Board of Social Services to cover their medical and prescription drugs benefits. "This is fantastic news for our employees and their families, as well as Burlington…
By Monica S. Aswani and Paul Shafer/ For The Conversation. The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18 percent before the ACA to 9.5 percent in 2022.
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-The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18% before the ACA to 9.5% in 2022. And preexisting conditions no longer prevent coverage or lead to an increase in premiums.
"We spend more on administrative costs than we do on caring for heart disease and caring for cancer," said Harvard University economist David Cutler. And medical bills accounted for more than half of all debt on consumers credit records in 2022, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Public anger over high costs and poor results has been…
State Insurance Commission Tim Temple is pushing for a special session to tackle what he calls "serious insurance reform." "This is the deepest insurance crisis our state has ever faced," Temple said, stressing that premiums for property, auto and health insurance in Louisiana have continued to increase compared to other states. " Romero knows from personal…
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18% before the ACA to 9.5% in 2022.
The rates are assessed on the paychecks of the enrolled employees of Burlington County, the Burlington County Bridge Commission, Rowan College at Burlington County and the Burlington County Board of Social Services to cover their medical and prescription drugs benefits. "This is fantastic news for our employees and their families, as well as Burlington…
It's a conversation that's resurfaced since the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Starting in January in California, a new law will regulate how insurers use AI in the process of granting prior authorization for treatments. Now, "the hospital will have to submit a lot of information on how sick a patient is to the insurer," explained Jeff Marr, who' s…
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? While there are some state and federal efforts to expand insurance coverage for these drugs in public programs like Medicaid and Medicare, some local private insurers like Independence Blue Cross are restricting coverage. IBX, the largest insurer in…
Anger over health insurance companies has been in the spotlight after Thompson was fatally shot Dec. 4 in New York City. Luigi Mangione, a 26- year-old, was arrested last week in Pennsylvania and faces charges in Thompson's killing. Spencer Kimball, the executive director of Emerson College Polling, said 22 percent of Democrats said they found the killing…
Andrea Deutsch, the mayor of Narberth, Pennsylvania, and the owner of a pet store in town, doesn't get health care coverage through either of her jobs. The 57- year-old, who is diabetic, pays $638.38 per month for health care coverage— about half of the $1,272.38 she'd owe without the enhanced federal subsidies Congress and the Biden administration put in place in…
The federal government says that a former subsidiary of Independent Health defrauded Medicare by submitting inaccurate patient health data that generated millions of dollars in inflated reimbursements. The settlement with Amherst- based Independent Health, now-defunct affiliate company DxID and DxID’ s former CEO Betsy Gaffney caps off a 12- year…
