Congresswoman Claudia Tenney sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling for a federal review of New York State Senate Bill S88A, legislation that would require New York's Medicaid program to automatically register applicants and enrollees to vote unless they opt out. In her letter, Tenney raised serious concerns that New York's deeply…
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Kim Reynolds, according to the Iowa Medical Society. Reynolds signed the bill at Monroe County Hospital and Clinics in Albia, according to the Iowa Medical Society, which is a statewide organization that advocates on behalf of Iowa doctors. “This law addresses a high priority for physicians across Iowa— fewer barriers to care and decisions grounded in clinical…
2026 MAY 14– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Addiction Research- Substance Abuse have been published. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Virginia Commonwealth University,“ We examined if insurance type moderates the association between SUDs and CVD MM. We analyzed…
2026 MAY 14– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Drugs and Therapies- Beta-Lactam Antibiotics have been published. According to news reporting from Shanghai, People’ s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ To evaluate the budget impact on the China’ s basic medical insurance fund following…
Blue Cross Blue Shield $2.67 billion antitrust settlement. Blue Cross Blue Shield denied the allegations throughout the litigation. In an October 2020 statement, a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association spokesperson said that while it denies the allegations, it has“ agreed to make some operational changes,” to“ reach a settlement and put years of litigation behind…
Authors: Alisha Rao, Anna Mudumala, Elizabeth Hinton, and Cory Caldwell. Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health care to about 80 million low-income people in the U.S. Medicaid is an insurance program, not a population health system. The public health system in the U.S. is decentralized, with most authorities and programs…
President Donald Trump announced a proposal this week that would expand insurance coverage for fertility treatments like IVF, as he said his Trump Rx program has already saved Americans millions in dollars for IVF drugs. Trump also boasted that his Trump Rx program has resulted in millions in savings for IVF drugs. Katie Britt knows that better than anybody, "…
Where you live, how much you earn and whether you can afford health insurance can shape far more than your medical bills in Texas. Texas performed better for Native Americans, ranking second out of 21 states measured, and ranked 17th out of 33 states measured for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. "Texas has the highest uninsured rate for…
Kim Reynolds, according to the Iowa Medical Society. Reynolds signed the bill at Monroe County Hospital and Clinics in Albia, according to the Iowa Medical Society, a statewide organization that advocates on behalf of Iowa doctors. "This law addresses a high priority for physicians across Iowa— fewer barriers to care and decisions grounded in clinical…
It's understandable that North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein decided to host a signing ceremony last week that featured a smattering of legislative Republicans when he approved new "compromise" legislation to extend funding for the state's Medicaid health insurance program. After having enjoyed precious few policy wins and endured 16 months of relentless and…
Federal officials declared a nationwide Medicaid fraud crackdown Wednesday, citing Hawaii as a state having little concern for prosecuting program theft. He claimed that fraudsters in Hawaii effectively have had“ free rein” from the state government to commit as much Medicaid fraud as they want. Vance cited Hawaii, where about 387,000 residents are enrolled…
Banner| Aetna, an Arizona- based health plan jointly owned by Banner Health, one of the few fully integrated health systems in the nation, and Aetna, a CVS Health company, today announced its sponsorship of the Arizona Interscholastic Association— the governing body for Arizona high school athletics programs— making the insurer the AIA’ s exclusive health…
At 24, I was diagnosed with Crohn’ s disease. After a battery of tests and tens of thousands in medical costs, I had a diagnosis. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, I was still on my mom‘ s health insurance while I waited through a job’ s probationary period.
As they recognized National Hospital Week, which runs May 10 to 16, two North Idaho hospital CEOs told the Idaho Capital Sun that their challenges are similar to those felt by rural hospitals across the U.S.. Among Idaho's small, rural hospitals, 67% in the last quarter of 2025 had a negative operating margin, according to data provided by the Idaho Hospital…
Kim Reynolds, according to the Iowa Medical Society. Reynolds signed the bill at Monroe County Hospital and Clinics in Albia, according to the Iowa Medical Society, which is a statewide organization that advocates on behalf of Iowa doctors. "This law addresses a high priority for physicians across Iowa— fewer barriers to care and decisions grounded in clinical…
The Alliance for Medicare announced its official launch and introduced its flagship initiative, the Coalition to Improve Medicare Advantage.
The program, FAST Forward, is covered by Medicaid, but kids on private insurance often don't have the same access to it. I have not heard about FAST Forward before. I had not heard of FAST Forward either, and it was a little bit of a fluke that we even heard about it when we were in the trenches with our son.
SSM Health has selected Saint Louis University as its preferred provider of online RN-to-BSN education for its nurses, expanding educational pathways across one of the nation's largest health systems. The partnership enables eligible SSM Health registered nurses nationwide to complete a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree through SLU's Trudy Busch…
The following information was released by the American Medical Association:. The report's authors analyzed 2024 data across 384 metropolitan areas, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. They reviewed data on health-insurance enrollment from the Decision Resources Group, identifying the two largest insurers in each market and using2023 federal…
The following information was released by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:. Authors: Heather Saunders and Elizabeth Hinton. Medicaid is a major source of financing for mental health and substance use disorder care.
