Doug Ommen, Iowa's insurance commissioner, said the marketplace— which was created by the federal Affordable Care Act— in Iowa has developed an equilibrium and is providing "a fair amount of coverage." The next open enrollment period for the federal marketplace starts Nov. 1. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a not-for-profit that advocates for and…

COLUMBIA, S.C.– A 61- year-old South Carolina woman has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for cashing nearly $260,000 in Social Security payments she received after the death of her grandmother. "While acting as a representative for her deceased grandmother, Deveaux failed to notify the Social Security Administration of the death and continued to…

(Washington, D.C.) – Results of a new comprehensive research study published today by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that…

—When Emmanuel Obeng-Dankwa is worried about making rent on his New York City apartment, he sometimes holds off on filling his blood pressure medication. He is among a majority of adults in the U.S. who say that health care is not handled well in the country, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The House passed the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022, on March 29 with overwhelming support. The Senate followed up with two different versions, the "Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement to Supplement Health Investments for the Nest Egg Act" and the "Enhancing American Retirement Now Act", which together will form the Senate's Secure Act 2.0…

Sep. 12— Health Partners Plans Inc., a nonprofit insurer founded in the 1980 s by a collection of Philadelphia hospitals, has entered a new era under 100% ownership by Thomas Jefferson University since last November. Health Partners Plans, also known as HPP, had 277,668 Medicaid members in Southeastern Pennsylvania in July, most of them in Philadelphia.

His inhaler's cost before he met his Medicare Advantage deductible was $600 a month and after meeting his deductible was still $126 a month. Insulin was first used to treat diabetes in 1922, 100 years ago If you have insurance, these doses will cost between $330 and $1,000 each month in the U.S. The original patents are long expired. On May 31st of this year, the House…

Since the start of this year, nearly 63,000 have already experienced that- in some cases for the second time in just the past two to five years, a Richmond Times-Dispatch review of thousands of pages of regulatory filings found. Twenty different companies have requests pending with the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance for increases on 35…

Faculty Assembly president Robin Kear kicked off the first meeting of the academic year by reminding faculty that it’ s time to start moving back into pre-pandemic expectations for their courses. The Faculty Assembly voted on a draft policy on tuition exchange, reviewed the dependent care report and discussed improvements made to Pitt’ s retirement…

Investing now will pay off later regardless of the direction of the nation's economy in the future. Like it or not, ready or not, believe it or not, the Public Employment Retirement System is once again emerging to the forefront of critical issues facing Oregon. As I have previously said, Oregon lawmakers shouldn't punt-and-pray-over-PERS.

CAMDEN, N.J.– A Margate, New Jersey, firefighter was convicted today on four counts of an indictment charging him with defrauding public health insurance plans out of approximately $1 million, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Thomas Sher, 50, of Northfield, New Jersey, found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and…

I’ m enrolled in original Medicare and have a Part D prescription drug plan but spent more than $6,000 out-of-pocket last year on medications alone. The climate, tax and health care bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden last month includes significant improvements to the Medicare program…

The next 20 years is going to eradicate the 9/ 11 responders, "John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation, an advocacy group for 9/ 11 responders and survivors, told Fox News Digital. Feal, a retired construction worker who lost part of his foot while working at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the attacks, founded the FealGood Foundation to benefit responders who…

The 2021 Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey indicates that 38 percent of Vermonters under age 65 are underinsured, as are 32.3 percent of those on Medicare. Since the Green Mountain Care Board has again approved large rate increases for both Blue Cross and MVP, this situation will only worsen. The NPR article, "Sick and struggling to pay," reports 100…

FORT WORTH— A federal judge has sided with a Fort Worth orthodontist who argued that requiring health insurance to pay for HIV prevention drugs was a violation of his religious freedom. Technically, O'Connor's ruling focused on just one plaintiff: Braidwood Management Inc., a company based in Texas. The plaintiffs include Fort Worth oral surgeon Gregory…

SAN FRANCISCO— Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial Tuesday, asserting in a court filing that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to her failed blood-testing startup. Holmes, 38, is currently free on bail, but is facing up to 20 years in prison at a…

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I'm enrolled in original Medicare and have a Part D prescription drug plan, but spent more than $6,000 out of pocket last year on medications alone. ANSWER: The climate, tax and health care bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden recently includes significant improvements to the Medicare…

In November 2020, Danielle Sigler tested approximately 200 residents in a Mount Horeb nursing home during a COVID-19 outbreak. The residents weren't the only ones Sigler was worried about; 25 of her staff at Ingleside Communities also got infected. Wisconsin law does not mandate such paid benefits for employees.