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.
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Wisp, the largest pure play women’s telehealth company in the U.S. focused on providing sexual and reproductive health solutions, now serving 1.3 million patients, today announced a strategic partnership with Nourish, the leading food as medicine platform. Wisp patients can now access nutrition counseling services either through their health insurance or…
People who want health coverage starting Jan. 1 have until Wednesday to sign up at an ACA marketplaceThe deadline was extended from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18 this yearIf you miss the Wednesday deadline, you still have until Jan. 15 in most states to sign up for 2025 coverage that will commence on Feb. 15. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024– Folks need to act now if they want health insurance…
Registered voters in Tennessee voiced overwhelming support for Medicaid expansion, including 55% of MAGA Republicans, and, further, they believe health insurers and pharmaceutical companies are largely responsible for high healthcare costs. "While much ink has been spilled about what the election results mean about the electorate, these results suggest…
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 Jamie Court/ For theLos Angeles Times. The shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive, Brian Thompson, reopened a national wound inflicted by the delay and denial of health coverage to countless Americans. Many states adopted California's model, and President Obama's Affordable Care Act took important steps to insure the uninsured and…
LINCOLN— Max Perry was ousted from day care as a tot. "We were living in hell," said Nikki Perry, a law school graduate who left a pharmaceutical sales job to be more involved in her son's treatments. But the Lincoln mom and other advocates now face a different anxiety, worried that such services could be jeopardized for a growing number of Nebraska's most vulnerable…
"Wanted" posters with the names and faces of health care executives have popped up on the streets of New York. An internal New York Police Department bulletin warned this week that the online vitriol that followed the shooting could signal an immediate "elevated threat." "Wanted" posters pasted to parking meters and construction site fences in Manhattan included…
But CVS Health believes it can succeed where others have stumbled– and Houston is serving as a testing ground. The program is currently limited to certain Aetna health insurance plans, but CVS Health is in discussions to add additional payors. CVS Health believes it can succeed because it has built MinuteClinic into a "household name" in health care, said Dr.
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…
Arkansas lawmakers spent five hours Monday debating whether to permanently require pharmacy benefit managers to include dispensing fees in their reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs. The Joint Insurance and Commerce Committee questioned Arkansas Insurance Department staff and heard public comment from 11 people for and against the…
Registered voters in Tennessee voiced overwhelming support for Medicaid expansion, including 55% of MAGA Republicans, and, further, they believe health insurers and pharmaceutical companies are largely responsible for high healthcare costs. "While much ink has been spilled about what the election results mean about the electorate, these results suggest…
With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block. More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that's enabled states…
Zolbrod, I'm not currently a client of the Health Insurance Store. Due to testing back logs, I'm told that the more detailed tests I will need prior to my A-Fib treatments can't be done until early February 2025. Answer: Anyone who currently has an Advantage Plan, and can pass medical underwriting, can still make a change back to Original Medicare and a Supplement…
By Evan Ramstad/ Minnesota Star Tribune. Another wave of criticism rose against Minnetonka, Minn.- based UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, and the broader insurance industry following the arrest on Monday of Luigi Mangione. The 26- year-old scion of a wealthy Maryland family was charged with murder for shooting Thompson last Wednesday…
Many patients face significant upfront costs to getting health care. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Imagesw. The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014.
Once political assassination is normalized all officeholders and candidates both Republicans and Democrats are at risk and democracy cannot function. Nor should Democrats make light of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, even though Trump joked about the life-threatening hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. The recent assassination of…
Because the United States still doesn't have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention. On December 4, a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare's 50- year-old CEO. And Andrew Witty, CEO of the overall UnitedHealth operation, collected $23.5 million, making him the nation's highest-paid health insurance CEO.
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Three of Maryland "s top health insurers have higher than average claim denial rates, according to research that" s gained traction in the wake of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest of suspect and Baltimore area native Luigi Nicholas Mangione. They include BlueCross BlueShield, which operates in Maryland as CareFirst…
