Tennessee has the opportunity to access a Federal government program, which provides 90% of the cost, to cover these 350,000 Tennesseans, through expanding Medicaid. Sixty-two percent of the state's citizens are in favor of Tennessee accepting the Federal funds and expanding Medicaid. Do you know that Tennessee ranks first in the nation with the closure of…

Chip Roy, a Texas Republican and member of the so-called far-right Freedom Caucus told Tapper, was a promise to not raise the debt ceiling without first coming up with a way to reduce spending. According to Roy, his party has no intention of touching“ the benefits "going to those on Medicare or Social Security,“ but we all have to be honest about sitting at the table and…

In a significant course change, the California Department of Health Care Services announced that it has negotiated with five commercial health plans to provide Medi-Cal services in 2024, scratching a two-year-long bidding process for the coveted state contracts. It means more Medi-Cal enrollees will likely get to keep their current insurer and doctors,…

HARRISBURG– Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys on Wednesday announced the results from a comprehensive Affordable Care Act market conduct examination that the Pennsylvania Insurance Department conducted on the practices and procedures of Capital Blue Cross. "Capital Blue Cross has been cooperative in its response to the exam, and we…

Since February 2020, enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program has gone up almost 30% nationally. Meanwhile, the number of uninsured kids in Georgia has gone down significantly since the pandemic, largely due continuous coverage under PeachCare for Kids, Georgia's state CHIP program. But public health agencies are expecting an end…

Phil Berger says, there was nobody in North Carolina who opposed Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act more vehemently than he did. "If there was somebody in the state of North Carolina that had spoken out publicly in opposition to Medicaid expansion more than me, I'd like to talk to that person," Berger said in an interview last month.

-President Joe Biden said he promised to lower costs for families and ensure that all Americans have access to quality affordable health care. With enrollment remaining open through Jan. 15, and not counting those who signed up for coverage through their state marketplaces, Biden said gains like those have helped to drive down the uninsured rate to eight…

Steve Beshear embraced the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The state pays the rest, which means Kentucky taxpayers put billions of dollars a year into it. That's easier now that the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which runs Medicaid in Kentucky, has posted monthly Medicaid enrollment reports on its…

Groups of retired New York City employees are fighting their own unions over a plan to move them from their current health insurance coverage into a Medicare Advantage plan. Retirees have filed lawsuits, lobbied the City Council and protested outside the headquarters of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents New York's public school employees…

PROVIDENCE– On the second day of the new legislative session in Democrat-dominated Rhode Island, publicly-funded abortion-coverage for state employees and Medicaid recipients is back in play. Echoing legislation introduced last year− and the year before− the bill would add Rhode Island to the ranks of 16 states− including Massachusetts, Connecticut,…

Jan. 5— Tom Doran has been named Highmark Health Plan president, taking the reins of the country's fourth-largest Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate with about 6.8 million members. "Tom has been an asset to many parts of our organization over the past five years, and we are confident that he can continue the Health Plan's momentum and growth," said Karen Hanlon,…

State regulators have approved LCMC Health's planned acquisition of the three Tulane University Medical Center hospitals from HCA, clearing the way for the $150 million deal to move forward. The deal, first announced in October, will transfer ownership of Tulane University Medical Center downtown, Tulane Lakeside Hospital in Metairie and Lakeview…

After failing to win federal approval to exit the federal insurance marketplace earlier this year, Georgia has established its own health-insurance portal directing people to private insurers and brokers to buy health insurance. The new website, called Georgia Access, includes links to 10 health-insurance companies-including big players such as United,…

In a significant course change, the California Department of Health Care Services announced that it has negotiated with five commercial health plans to provide Medi-Cal services in 2024, scratching a two-year-long bidding process for the coveted state contracts. It means more Medi-Cal enrollees will likely get to keep their current insurer and doctors,…

The announcement, made by Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Labor Committee Chair Carmen De La Rosa, marked a welcome development for the mayor, who has urged the Council for months to tweak the law, known as Section 12-126 of the Administrative Code. Under Adams’ proposed framework— which was first rolled out by ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio— retirees who opt to stick…

Along with the latest news of discontinued services, Bright Health also announced that it is ending all Medicare Advantage plans outside of California and Florida.Plano,United States – January 3, 2023 /PressCable/ — Plano health insurance in Affordable Care Act markets will no longer be offered in Texas by one major insurer, several reports suggest. Bright Health announced late…

Both Pfizer and Moderna have COVID-19 bivalent boosters available that were designed to target the original strain of COVID, as well as the more contagious omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants. Here's what the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says:. Kids 6 months to age 4 who completed the Moderna primary series can get one updated bivalent booster…

Florida ranks 27th among the states for its overall health, yet it is seeing a dramatic jump in drug-related deaths, according to the latest America's Health Rankings. According to the newly-released state rankings, drug-related deaths in Florida jumped 52% from roughly 22 deaths per 100,000 to 34 deaths from 2018 to 2020. On a positive note in Florida, the…