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Minnesota launched the MNsure health exchange— also called a“ marketplace”— in 2014 as part of the federal government’ s sweeping overhaul of the market where individuals under age 65 buy health insurance. “I think the continued growth in ACA marketplace signups is really remarkable considering there was not an obvious contributing factor to growth this year,”…
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus has announced its 2025 legislative agenda, prioritizing measures that address the health, safety, and well-being of Black communities across the state. Key initiatives include: Voluntary Family Leave Insurance. Senator La Keisha Jackson's bill would extend Medicaid coverage for postpartum care, including the option…
Half of the 1,026 college students surveyed by Generation Lab had a favorable view of Luigi Mangione, the 26- year-old accused of gunning down Thompson outside a New York hotel in December. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., seemed to empathize with Mangione's actions. The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services statistics show Americans spent $4.9 trillion on…
The state of Texas continues to fall behind in health insurance enrollment, according to new research from SmartAsset. Of the 810 counties SmartAsset reviewed, 19 of the 20 with the lowest health insurance enrollment are in Texas. Hidalgo County Cameron County Webb County Starr County Ector County Potter County Dallas County Harris County El Paso County…
More than 23 million Americans, a record number, signed up for Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage for 2025 before the Jan. 15 deadline. Over 45 million Americans are covered through the ACA's Marketplace and Medicaid expansion, marking an all-time high in health insurance coverage in U.S. history. I urge Congress to double down on the progress we have made…
Challenging what it called a“ backdoor” attempt to expand entitlements, Florida has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in a longrunning dispute about a program that provides subsidized health insurance to children. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. district court in Tampa, challenges a rule that federal health officials finalized in November…
While each death is a result of individual and often complex factors ranging from pre-existing health conditions to postpartum depression, the vast majority of Tennessee maternal deaths– 76%– were preventable, the report concluded. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Legislature have repeatedly rejected efforts to expand TennCare to include more people above the…
2025 JAN 21– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– New study results on geriatrics and gerontology have been published. According to news originating from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ The provision and management of Medicaid-financed long-term services and supports has changed…
2025 JAN 21– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Investigators publish new report on Drugs and Therapies- Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy. According to news originating from Chicago, Illinois, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis is the inflammatory form of metabolic…
2025 JAN 21– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Investigators discuss new findings in geriatrics and gerontology. According to news originating from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx editors, the research stated,“ In 2018 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began a three year transition of Medicaid Aging and Disabled Waiver…
2025 JAN 21– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Researchers detail new data in geriatrics and gerontology. According to news reporting from Greenville, North Carolina, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ This study investigates the relationship between gaps in health insurance coverage prior to Medicare eligibility and…
2025 JAN 21– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Investigators discuss new findings in Insurance. For more information on this research see: Health Insurance and Part-time Employment: the Influence of the Affordable Care Act. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2024; 711: 144-169. The ANNALS of the…
Mark Farrah Associates, www.markfarrah.com, reviewed data on Elevance Health, Inc.’ s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield subsidiary’ s acquisition of Indiana University Health Plans on December 31, 2024. Elevance Health Group offers coverage through Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and affiliated Blues plans in 14 states, including Indiana.
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. He picked a gold plan on the Colorado health insurance marketplace that covered prosthetics, including microprocessor-controlled knees like the one he has used for many years. The roughly $50,000 leg with the…
The list, which includes 15 drugs, up from 10 last year, is the first step in a negotiation process between Medicare and drugmakers that is expected to take place over the coming months. The new negotiated prices won’t take effect until 2027.
The incoming Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress are casting an ominous shadow over North Carolina's Medicaid expansion program and its nearly 610,000 recent enrollees. That's because the fate of the long-sought, hard-fought-for program may be in jeopardy if Congress approves and President Donald Trump signs legislation…
By most measures, Donald Trump is inheriting a booming economy. Under President Joe Biden's administration, we've enjoyed historically low unemployment and added nearly 1 million manufacturing jobs. In many ways, Trump rode people's anger about this all the way back to the White House.
2025 JAN 20– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Lynchburg, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ National health policy initiatives recommend increased integration of midwifery care in the United States to improve care…
2025 JAN 20– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Fresh data on delirium are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Farmington, Connecticut, by NewsRx editors, the research stated,“ Medicare Advantage health insurance plans now cover more individuals than original Medicare.”. Our news reporters obtained a…
