This story originally appeared on KFF Health News. 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.
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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…
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will not follow through with its proposed policy that would have limited coverage for anesthesia during surgeries and procedures. The proposed policy, set to take effect in February 2025, would have denied payment for anesthesia exceeding time limits based on federal guidelines, sparking fierce backlash from medical professionals, lawmakers, and…
Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond said Elections Supervisor Glen Gilzean has enough money in his account to pay his employees after the County Commission voted to freeze Gilzean’s budget payments over concerns he spent $5 million on non-election expenses.
Debates over healthcare costs and premium adjustments for specific risks, including obesity, have captured attention, raising concerns among stakeholders about ethical considerations and financial sustainability for small business health insurance in Irving.
As health care premiums rise, Corpus Christi’s businesses and individuals must adapt their budgeting strategies to manage increased expenses in group health insurance effectively.
A major health insurance company is backing off of a controversial plan to limit coverage of anesthesia in at least one state, according to Connecticut’s comptroller. Why it matters: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield recently decided to "no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit, regardless of how long the surgical procedure…
Police in New York City continued gathering evidence as they searched for the gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
It is interesting to note that insurers in Europe and Australia may already be off to a faster start than other territories. In the case of the European Union, this may be due to the fact that insurers face an increasingly stringent and complex regulatory environment. As a result, insurers in Europe and Australia may have a slight head start when it comes to…
"It's truly become an arms race," said Shane Riedman, president of anti-fraud analytics at Verisk. "Verisk has and we continue to invest in developing and applying technologies that can rapidly identify these frauds," he said. " Attestiv CEO Nicos Vekiarides said that while the insurance industry should be proud of how many claims are settled on photos alone as more…
“It wasn’t me. I didn’t kill him,” said Rita Baker, 88, when I told her I was calling about the Wednesday morning murder of Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old chief executive of American health care juggernaut UnitedHealthcare, by a masked assassin who shot the millionaire Minnesotan three times across the street from his Manhattan hotel, then…
Rolling Stone weighed in on what those who check into Twitter or TikTok have probably already noticed: Social Media Has Little Sympathy for Murdered Health Insurance Exec. At this point, there is comparatively little new news about the killing of UnitedHealth’s Brian Thompson in Manhattan even though it’s over a full day since the event.1…
After a fatal targeted shooting in Manhattan, UnitedHealth Group lost a 20-year veteran, Brian Thompson, who was the CEO of the company’s medical insurance segment. The company was in the midst of its annual investor day when this incident took place. UnitedHealth Group has maintained its near term outlook, taking into account the Change Healthcare cyberattack impact. UNH stock…
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near a hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Bitcoin surpassed the $100,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, fueled by expectations that the newly elected Republican President Donald Trump will create a cryptocurrency-friendly regulatory environment. As of 9:30 PM ET, Bitcoin was trading at $102,724, up 7.1 percent from its previous session.
Wegovy and similar injectable weight-loss drugs called GLP-1s can cost more than $1,000 a month, but New Jersey is not one of a dozen states where people on Medicaid can get it covered for weight control.
Wednesday’s shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson unleashed a wave of social media-fueled rage against health insurers, with posters lashing out over coverage denials and other business practices. Why it matters: Experts say the lack of sympathy may reflect an inherent truth about Americans and their health plans: People tend to like their own insurer but distrust…
MAPLE GROVE, Minn.— Brian Thompson was a mainstay on UnitedHealth Group’ s leadership team, working up the ranks over two decades to become one of the most powerful health insurance executives in the country. Those who knew him struggled to process the news Wednesday that Thompson, chief executive of the company’ s UnitedHealthcare division, had been shot and…
As Americans continue to reel from three years of high inflation, the Republican sweep of Congress and the White House has rekindled debate regarding potential reforms to the Federal Reserve. Although details of its operation have been tweaked over the years, it has not undergone significant reform or modernization since Congress created it in 1913,…
