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A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars—only to abruptly back off amid an "uproar" from the industry, newly released ...
Sep 2, 2024
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Major pharmaceutical companies lashed out following a landmark deal unveiled Thursday to cut the costs of 10 key medicines, with some saying the price-setting process was not transparent.
Aug 15, 2024
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Members of the LGBTQI+ population experience less access to health care, worse health outcomes, and higher rates of uninsurance than their counterparts, research has shown. To expand coverage and address health care disparities ...
Aug 13, 2024
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Looking for a Medicare Advantage plan with a five-star quality rating? You're less likely to find one available to you if you live in a county with higher poverty and unemployment, finds a new study published in JAMA Network ...
Jul 23, 2024
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When then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for nearly all Californians to buy health insurance or face a penalty, Anthony Wright slammed the 2007 proposal as "unwarranted, unworkable, and unwise"—one that would punish those ...
Jul 22, 2024
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The percentage of Americans who can afford and access prescription drugs and quality health care stands at a new low of 55%, a six-point decline since 2022, according to the West Health-Gallup Healthcare Affordability Index. ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Three Houston medical institutions have agreed to pay $15 million to settle federal allegations that they looked the other way for years as three surgeons double-booked themselves for complex heart procedures, dipping in ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Navigating the complexity of either Medicare or Medicaid is challenging. Those challenges are compounded for people enrolled in both programs.
Jun 11, 2024
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Concerns over the potential insolvency of Medicare among those under 65 have risen, with 73% now expressing worry that it won't be available when they need it, up from 67% in 2022, according to the new West Health-Gallup ...
Jun 5, 2024
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Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a ...
May 13, 2024
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