Month: June 2019
Healthcare groups including the American Hospital Association came out strong against a suggestion that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology require providers to disclose price information as part of its proposed rule.
The use of telemedicine may be in its nascent stages within the workers’ compensation system, but the starting line has definitely been crossed with employers and workers’ comp insurers embracing the ability to provide remote medical care to injured employees using the video technology embedded in smart phones, tablets and computers.
Orange County mom Michelle Sabino says her daughter experienced 16 seizures in two months after she was vaccinated for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough when she was a baby.
Claire Haas and her husband are at a health insurance crossroads. If they were single, each would qualify for a federal tax credit to help reduce the cost of their health insurance premiums. As a married couple, they get zip.
On Wednesday, the California Assembly passed a bill establishing the California Health Care Coverage Shared Responsibility Act. The bill, AB 414, aims to create a statewide individual mandate for health insurance.
A top Republican and a top Democrat in the U.S. Senate have put a long health insurance agent and broker compensation disclosure provision in a major new health care finance system change bill.
As proponents of Medicare for All struggle to defend their plan to repeal the foundations of American health care — including employer-provided coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – and replace it all with a costly, one-size-fits-all, government-run, health-care system, many are claiming that a majority of Americans support their scheme. For example, in a recent opinion piece published by The Hill, George Goehl writes that “across party lines, a majority of Americans are in favor of Medicare for All.”
California officially gave its blessing to coffee Monday, declaring the beverage does not pose a "significant" cancer risk.
Twenty-four percent of those surveyed in the WSJ/NBC poll said health care was their top priority. Immigration came in second place, at 18 percent, while job creation came in third at 14 percent. In a three-way tie at 11 percent were climate change, national security and the deficit. Guns and “other” came in last, at 5 and 6 percent, respectively.
Centene shares are tumbling after Humana took the rare step of publicly refuting reports that it’s interested in buying the company.