May 24, 2022
Giving Americans over 60 access to Medicare would add about 7.3 million people to the program's rolls and swell the budget deficit by $155 billion over a five-year period, the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation project said in a new analysis. Read More
May 24, 2022
California coronavirus case rates have worsened dramatically in certain parts of the state in the past week, according to a Times analysis, with some areas particularly hard hit. Read More
May 24, 2022
Employer-sponsored health plans paid on average 224% of what Medicare paid to hospitals for the same services at the same facilities, according to a new study from RAND Corporation. The report covers billing for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2020. Read More
May 24, 2022
On suspense file day, legislators killed about 220 California bills on issues including education, health care, housing and workers. Read More
May 24, 2022
California's $250,000 limit on damages for pain and suffering caused by medical malpractice, a ceiling enacted by lawmakers in 1975 at the insistence of doctors and insurers, will be lifted next year. Read More
May 24, 2022
Cigna’s Evernorth and Kaiser Permanente have inked a multi-year network agreement that aims to drive greater convenience and affordability. The five-year […] Read More
May 24, 2022
Higher salary employees are more likely to seek regular preventive care, while low-income workers have higher emergency services utilization. Read More
May 24, 2022
The healthcare industry likely has until this fall to face the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) as […] Read More
May 24, 2022
Health insurance trade group AHIP is calling for the White House and Congress to increase scrutiny of private equity control […] Read More
May 24, 2022
Health insurers are now submitting to state regulators proposed 2023 premiums for plans offered on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) […] Read More