Month: December 2024
Members of the Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to approve two House bills that could make Affordable Care Act health coverage reporting requirements a little easier for employers to meet.
Luigi Mangione was indicted on charges that include first-degree murder in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. The indictment on murder in the first-degree in furtherance of terrorism elevates the case against Mangione, 26, in Thompson’s killing outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. The ...
Earlier versions of the bill included provisions that would have limited an employer to including only $10,200 in spending on employee-only coverage and $27,500 in spending for family coverage coverage from taxable income.
Tax revenues have exceeded estimates in California, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spending proposals and other state costs could quickly swallow up any extra funds.
Lawmakers reached a deal Saturday evening to extend expiring healthcare programs, lobbyists close to the issue said. The package, floated Friday, is more robust than lobbyists expected. The extensions in the package won’t be final until the House and Senate vote on the package this week. The healthcare package includes a 2.5% payment boost for ...
President Biden is making a final push to build on the Affordable Care Act, extending the enrollment period for marketplace coverage that kicks in Jan. 1 as sign-ups lag. Why it matters: ACA enrollment has hit new record highs each year of the Biden administration. But those gains are on shaky ground as the Trump administration prepares to ...
Los Angeles County announced its $2 billion Medical Debt Relief Program aimed at helping low-income residents settle past-due bills. “The launch of this program is a critical step forward in ensuring that those receiving critical medical services do not find themselves experiencing financial harm associated with not being able to afford care,” said Dr. Barbara ...
Medicare Advantage has steadily grown over the past decade, and now encompasses more than half of all seniors eligible for Medicare. However, over the past year, the industry has faced significant headwinds, which as stymied some payers’ expansion plans. These challenges range from regulatory changes impacting payments to an ongoing spike in utilization that has ...
Oxford University Press has chosen “brain rot” as its word of the year. The word is defined as “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such ...
For the last 11 years, Nevadans have signed up for health insurance through an exchange where private companies offer various plans from which to choose. These days the marketplace is known as Health Link and the latest numbers show 97,000 Nevadans, or about 10% more people, will have healthcare coverage by January 1, 2025. “One ...