Author: Scott Welch
Biden administration officials are developing a plan to allow all adults to receive a second coronavirus booster shot, pending federal agency sign-offs, as the White House and health experts seek to blunt a virus surge that has sent hospitalizations to their highest levels since March 3. Virus levels have risen across the country, fueled by ...
To dodge hefty costs for eyewear, California’s health insurance program for low-income people, Medi-Cal, has an innovative strategy: It contracts exclusively with the state’s prisons, and inmates make glasses for its beneficiaries. But the partnership that began more than 30 years ago has fractured. Medi-Cal enrollees, many of whom are children, and their eye care ...
Many technology and nontechnology employers require that workers who have access to proprietary and sensitive information sign contractual agreements not to compete during and when their relationship terminates. This contractual aid is common in Nevada and other states that allow such noncompete agreements.
It’s estimated that there are more than 250,000 Nevadans who depend on insulin to survive — but the price of the medication is steep.
He said nine out of 10 Nevadans qualify for some sort of subsidy to reduce the monthly premiums they pay for health insurance through Nevada Health Link. Almost half can obtain a plan for $100 or less a month but if they aren’t extended, thousands of Nevadans will face significant increases in their premiums.
New data shows young adults in their twenties and thirties aren’t investing in health insurance policies. In fact, they have the lowest rates of having active health insurance policies out of all age groups. Over 63% of adults between the ages of 18-24 are actively covered by health insurance, according to Zelros. However, that number ...
While COVID-19 job losses may have led to uninsurance for some Americans, it doesn’t appear that children’s insurance rates were negatively impacted. In fact, new research suggests that children’s uninsurance rates actually fell between 2019 and 2021. The report, published by Urban Institute this week, looks at survey data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and ...
Democratic senators on Wednesday took a formal step toward reviving President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, starting with a measure to let Medicare negotiate prices with drugmakers and to curb rising drug costs more broadly. A similar proposal died in December when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) decided to oppose Biden’s $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill, ...
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and “Shark Tank” star, has a new online pharmacy that could make your prescription medications more affordable. In January, Cuban announced the launch of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. Currently, 150 generic prescription medications are available on the pharmacy website, costplusdrugs.com. Medications are priced at ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is responding to the chaos of the covid-19 pandemic by proposing to hide from the public a rating that lets consumers compare hospitals’ safety records and to waive approximately $350 million in financial penalties for roughly 750 hospitals with the worst patient-safety track records. CMS’ chief medical officer, Dr. Lee Fleisher, said those ...