Author: Scott Welch
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 ...
The PBM Act would make CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth — and any other companies that own health insurers or PBMs — sell pharmacy assets.
Enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans are currently set to expire after 2025, and a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that their expiry could drive up premiums across the individual market.
President-elect Donald Trump and his allies make no secret of their disdain toward federal agencies and their desire to fundamentally disrupt the regulatory state. The new administration plans to rely on unorthodox health official picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz to shape, and remake, healthcare in Trump’s second term, but administrative law ...
Republicans on Capitol Hill have sent a preliminary offer to Democrats for numerous health care policies to be tacked onto the continuing resolution that lawmakers are moving to complete before the Dec. 20 deadline to avert a government shutdown.
The manhunt for the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ended with the arrest of Luigi Mangione on Monday, Dec. 9. Despite the cold-blooded crime he's accused of committing, Mangione is being treated as a folk hero by some who are disillusioned with the American healthcare system.