California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act Qualifies for 2024 Ballot
August 4, 2022
The Secretary of State has announced that the California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act qualified for the 2024 ballot […] Read More
CVS Health Seeks to Buy Signify Health, WSJ Reports
August 4, 2022
CVS Health Corp is seeking to buy Signify Health Inc as it looks to expand in-home health services, the Wall […] Read More
Number Of Uninsured Americans Drops To Record Low
August 4, 2022
The number of people living in America without health insurance coverage hit an all-time low of 8 percent this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. Read More
Most Medicare Beneficiaries Worried About Inflation’s Effect On Healthcare Costs
August 4, 2022
A full 95% of Medicare beneficiaries are worried about the impact of inflation on healthcare costs. And nearly half of the 2,500 beneficiaries recently surveyed by eHealth say their healthcare costs have already increased due to inflation. Read More
Patient Safety Advocate Cheers CMS’ Reversal On Quality Reporting, But Hospitals Say The Data Are No Good
August 4, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled back on plans to pause public reporting on certain hospital […] Read More
California Governor Declares Monkeypox State Of Emergency As Cases Climb
August 2, 2022
California's governor has declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step. Read More
Senate Dems Reach Draft Deal To Extend ACA Premiums, Lower Drug Costs
August 2, 2022
The bill, a slimmed-down version of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package, also allows Medicare to negotiate select prescription drug prices beginning in 2026 and caps Medicare Part D out-of-pocket costs in 2025. Read More
Employees Are Increasingly On The Hook For Their Medical Costs
August 2, 2022
The growth of high-deductible health plans led to people with employer-sponsored coverage paying for a larger share, on average, of their health care costs between 2013 and 2019, according to a new analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Read More
CMS Calls For Public Input To Improve Medicare Advantage
August 2, 2022
The CMS is asking for public feedback on how to make the Medicare Advantage program more affordable, sustainable and equitable for enrollees, while driving better health outcomes. Read More
COVID: Reinfections account for 50,000 California cases this month. Here’s how that number is rising
August 2, 2022
Have you had COVID a second time? Or a third? If so, you are in good company. New data from […] Read More