Charity Care Spending By Hospitals Plunges

California hospitals are providing significantly less free and discounted care to low-income patients since the Affordable Care Act took effect.

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UnitedHealth Study: Hospital Inpatient Spending from Commercial Plans Tops $200B in 2018

The annual cost of hospital inpatient spending from commercially insured individuals was more than $200 billion last year, according to an insurer study attacking the hospital industry.

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To Save Money, American Patients And Surgeons Meet In Cancun

Donna Ferguson awoke in the resort city of Cancun before sunrise on a sweltering Saturday in July. She wasn’t headed to the beach. Instead, she walked down a short hallway from her Sheraton hotel and into Galenia Hospital.

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Medicare to Cover Expensive Cancer Cell Therapies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday said it has finalized a decision to cover expensive cancer cell therapies sold by Gilead Sciences Inc and Novartis AG.

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After Backing Out Two Years Ago, Anthem Prepares to Return to Health Insurance Exchange

The health insurance company Anthem is making preparations to once again offer plans on the state exchange, a reversal of its decision to exit it two years ago over volatility in the individual health insurance marketplace.

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Financial Performance of Medicare Advantage, Individual, and Group Health Insurance Markets

Medicare-for-All proposals have sparked discussion about the role of private health insurance in the U.S. health care system. Some of the current Medicare-for-All proposals would essentially eliminate private insurance.

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