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The First Year of Georgia鈥檚 Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
Georgia must decide soon whether to try to extend a limited Medicaid expansion that requires participants to work. Enrollment fell far short of goals in the first year, and the state isn鈥檛 yet able to verify participants are working.
鈥榃hat Happens Three Months From Now?鈥 Mental Health After Georgia High School Shooting
The recent shooting at Apalachee High School outside of Atlanta caused more than physical wounds. Medical experts worry a lack of mental health resources in the community 鈥 and in Georgia as a whole 鈥 means few options for those trying to cope with trauma from the shooting.
Forget Repeal and Replace. The Next Big ACA Fight Will Be Over Subsidies.
Forget repeal and replace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, have a new target: key parts of the law that they say are too costly and provide incentive for fraud. Topping that list are the ACA鈥檚 enhanced subsidies, put in place during the coronavirus pandemic as part of economic recovery legislation and set to […]
Trump, Harris Spar Over Abortion Rights and Obamacare in Their First Face-Off
The generally combative face-off was marked by a series of false and sometimes bizarre statements from former President Donald Trump.
En su primer cara a cara, Harris y Trump se enfrentan por el Obamacare y el aborto
Los dos candidatos presidenciales abordaron una amplia gama de temas, desde cifras de empleo e inflaci贸n hasta el aborto y la inmigraci贸n, en intercambios marcados por ataques personales.
Longtime Head of L.A. Care To Retire After Navigating Major Medi-Cal Changes
John Baackes, who steered Medi-Cal鈥檚 largest health plan following the Affordable Care Act expansion, and later prepared it for a state overhaul of Medi-Cal, will retire after this year. Baackes believes low payments to doctors and other providers, along with an acute labor shortage, hamper Medi-Cal鈥檚 success.
US Uninsured Rate Was Stable in 2023, Even as States鈥 Medicaid Purge Began
About 8% of Americans lacked health insurance in 2023, the Census Bureau announced. But its report doesn鈥檛 capture the effect of states winnowing their Medicaid rolls by millions of people since the pandemic emergency ended.
ACA Enrollment Platforms Suspended Over Alleged Foreign Access to Consumer Data
Federal regulators provided more specifics about why they suspended two private sector Affordable Care Act enrollment sites, including concerns about potential overseas accessing of consumer data and suspicions of involvement in Obamacare enrollment and switching schemes. The companies reject the assertions.
Errors in Deloitte-Run Medicaid Systems Can Cost Millions and Take Years To Fix
As states wait for Deloitte to make fixes in computer systems, Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food.
Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition
A private 2014 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces new scrutiny in a multibillion-dollar Justice Department fraud case against UnitedHealth Group.
An Arm and a Leg: Don鈥檛 Get 鈥楤ullied鈥 Into Paying What You Don鈥檛 Owe
In this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann speaks with Caitlyn Mai, a woman in Oklahoma who received a six-figure bill for a surgery her insurance promised to cover. This episode is an extended version of the 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 series, produced in partnership with NPR.
Her Life Was at Risk. She Needed an Abortion. Insurance Refused To Pay.
Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients often don鈥檛 know when or if a procedure or abortion pills are covered, and the proliferation of abortion bans has exacerbated the confusion.
For Pharma, Trump vs. Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes
Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as more aggressive than former President Donald Trump in taking on pharmaceutical companies, but Trump allies say he would also make lowering drug costs a top priority.
Turning 26 and Struggling To Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.
天天看片 Health News and The New York Times are looking into a dreaded 鈥渁dulting鈥 milestone: finding your own medical insurance at 26.
Cuando la aseguradora se niega a pagar un aborto que es m茅dicamente necesario
En el pa铆s, la cobertura para la atenci贸n del aborto es laber铆ntica. A menudo, los pacientes no saben cu谩ndo un procedimiento, o las p铆ldoras abortivas, est谩n cubiertas, si es que lo est谩n; y la proliferaci贸n de prohibiciones ha exacerbado la confusi贸n.
Para las farmac茅uticas, la pelea entre Trump y Harris es entre dos enemigos de la industria
Legisladores de ambos partidos atacan cada vez m谩s a la industria, por los precios de los medicamentos que la mayor铆a de los estadounidenses consideran irrazonables.
Journalists Talk Shooting’s Toll on Children and State Handling of Opioid Settlement Funds
天天看片 Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Sector Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace
Regulators have been under the gun to curb unauthorized Obamacare enrollment and switching of plans. Separately, a pending lawsuit was amended with additional defendants and new allegations regarding tactics to garner greater ACA sales commissions.
Patient Underwent One Surgery but Was Billed for Two. Even After Being Sued, She Refused To Pay.
A collection agency sought court authority to garnish a patient鈥檚 wages to pay a disputed surgery bill. But after the patient showed up in court to argue the bill was bogus, the judge declined to let the bill collector seize her money.
Harris Did Not Vote To 鈥楥ut Medicare,鈥 Despite Trump’s Claim
Former President Donald Trump鈥檚 claim that Vice President Kamala Harris voted to 鈥渃ut Medicare鈥 is false, experts say.
