Friday already?! Here’s what we’re looking at as we prepare for lawmakers to return to Washington next week. Biden moves to limit ‘junk insurance’ President Joe Biden on Friday proposed a series of initiatives intended to reduce health care costs, including new restrictions on short-term insurance plans that critics are calling “junk” because they can … Read more
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is cracking down on what the White House calls junk health insurance plans, which is less robust, short-term coverage that the Trump administration has expanded as a cheaper alternative to Obamacare plans. Insurance rules set out in the Affordable Care Act, for example, require plans to cover pre-existing conditions. That’s not … Read more
It’s no secret that the United States spends an exorbitant amount on health care, by far the highest in the world. In 2021, health care spending in the United States totaled $4.3 trillion and averaged nearly $13,000 per person. It is also known that despite the huge health care spending in the US, we don’t … Read more
More than 300,000 Oklahomans are projected to lose their Medicaid coverage in the next nine months, and increased awareness will be the only way to avert a potential health care catastrophe. This is in addition to the more than 623,000 uninsured in Oklahoma. The state must reduce enrollments in its Medicaid program, known as SoonerCare, … Read more
Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images Junk health plans are under fire from the Department of Health and Human Services, which pledged this week to protect consumers from such plans, as well as bail out medical bills and overages that lead to medical debt. According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, patients with pre-existing conditions … Read more
In summary Many Californians who need urgent health services are often delayed due to an insurance protocol known as prior authorization. A bill in the Legislature could reform prior authorization rules so that it no longer serves as a barrier to essential treatment. Guest comment written by Ocean McIntyre Ocean McIntyre is a space science … Read more
California has agreed to improve health care for newly released disabled inmates, including through a series of measures that advocates say will help nearly anyone trying to transition from incarceration. Lawyers representing inmates say adequate assistance during the transition from prison has long been lacking and can lead to homelessness. A recent study found that … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden on Friday launched a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidelines to prevent surprise medical bills, and an effort to reduce medical-related debt to credit cards. Bidens’ remarks will build previous initiatives to limit health care costs, with the Department … Read more
The lure of free money leads people to do short-sighted and even illegal things. It’s happening right now, as New York City again seeks to force 250,000 municipal retirees off traditional Medicare and into an inferior insurance plan, Medicare Advantage. The city’s incentive is easy to understand: money. Moving people moves $500 million a year … Read more
Living with severe asthma means living with the fear that a serious problem even life threatening attack could strike anytime, anywhere. It’s trying to avoid a situation where one day I’ll have a seizure and I’ll be in a place where no one will know what to do with me, explained Lynn, a Canadian who … Read more