Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ Many States Wind Up Expansions
Trisha Byers left behind one crucial item when she moved to North Carolina last year to be closer to her family after suffering a brain injury: health insurance. In Massachusetts,…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Happy 50th, ERISA
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the…
Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he couldn’t find a dentist in Marin County willing to take…
The Politics Holding Back Medicaid Expansion in Some Southern States
For Roderick Givens, a radiation oncologist, the expansion of Medicaid isn’t just a policy issue. He practices medicine in a rural area in the Mississippi Delta and he sees daily…
GOP Charge That Harris Backed Taxpayer-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details
Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.” Former President Donald Trump, July 24, in a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.…
Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatens to Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits
The National Education Association, the nation’s largest union, is threatening to cut off health insurance to about 300 Washington, D.C.-based workers on Aug. 1 in an effort to end a…
Oregon Senator Proposes Criminal Charges and Fines for Rogue Obamacare Agents
Health insurance agents who fraudulently enroll consumers in Affordable Care Act health plans could be subject to criminal charges — and civil penalties of $10,000 to $200,000 — under legislation…
Harris, alguna vez la voz de Biden sobre el aborto, tendría un enfoque abierto en temas de salud
A lo largo de su presidencia, Joe Biden se apoyó en Kamala Harris, la ex fiscal y senadora frontal que eligió como vicepresidenta, para ser la voz de apoyo inquebrantable…
Biden Administration Tightens Broker Access to Healthcare.gov To Thwart Rogue Sign-Ups
The Biden administration on Friday put in place stringent curbs aimed at thwarting rogue insurance brokers from switching consumers’ Affordable Care Act plans without their consent. The announcement came in…
Her Hearing Implant Was Preapproved. Nonetheless, She Got $139,000 Bills for Months.
Caitlyn Mai woke up one morning in middle school so dizzy she couldn’t stand and deaf in one ear, the result of an infection that affected one of her cranial…