US Uninsured Rate Was Stable in 2023, Even as States’ Medicaid Purge Began
The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of…
En los comerciales de medicamentos en TV, lo que ves no siempre es lo que es
La música triunfal suena mientras pacientes con cáncer van de campamento, hacen jardinería y ven fuegos artificiales en anuncios de Opdivo+Yervoy, una combinación de inmunoterapias para tratar el melanoma metastásico…
ACA Enrollment Platforms Suspended Over Alleged Foreign Access to Consumer Data
Suspicions that U.S. consumers’ personal information could be accessed from India led regulators to abruptly bar two large private sector enrollment websites from accessing the Affordable Care Act marketplace in…
With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get
Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch fireworks in ads for Opdivo+Yervoy, a combination of immunotherapies to treat metastatic melanoma and lung cancer. Ads…
Errors in Deloitte-Run Medicaid Systems Can Cost Millions and Take Years To Fix
The computer systems run by the consulting giant Deloitte that millions of Americans rely on for Medicaid and other government benefits are prone to errors that can take years and…
Cuando la aseguradora se niega a pagar un aborto que es médicamente necesario
A principios de 2022, Ashley y Kyle estaban recién casados, y emocionados porque esperaban su primer hijo. Pero desde el comienzo de su embarazo, Ashley había tenido hemorragias, y en…
Para las farmacéuticas, la pelea entre Trump y Harris es entre dos enemigos de la industria
En medio de una amarga y divisiva contienda, el ex presidente Donald Trump y la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris solo parecen coincidir en una cosa: es tarea del gobierno reducir los…
An Arm and a Leg: Don’t Get ‘Bullied’ Into Paying What You Don’t Owe
Caitlyn Mai thought she did everything right. She called ahead to make sure her insurer would cover her cochlear implant surgery. She thought everything went according to plan but she…
Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition
A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an…
Her Life Was at Risk. She Needed an Abortion. Insurance Refused To Pay.
Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child. But bleeding had plagued Ashley from the beginning of her pregnancy, and in July,…