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37+ min ago (355+ words) Visakhapatnam: Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha mentioned that she came to know of challenges faced by police personnel regarding inadequate health insurance during her interactions with constables,... Visakhapatnam: Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha mentioned that she came to know of challenges faced by police personnel regarding inadequate health insurance during her interactions with constables, IPS officers, home guards and drivers. Inaugurating a health-insurance programme initiated by the Visakhapatnam City Police for the welfare and protection of their personnel, the Home Minister remarked that the health insurance coverage available to police officers and their families was insufficient earlier.Anitha noted that even minor ailments were leading to a huge bill, prompting the officers to avail loans for the treatments. She expressed concern that many personnel were reluctant to seek treatment at private hospitals because of the financial strain they had to go through....

1+ hour ago (1267+ words) A Maryland man lost his health insurance after the government mistakenly declared him dead, his family told the News4 I-Team. To pay for the dialysis he needed to live, his wife says she spent thousands of dollars out of pocket. Allen Mitchell's headstone says he died on March 10. But according to the government, he died months earlier, in a complication that's been doubly heartbreaking for his family. For years, the I-Team has tracked people who have been mistakenly declared dead. After many federal employees have been terminated in the past year, the problems could be harder to prevent and fix because many government experts are gone, according to experts with the agency. Mitchell was a loving father and husband who was devoted to his two daughters. He loved cars, motorcycles, his pet parrot and his favorite recliner, where he rooted for…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (419+ words) Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced Thursday it is now projected to lose $14.5 million this fiscal year. The news came as the hospital resubmitted its budget this week to state regulators, who rejected the hospital's prior spending plan earlier this year on the grounds that its numbers didn't add up. If Brattleboro's new estimates come to fruition, the 61-bed nonprofit facility will lose about as much money as all other Vermont hospitals operating in the red combined. It's also facing turbulence in its leadership ranks: Its CEO, Chris Dougherty, recently departed after an unexplained leave of absence. Two doctors from the hospital, Dr. Elizabeth McLarney and Dr. Tony Blofson, are acting as interim co-CEOs while the board of trustees looks for a new leader. "This is not the budget outcome we had hoped for," McLarney said in a statement. "We know this…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago (1026+ words) Fifty-two-year-old Dinam Bigny sank into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 per month. Next year, those monthly fees will rise by $200 " a significant enough increase that the program manager in Aldie, Virginia, has resigned himself to finding cheaper coverage. "I won't be able to pay it, because I really drained out any savings that I have right now," he said. "Emergency fund is still draining out " that's the scary part." Bigny is among the many Americans dependent on Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans who are already struggling with the high cost of health care, according to a new survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF. Most of the more than 1,300 enrollees surveyed in early November say they anticipate that their health costs will…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago (1026+ words) Fifty-two-year-old Dinam Bigny sank into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 per month. Next year, those monthly fees will rise by $200 " a significant enough increase that the program manager in Aldie, Virginia, has resigned himself to finding cheaper coverage. "I won't be able to pay it, because I really drained out any savings that I have right now," he said. "Emergency fund is still draining out " that's the scary part." Bigny is among the many Americans dependent on Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans who are already struggling with the high cost of health care, according to a new survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF. Most of the more than 1,300 enrollees surveyed in early November say they anticipate that their health costs will…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago (1503+ words) Federal Watchdog Reveals Rampant Obamacare Fraud; 90% Of Bad-Doc Applicants Approved In Undercover Test A new bombshell report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) details a long-running vulnerability in the Affordable Care Act exchanges, showing that weak verification controls continue to expose federal subsidies to significant fraud and abuse." "Preliminary results from GAO's ongoing covert testing suggest fraud risks in the advance premium tax credit (APTC) persist," the report reads. "The federal Marketplace approved coverage for nearly all of GAO's fictitious applicants in plan years 2024 and 2025, generally consistent with similar GAO testing in plan years 2014 through 2016." According to the report, GAO conducted undercover tests by creating fictitious applicants with fake identities and fraudulent or never-issued Social Security numbers to see how the federal Marketplace would respond. Over the past two years, 90% of those fake applicants were approved for subsidized coverage despite…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago (276+ words) Don't leave money on the table. The year is almost over, and if you have a Flexible Spending Account or a Health Savings account, now is the time to check your balance and make sure no health dollars go to waste. Although these accounts can help you save significantly on medical expenses, they do operate a little differently. FSA: 'Use it or Lose It' by Dec. 31FSA funds do not roll over to the next year, and most funds expire on Dec. 31. While some employers offer a grace period until March 15, 2026, most do not. Experts found that U.S. families forfeit an average of $441 in unused FSA funds back to their employers each year simply by not spending the money in time. What to do now: Check out The Complete FSA Eligibility List at fsastore.com. You might be surprised by all that…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago (1752+ words) Unlock $10,000 plus a portion of the $1 million incentive fund with your Colorado Gives Day donation now. This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. By Jesse Paul and John Ingold, The Colorado Sun Colorado lawmakers are facing their second budget cycle in a row in which they're forecast to have about $1 billion less than they need to continue current levels of state programs and services. And the legislature was recently warned that they face a third billion-dollar shortfall in 2027 if nothing changes. The primary culprit? Medicaid, the health insurance program that covers roughly 1.2 million low-income Coloradans. The state's price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending." The Colorado Sun dug into the data to learn just…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago (946+ words) December 4, 2025 / 6:28 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia It's a scramble in Washington, D.C., as lawmakers sprint to come up with a plan to avoid major premium increases for Affordable Care Act customers. The enhanced subsidies used by millions are set to expire at the end of the year. On Thursday, Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said he was readying a plan that would extend that subsidies for two years. A big piece of his legislation comes with an income cap." "Why don't we take that pot of money that's going to the higher income earners, and bolster the amount of money that's going to the lower- and middle-income earners," said the congressman who represents Bucks and parts of Montgomery County. "That's something we could all agree to." Fitzpatrick said the income cap would be 700% of the federal poverty level, around $225,000 for a family of…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago (718+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. " Thousands of couples in New York like Dom and Anita Palozzi are facing an impossible choice: pay a long-term care insurance premium they can't afford or lapse insurance they're banking on. At 79, Anita Palozzi is still working. She met her husband Dom 55 years ago. "And two months later we got married," Anita said. The Palozzis bought long-term care insurance to protect their assets and more importantly their children. 25 years later they got a letter. Over four years, Anita's annual premium goes from $1,312.37 to $3,668.14. Dom's spikes from $1,780.09 to $975.50. Anita Palozzi, facing $5,000 increase in long-term care premium: "Which is 179% increase."Berkeley Brean, News10NBC: "Can you afford that?"Anita Palozzi: "No. But here's the deal. I might have to because I've already invested $60,000 in premiums." The Palozzis' insurance company submitted its application to raise rates before the state required them to be published....