1+ week, 6+ day ago   (436+ words) Physicians are considering dropping Blue Cross Blue Shield plans or not accepting insurance at all. Also, mail-in-voting, microplastics, Dolly Parton and the Great Lakes....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1008+ words) 🔎 Below: A Chicago-area psychiatrist had his payments slashed after Blue Cross Blue Shield enacted a new “downcoding” system that doctors worry will make it more difficult for patients to get the care they need. 🗞️ Plus: Chicago police investigate a Border…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (394+ words) The majority of people who are no longer getting health insurance coverage through Get Covered Illinois, the state’s Afordable Care Act marketplace, were dropped for nonpayment, state data shows. More than 92,000 people are no longer getting Affordable Care Act health…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1042+ words) About 13% of people in traditional Medicare don’t have supplemental coverage, meaning they could be vulnerable to large costs if they have a serious illness. After decades of selling insurance, John Jaggi, a central Illinois broker, had never seen anything like…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1007+ words) Dr. Mustafa Alavi, the medical director at the Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center, has seen patients struggling with rising ACA monthly premiums and others with the loss of Medicaid health insurance. Candace Dane Chambers / Sun-Times Monthly payments for health insurance…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1343+ words) 🔎 Below: With Congress on the verge of letting Obamacare subsidies expire on Dec. 31, many Chicagoans are bracing for much higher health care costs — or no coverage at all. 🗞️ Plus: The Bears eye new stadium spots beyond Arlington Heights, what’s next…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1013+ words) Medicare Advantage Majority has spent more than $3.1 million on hundreds of Facebook ads since September 2024, according to Facebook’s Ad Library, a database of the company’s online ads. Eric Harkleroad / KFF Health News Yet about 82% of the comments are identical to…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (651+ words) If you’re switching from a Medicare Advantage plan to original Medicare, here’s what you need to know. But there’s a catch: If people want to move to original Medicare and buy a supplemental Medigap insurance plan to cover some out-of-pocket costs,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (859+ words) Hyde Park resident Liesl Shurtliff helped a friend apply for a business license and was shocked by the higher fee, which took effect Jan 1. The city of Chicago hiked prices this year for some business license fees by as much…...