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Kaiser Permanente To Pay $556 Million in Record Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (992+ words) This article by Fred Schulte first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it billed the government…...
As Insurance Prices Rise, Families Puzzle Over Options
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1081+ words) This article by Lynn Arditi first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. New York-based performer Cynthia Freeman, 61, has been trying to figure out how to keep the Affordable Care Act health plan that she and her husband depend…...
GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of Largest Public Health Plan
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1068+ words) When the head of the nation's largest publicly operated health plan worries about the looming federal cuts to Medicaid, it's not just her job. It's personal. "If it weren't for safety nets like the Medi-Cal program, I think, many people…...
Millions of Americans Are Expected To Drop Their Affordable Care Act Plans. They’re Looking for a Plan B.
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (1155+ words) It's feeding time for the animals on this property outside Nashville, Tennessee. An albino raccoon named Cricket reaches through the wires of its cage to grab an animal cracker, an appetizer treat right before the evening meal. "Cricket is blind,…...
Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients.
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (687+ words) This article by Emmarie Huetteman first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. A Texas boy's second dose of the MMRV vaccine cost over $1,400. A Pennsylvania woman's long-acting birth control cost more than $14,000. Treatment for a Florida Medicaid enrollee's…...
One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1077+ words) Posted By: Nor December 16, 2025 This article by Bernard J. Wolfson first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying…...
Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1510+ words) This article by Julie Appleby first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. We've been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time there's an extra complication. Though it's…...
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1183+ words) This article by Julie Appleby first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. In a recent Meet the Press appearance, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) joined a growing number of Republicans who are speaking out against Obamacare. One of his…...
Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1145+ words) Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance. Then, four years ago, when Monroe was pregnant with twin girls,…...
Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (575+ words) Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open. Some of the premium increases can be attributed to an…...