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Out-of-pocket pain from high-deductible plans means skimping on care
6+ hour, 39+ min ago By Charlotte Huff, KFF Health News David Garza sometimes feels as if he doesn't have health insurance now that he pays so much to treat his Type 2 diabetes. His monthly premium payment of $435 for family coverage is roughly the same…...
California’s wealth tax proposal pits fiscal fantasy against economic reality
1+ day, 1+ hour ago These warnings expose the wealth tax's central problems: unreliable revenue projections, permanent tax base erosion from migration, and misguided spending priorities that treat government efficiency problems as funding shortfalls. Nine of the original twelve OECD countries that imposed wealth taxes…...
Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies
1+ day, 22+ hour ago U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in…...
Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Trump’s new Medicaid work requirements
4+ day, 3+ hour ago Nebraska will become the first state to implement new work requirements for some people with Medicaid health insurance under a law President Donald Trump signed last year. Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, announced Wednesday that the requirement would take effect…...
Don’t settle for a subpar health savings account
5+ day, 6+ hour ago CHRISTINE BENZ of Morningstar Paired with high-deductible healthcare plans, health savings accounts help ease healthcare costs. HSAs are a triple tax-advantaged vehicle in the tax code, allowing for pretax contributions, tax-free compounding, and tax-free withdrawals for qualified medical expenses. However,…...
Trump’s promised big tax cuts are expected to disappoint the average worker
6+ day, 39+ min ago By Caitlin Reilly, Bloomberg News President Donald Trump promised Americans big tax refunds next year. Many filers " particularly those who could most use the financial boost " may soon be disappointed. "Your sort of typical W-2 worker with no kids will see…...
The Senate voted down dueling health proposals. Here’s what’s at stake for Americans
1+ week, 2+ day ago But the Senate rejected both, and hopes of solving the problem this year are running dry. Affordable Care Act subsidies will end in three weeks, more than doubling the premiums for many with health coverage through the 2010 law known as…...
Affordable Care Act enrollment is slightly ahead of last year so far, despite expiring subsidies
1+ week, 5+ day ago By ALI SWENSON and NICKY FORSTER, Associated Press Seen at face value, the data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services seems to defy predictions that many Americans facing pricier plans would drop out of marketplace coverage altogether next…...
After shutdown, federal employees face new uncertainty: affording health insurance
2+ week, 2+ day ago By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie, Georgia, says he and his wife won't be traveling much next year after their monthly health insurance premium payment increases more than 40%, to…...
Affordable Care Act premiums are set to spike. A new poll shows enrollees are already struggling
2+ week, 3+ day ago By ALI SWENSON, LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX, Associated Press 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…...