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My insurance says I owe nothing, so why is Quest Diagnostics demanding $563?
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (436+ words) Q: I had routine blood tests at Quest Diagnostics last year. My insurance company, Lucent Health, sent me an explanation of benefits stating "Patient Responsibility = $0.00." I thought everything was settled. More than a year later, I received a letter from a…...
Two years later, this $18,926 surgery claim is still in limbo — is there a way out?
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (461+ words) Q: I desperately need your help with Anthem Blue Cross. Almost two years ago, I underwent emergency spinal surgery after an accident " it was medically urgent to prevent permanent damage. My health insurance company, Anthem Blue Cross, paid the hospital, ICU…...
Health insurance costs spike for businesses, workers after pandemic
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (618+ words) The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance in California rose at twice the pace of inflation over the past three years, squeezing workers" paychecks and small businesses alike. More than 17 million Californians have health insurance through their job, according to a…...
Opinion: The life-and-death stakes of the debate over Affordable Care Act subsidies
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (397+ words) The government shutdown may be over, but Congress still hasn't solved the biggest problem left on its plate: Extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies to avoid a doubling of insurance premiums or replace them with something new altogether. Lawmakers…...
An emerging shutdown deal doesn’t extend expiring health subsidies. Here’s what could happen to them
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (801+ words) By ALI SWENSON, Associated Press NEW YORK" " A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health…...
Santa Clara County will lose $223 million this year in Medicaid revenues as a result of federal cuts
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (721+ words) Santa Clara County has already started to feel the impacts of President Donald Trump's budget bill " to the tune of $223 million this fiscal year as a result of lost federal revenues from Medicaid. While new work requirements that determine eligibility…...
‘Ghost networks’: How insurance errors endanger California patients
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1705+ words) By Kristen Hwang, CalMatters Mary Kuhn went to the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center because it felt like she was having a heart attack. Her chest and jaw hurt. Her tongue was numb. Instead of confirming a heart…...
Help! I canceled my trip, but my travel insurance won’t pay my claim
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) By Christopher Elliott | Travel Troubleshooter Q: I bought travel insurance from Tin Leg for a scheduled REI tour to Utah. When a family tragedy struck and my husband's father passed away, I canceled our entire trip and all related reservations. I…...
Kaiser Permanente Northern California earns top state, national ratings
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (234+ words) Kaiser Permanente Northern California was again recognized as having the highest-rated health plans in California and among the highest in the nation based on national assessments of overall patient experience and clinical quality. Kaiser Permanente's Medicare and commercial health plans…...
Saratoga church raises money to erase $2.3 million in medical debt in 7 Bay Area counties
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (465+ words) St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Saratoga raised enough money to erase $2.32 million in medical debt throughout the Bay Area. "This really was about all of us coming together and (doing) some good out in our community to live out our…...