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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine Cornell University Release New Data on Managed Care (Trends in prescription drug coverage restrictions in Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance plans, 2011-2019): Managed Care
3+ day, 59+ min ago (209+ words) Funders for this research include National Institute of Aging, National Cancer Institute Grant, Commonwealth Fund, National Institute on Aging, National Institute for Health Care Management, Centers for Disease Control, Arnold Ventures, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. According to the news…...
Investigators at Harvard Medical School Detail Findings in Managed Care (What Happens When Coverage Is Cut? Looking Backward and Forward From the One Big Beautiful Bill): Managed Care
3+ day, 59+ min ago (213+ words) Financial support for this research came from NA. According to the news editors, the research concluded: "While states may take some steps to mitigate harmful impacts, better protection of the medically needy would require repeal of the legislation, while full…...
Michigan businesses need health plans that offer affordability, access | Opinion
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (63+ words) Insurance News Net Michigan businesses need health plans that offer affordability, access | Opinion A Michigan small business owner shares how rising healthcare costs impact employers and why access to top medical care is crucial. - Presented By - How to Write For…...
Brokers face a new reality in voluntary benefits - Insurance News
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (717+ words) Employer expectations around voluntary benefits are changing. Tight budgets, increased legal scrutiny on these products and evolving product designs are causing employers to raise new questions about voluntary benefits " challenging the long-held belief that these plans carry minimal risk because…...
County tax hike blamed on health insurance cost jump
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (98+ words) Insurance News Net Passaic County taxpayers are getting another increase. The county adopted a $496. 3 million 2026 budget on May 12, raising the county tax levy for the third straight year, with health insurance costs accounting for nearly the entire increase. The budget…...
Providence insurance exit: What the health plan shutdown means for Oregonians
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (800+ words) The decision by Providence Health & Services to shut down most of its insurance business didn't come out of nowhere. Before announcing the pullout this week, the Renton, Washington-based Catholic hospital system spent months scaling back its insurance operation as financial…...
Florida's uninsured millions can get 600 generic drugs through Trump Rx
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (74+ words) Insurance News Net The millions of Floridians who don't have health insurance can now choose from a catalog of 600 generic prescriptions on the Trump Rx. gov platform. Who gets access to the Fed's payment infrastructure, and on what terms? Foreign…...
Hawaii's fight against Medicaid fraud plagued for over a decade
4+ day, 12+ min ago (1666+ words) Behind the verbal sparring last week between federal and state officials over policing Medicaid fraud, data shows Hawaii's recent record on the subject is in some respects worst in the nation. In each of the last four years, Hawaii's Medicaid…...
Study Results from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Update Understanding of Managed Care (Centering Undocumented Immigrants: a Cross-sectional Study of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Undocumented Asian and Latinx Immigrants In "): Managed Care
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (116+ words) Financial support for this research came from NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD). According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Findings suggest that lack of insurance is strongly associated with lower SRH utilization....
Rising healthcare costs impact 401(k) accounts
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (943+ words) For decades, the 401(k) was a single-purpose vehicle: Money goes in during working years, stays untouched and comes out during retirement. That compact has quietly broken down. Medical bills are one of the leading reasons Americans raid their retirement accounts early....