20+ hour, 17+ min ago   (949+ words) Gabrielle Guerrero was 15 when doctors told her that her life would never be the same. "They were like, "You're young and energized, but you'll never be able to walk again without assistance," said Guerrero, of Burleson, Texas, a suburb of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1168+ words) When insurance twice refused to cover a nearly $800,000-a-year drug that Paxton Pope's doctor believed could dramatically reduce his frequent seizures, his family initially braced for a serious medical setback. Then the Popes, of Davidson, North Carolina, learned about a…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (458+ words) The Trump administration is expected to announce, as early as this week, a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the price of their weight loss drugs in exchange for limited Medicare coverage, according to two people…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1309+ words) Affordable Care Act open enrollment kicks off Saturday, and this year's enrollment period is expected to see the largest increase in costs since the law went into effect more than a decade ago. More than 24 million Americans get their health…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (948+ words) With the cost of health insurance set to rise, some Americans are asking a surprising question: Is it actually cheaper to get medical care without it? The short answer: Sometimes. But not often. And it may require a little " or…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1051+ words) Ginny Murray says she and her husband, Chaz, are out of options for health insurance. In January, their premiums are expected to rise higher than they've ever gone up before, putting the cost out of reach. The Arkansas couple plan…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (736+ words) On Wednesday, open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans began in Idaho, offering a preview to the rest of the country of how much monthly premiums are set to increase in 2026. Many Idahoans will have to decide whether they'll be…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (909+ words) In late September, Laurel Vincenty got a letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield informing her that the subsidies that covered a big chunk of her health insurance would be expiring at the end of the year, sending her monthly premiums…...

3+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (277+ words) The study analyzed data from Washington, D.C., and 38 states that reported their emergency Medicaid expenditures for fiscal year 2022. The researchers found that, overall, emergency Medicaid constituted 0.4% of total Medicaid expenditures, at an average cost of about $10 per person. Services covered by…...

3+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (1781+ words) Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it's their duty to prevent overbilling. In the beginning of the year, Dr. Terry Wagner's office manager came to him and said "something weird is going on....