5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (632+ words) Thousands of Washington, D.C., residents lost full Medicaid coverage on Jan. 1 due to new income limits introduced in a 2025 budget act, shifting 14,490 people to the more limited Healthy DC Plan and moving others into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace with…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (280+ words) Health insurance companies, which pay for health services of their patrons, can deny coverage of costs if they deem a procedure to be medically unnecessary. This insurer-guided verification of health costs is known as "prior authorization." Of roughly 50 million prior…...