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Health insurance rates poised to rise again as Pa. regulators claim limited power to control increases
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (1108+ words) Jaxon White of Spotlight PA Members of the Affordable Healthcare for PA coalition rally for lower healthcare costs near Geisinger corporate headquarters in Danville. Courtesy of Affordable Healthcare for PA HARRISBURG — As health insurance companies propose some of the largest…...
Medicaid will likely shed patients under new rules
1+ week, 5+ day ago (457+ words) By Marley Parish For Spotlight PA State College This health system is working to keep them covered A health system campus framed by trees with a sign that says ‘Guthrie.’ As Pennsylvania braces for stricter Medicaid rules to go into…...
Opinion: The other affordability crisis: healthcare
3+ week, 1+ day ago (522+ words) Housing costs are too high, no doubt about it, and elected leaders are right to focus on making them more affordable. As bad as housing costs are, healthcare costs are worse. In fact, the average monthly health insurance premium for…...
Commentary: Not all change is good — Medicaid, Medicare shifts are everyone’s problem
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (691+ words) Barbara Rubino The Fulcrum Medicaid, Medicare shifts are everyone’s problem Like 155 million other Americans, I get my health insurance coverage through my employer. The millions like me who are not on Medicaid or Medicare may not be closely tracking the…...
Clyde Smith Insurance Agency strives to fit customers’ needs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (375+ words) If you’re having a conversation with Yvonne Smith from Clyde Smith Insurance Agency Inc., and tell her she’s doing a good job, she might think you’re saying that to be polite. But there have been times when customers have been…...
The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here’s how it could affect costs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (615+ words) By ALI SWENSON Associated Press Here’s how it could affect costs Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks before Vice President JD Vance at the Wisconsin Air National Guard facility at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Wednesday, July…...
Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (684+ words) By ALI SWENSON Associated Press The healthcare.gov website on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. Insurance agent Maria Collado, center right, works with clients at a shopping mall kiosk run by Las Madrinas de los Seguros, Spanish for ‘The Godmothers of…...
Commentary: High-deductible health plans are being sold as a cure. They aren’t
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (570+ words) Marc Henry Estriplet The Fulcrum High-deductible plans drive medical debt, which remains one of the leading causes of personal bankruptcy in the United States, writes Marc Henry Estriplet. Recently, during rounds, I met a patient who almost missed her own…...
Public hearing requested on Geisinger-Risant’s request to modify $100M insurance conditions
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1019+ words) Hearing requested on request to modify $100M insurance conditions WILKES-BARRE — A coalition of community members and health care workers in Pennsylvania is calling for a public hearing to ensure transparency around Geisinger-Risant’s “Request for Modification” of its insurance conditions. In addition,…...
Longtime insurance executive named new president of Geisinger Health Plan
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (181+ words) DANVILLE — Jeremy Gaskill is the new president of Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) and executive vice president of insurance operations for Geisinger, effective Feb. 23. Gaskill joins GHP after more than two decades at Humana, where he most recently served as the…...