1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (335+ words) Pennsylvania's Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace reported Monday that nearly 20% of their enrollees, roughly 85,000 people, dropped their coverage. The move followed the doubling of their premiums after the GOP-controlled Congress allowed enhanced subsidies to expire at the end of last…...

2+ week, 11+ min ago   (86+ words) People with ACA health insurance just saw prices surge and many switched to plans with high deductibles and health savings accounts. If that's you, what do you wish you knew about how your plan works? The sudden spike in costs…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (939+ words) Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes. But some health policy experts say the plan could help reduce billions of dollars in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (675+ words) After a routine trip to her mailbox, Dawn Daly-Mack almost threw away an important letter that she thought was junk mail. "I opened it up and it said, 'Your medical bill has been paid,'" says Daly-Mack, 60, who lives in Gaston,…...

4+ week, 58+ min ago   (991+ words) Since September, 16 major drug companies have inked deals with the Trump administration to lower prices. But in January " the time of year when pharmaceutical companies typically roll out price hikes " all 16 companies released higher list prices for some of their…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (361+ words) President Trump said the administration has reached agreements with nine more drugmakers to bring their U.S. drug prices more in line with what other wealthy countries pay. Fourteen companies in total have now reached what the administration calls most-favored-nation pricing deals....

2+ mon, 11+ min ago   (1253+ words) Jamie and Carrie Wright rattle off the numbers with ease. It's $36,000 for a single dose of Jamie's cancer-suppressing shot, which he needs every 28 days. A patient support program will cover the $1,400 copay, but that means it doesn't count toward their…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1266+ words) Health insurance premiums are set to rise sharply for millions of Americans insured by the Affordable Care Act next month. And Congress is running down the clock to strike a deal to soften the blow. A proposal backed by Senate…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1160+ words) One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care has gotten even worse " in ways both obvious and hidden. People increasingly can't afford health insurance. The costs of both Obamacare and employer-sponsored insurance plans are…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1221+ words) At the heart of the longest-ever federal shutdown is whether or not to extend enhanced tax credits for millions of Americans purchasing their plans on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Pennie's open enrollment period for almost 500,000 Pennsylvanians began on Nov. 1, with…...