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Medicare Advantage Plan Exits Impact 1 In 10 Seniors With Drug Coverage
3+ day, 54+ min ago (240+ words) Medicare Advantage retirement healthcare document on a desk Upheaval in the Medicare Advantage market triggered "plan terminations" affecting more than 1 in 10 Americans enrolled in such plans with drug coverage last year, a new analysis shows. Health insurance companies that are…...
Lawmakers want to limit how health insurance companies use AI
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (409+ words) Georgia lawmakers are looking to limit how health insurance companies use artificial intelligence. SB 444 passed the state Senate unanimously. It says, "decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial…...
Spike in uninsured Minnesotans as health care cost concerns rise
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (380+ words) The number of Minnesotans without health insurance rose to its highest level in six years in 2025, amid concerns over the rising cost of health care. The Minnesota Department of Health's latest Minnesota Health Access Survey revealed 5.8% of Minnesotans went without…...
California vowed to stamp out hospice care fraud, but years later there are still red flags
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (69+ words) California vowed to stamp out hospice care fraud, but years later there are still red flags'Yahoo A CBS News investigation found that four years after California vowed to stamp out fraud, many hospices with red flags remain in business. According…...
JEA failed to charge local hospital fees totaling $18.9 million, considered ‘foregoing’ past charges
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (684+ words) We're learning more about accusations that JEA may have failed to collect as much as $100 million worth of fees. JEA rates have been on the rise, with customers seeing their bills increase by 3.7 percent last April and another 5.1 percent increase…...
Health care premium hikes will weigh on public budgets, workers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (758+ words) BOSTON (SHNS) " Thousands of public employees will see an average premium increase of 7.5% in the coming fiscal year under rate changes that state health plan overseers approved Thursday, with open enrollment just a little under a month away. The Group…...
Contributor: Why healthcare is so expensive in America, and what to do about it
1+ week, 4+ day ago (523+ words) America's healthcare system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we're honest about that,…...
Georgia House passes new bills to tackle rising auto insurance costs
2+ week, 1+ day ago (424+ words) ATLANTA " After approving one-time income and property tax rebates for Georgians last week, the state House returned with four more affordability measures, this time aimed at insurance costs. The legislation recently passed by the House aims to curb excessive insurance…...
Millions of US Medicare Advantage enrollees forced to switch plans, study finds
3+ week, 6+ day ago (355+ words) Feb 18 (Reuters) - Nearly 3 million people with Medicare Advantage plans - or about 10% of all enrollees in the privately-managed program - had to "find alternative coverage in 2026, as health insurers exited markets and scaled back "plan options, according to a study published in…...
Vance, Dr. Oz pause MN Medicaid payments amid fraud concerns
2+ week, 5+ day ago (48+ words) VP JD Vance and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz say $259 million in Minnesota Medicaid funds are frozen over concerns of public fund misuse. VP JD Vance and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz say $259 million in Minnesota Medicaid funds are frozen…...