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Your Employer's Health Plan Is the Single Largest Tax Break in America, and It Never Shows Up on Your Return
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (928+ words) The biggest tax break most American workers receive never appears on their return, never gets debated at filing time, and quietly delivers a bigger federal subsidy to higher earners than anything they could ever itemize. Look at your last pay…...
His Hospital Closed on 70 Hours' Notice. Whether He Can Leave His Advantage Plan Early Turns on Whether He Was Ever a Patient There.
15+ hour, 10+ min ago (658+ words) Sturgis Hospital closed with barely three days' notice, and now a Medicare Advantage enrollee ten minutes away wants out of his plan before flu season. Whether federal rules give him that exit depends entirely on a single fact most people…...
GU Provider Alters Tuition Insurance Plans, Reduces Payout for Physical Health Absences
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1048+ words) Georgetown University students’ tuition insurance will no longer distinguish between mental and physical health-related absences for the 2026-27 academic year. Julia Strimling (SON ’26) — who took a mental health-related leave of absence in Spring and Fall 2024 and launched a petition calling for…...
Covered California Premiums Rise Again as Uninsured Californians Under 65 Are Projected to Nearly Double by 2030
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (958+ words) California is heading toward a sharp rise in residents without health insurance, and the head of the state's marketplace is describing the moment in blunt terms. "It's triage," Covered California Executive Director Jessica Altman told KFF Health News in a…...
Anger Over Health Costs Clouds Midterms
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3 Strategies to Improve Health Insurance, Per Georgetown Report
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (381+ words) A Georgetown report outlines three strategies to improve health insurance by lowering costs, simplifying coverage and protecting patients from corporate abuses. Healthcare costs are a major area of financial strain for Americans. A new report from Georgetown University’s Center on…...
Measure B supporters say it could help San Diegans on Medi-Cal
2+ day, 11+ min ago (413+ words) The San Diego County Health and Safety Act, also called Measure B, is a half-cent sales tax proposal that voters will decide on this November. Supporters say the measure would supplement cuts to California’s low-income healthcare program: Medi-Cal. According to…...
State approves 22% average rate increase for individual health insurance in 2027
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (303+ words) OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Thousands of Washington residents will see another hefty rise in the cost of their health insurance next year. The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) announced on Wednesday, Sept. 9, that it’s approved a 22.2% average…...
157 Lab Providers Lost Medicare Billing Privileges—Here’s Why Checking Your Medicare Statement Matters
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (192+ words) According to CMS, those systems look for abnormal combinations involving testing, results, billing, documentation, and relationships that could indicate fraud, waste, or abuse. The technology can help flag high-risk claims for additional review and potentially allow claims to be held,…...
More than 200,000 Texans are waiting for Medicaid approval as enrollment declines
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1360+ words) A hospital room in Cedar Park Regional Medical Center in Cedar Park on March 13, 2024. Vanessa Melendez had been going back and forth with the state over...