1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (213+ words) Further complicating matters for young retirees is that many individuals wish to delay Social Security to increase their eventual benefits. At the same time, delaying Social Security can necessitate higher withdrawals in the early part of retirement, thereby imperiling the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1225+ words) Kim Paul, executive director of the Piikani Lodge Health Institute, a nonprofit on the Blackfeet Reservation that promotes health and well-being, saw the email notification flash across her computer screen as she was working late last week. It was the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) From her post in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Nebraska, Dr. Ann Anderson-Berry sees some of Nebraska's sickest and smallest patients. It's a devastating and unexpected end to a pregnancy, where the baby's survival is often in question....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (795+ words) Across the nation, states face an immense task and high costs to prepare for the Jan. 1 kickoff of new Medicaid eligibility mandates affecting millions of lower-income adults in the government-funded health care program. The first half of a $200 million federal…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1268+ words) A state report shows at least 16 insurance carriers in Nevada likely violated the federal mental health and addiction parity law last year, putting more barriers in place for people seeking mental health care than physical health care in a state…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (218+ words) Montana State Auditor James Brown announced Tuesday that his office had identified and worked to remedy a health care fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans. Second, Montana has three Affordable Care Act insurance providers, and one of them, called Pacific…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (256+ words) That's when the open enrollment window ends in most states for plans that start in February. About 10 states that run their own marketplaces have later deadlines, or have extended them to the end of the month to give their residents…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1056+ words) With uncertainty in Congress around reviving expired federal health care subsidies, Connecticut officials are considering another extension of open enrollment for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans. Federal lawmakers are trying different avenues to bring back the enhanced premium subsidies in some…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (665+ words) The state-run health plan for municipal and other public-sector employees outside of state government paid almost $23 million more in claims than it collected in member premiums last fiscal year, according to a new report from Comptroller Sean Scanlon's office. But…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (763+ words) Democrats forced a 43-day government shutdown over the issue. Moderate Republicans called for a solution to save their 2026 political aspirations. President Donald Trump floated a way out, only to back off after conservative backlash. In the end, no one's efforts…...