4+ hour, 24+ min ago  (844+ words) How the government health insurance program came to engulf the state's budget'and how it can be reformed Since they pay some of the highest taxes in the United States, New Yorkers may wonder where all that money goes. The answer,…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (387+ words) Allowing employers to provide pretax funds for employees to purchase their own insurance can allow individuals to opt for more cost-effective plans. Over the past century, the proportion of health-care services purchased through insurance'as opposed to directly by patients'has surged,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (254+ words) Health insurance companies increasingly require medical providers to obtain approval before delivering the costliest forms of treatment to patients. This has helped curb wasteful expenditure but also impeded access to care. "Prior authorization" has become a flashpoint on Capitol Hill....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (733+ words) It's not surging profits but expensive new medical services and increased usage. Americans have long lamented the high cost of health insurance, and the situation will soon get worse. Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance will go up by another 9 percent in…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (509+ words) As the city recovers from the pandemic, it risks settling for stagnation. Five years ago, New York proved how easy it is to shut down a city by decree. In mid-March 2020, under a state and local Covid-19 lockdown that lasted,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (284+ words) Urban hospitals" attempts to avoid Medicaid cuts yielded huge new subsidies for red state providers. Lobbyists for rural hospitals should expect big bonuses this year. These hospitals receive only 1.3 percent of Medicaid spending and were largely exempt from cuts to…...