3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1143+ words) Curtis Kurkova lives in a $28 million mansion. The estate is nestled within a gated and guarded neighborhood in Hidden Hills, California. Its modern exterior, massive windows, and backyard pool are fit for a magazine feature. Kurkova, a licensed respiratory practitioner,…...

8+ mon, 4+ week 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…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (321+ words) The programs operate as open-ended entitlements, making it hard to separate outright scams from aggressive but routine billing. Unfortunately, medical-payment fraud is not new. The Trump administration joins every other presidential administration since Medicare and Medicaid were created in announcing…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) States subcontract with private insurers to side-step limits on federal funding. That arrangement raises uncomfortable questions. Why do states subcontract Medicaid to private insurers if the government provides all the money, tells the insurers what they must cover and how…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (295+ words) Consolidation is not what’s driving the big increase in costs. Americans are desperate for relief from rising health insurance premiums. Average annual premiums for single-coverage plans have risen from $7,491 in 2020 to $9,325 in 2025. For family plans, the cost increase was steeper,…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (277+ words) Households should be able to enroll in plans exempt from ACA rules, which would help to reduce costs. Yugos are no longer available, but the auto industry still offers a variety of options targeted at different market segments. The price…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (918+ words) California’s In-Home Supportive Services Program is ripe for scams, experts say. This is the story of a government that has allowed compassion to become a mask for fraud, creating a self-reinforcing system that keeps the Democratic establishment in power. In…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1050+ words) California has lost at least $180 billion to fraud, according to officials and experts. California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And…...

5+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

7+ mon, 2+ 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....