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Here’s What Plurality Of Americans Believe Is US Healthcare System’s Biggest Problem
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (364+ words) Many Americans think unaffordable health insurance premium costs are currently the U.S. healthcare system’s biggest problem, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey released Thursday. Among U.S. adults age 19 and up who selected each of the affordability concerns as the issue of…...
It’s Easier Than Ever To Trap Young People In Debt. What Is The White House Doing About It?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (614+ words) The White House hones in on financial literacy through Trump Accounts as more Zoomers turn to social media influencers amid rising debt. Both the meeting and NerdWallet’s index come as student loan debt in the U.S. reached a record high…...
Is This Drug Pricing Program Actually Making US Healthcare Affordability Crisis, Hospital Consolidation Worse?
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (570+ words) The 340B Drug Pricing Program may be partly driving U.S. hospital consolidation and worsening affordability for patients, some analysts have warned. While proponents of the 340B program have touted its potential benefits such as rural U.S. hospitals better managing costs and bolster healthcare access…...
Obamacare Premiums Set To Surge Next Year
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (244+ words) Obamacare health insurance premiums are set to increase by double digits again in 2027, according to estimates from KFF released Wednesday. The median nationwide proposed rate change was 18% for 2026, and the median finalized rate change was 20%, according to KFF. Health insurers…...
'Plagued By Fraud': RFK Jr, Dr Oz Say More than 1 Million People Without Social Security Numbers Enrolled In Obamacare
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (379+ words) More than a million Obamacare enrollees have no Social Security number on file, and the Trump administration says that gap points to fraud. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…...
Democrats Attack Private Health Insurance With Another New Tax
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (330+ words) California state lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to preserve federal funding for the state’s Medicaid program amid concerns that the proposal may cause private health insurance premiums to soar. If Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the legislation into…...
The One Cost Voters Keep Thinking About
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (290+ words) The vast majority of Americans are worried about insurance costs surging in 2026, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll released Monday. The latest survey shows that 72% of respondents feel either very or somewhat concerned about their insurance costs potentially increasing this year....
Why Is Medicaid Paying So Much For The Same Ambulance Ride?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (524+ words) That disparity is not an accident. It is the product of a financing structure that has grown quietly for decades inside Medicaid — and that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now moving to address. (RELATED: Banning ‘Anti-Competitive’ Hospital…...
Banning 'Anti-Competitive' Hospital Contracts May Lower Healthcare Costs Across US, New Report Says
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) Banning “anti-competitive” hospital contracting practices could help bring down healthcare costs across the U.S., according to a White House Council of Economic Advisers report released Thursday. Though, the CEA notes that the “expected effects [of banning such hospital contracts]…...
US Workers' Health Insurance Costs To Soar Amid Affordability Crisis, Survey Says
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (254+ words) The majority of American companies expect to charge more for employee health insurance plans in 2027, according to a new survey. U.S. health insurers are hiking up costs for employers as well, as the cost of group plans is on track to…...