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Copay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead.
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1707+ words) For 16 years, Larry Gruber, a fitness coach from Wilton Manors, Florida, received a coupon card to help him pay for a psoriatic arthritis medication he needs that costs more than $7, 700 a month. Each year, Amgen, which makes the drug, called…...
Florida Delays Children's Health Insurance Expansion as Uninsured Rate Rises
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1270+ words) Like many parents, Tatiana Lafortune wants her children to get a good education, eat nutritious food, and see a doctor when they're not feeling well. Public schools and her church's pantry help Lafortune accomplish the first two goals. But insurance…...
Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1726+ words) The lawsuit, settled on confidential terms last year, blamed not only the managers of City Creek Post-Acute and Assisted Living but also the building's owner, a real estate investment trust, or REIT. In the year Darby died, City Creek paid…...
Families Scramble To Pay Five-Figure Bills as Clock Ticks on Promised Preauthorization Reforms
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1400+ words) By Lauren Sausser March 13, 2026 Sheldon Ekirch is used to being disappointed by her health insurance company. That's why Ekirch, 31, of Henrico, Virginia, was stunned when she learned Anthem would finally have to pay for life-changing medical treatment. For two years,…...