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Private-practice doctors alarmed by HMSA policy changes
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (1491+ words) ANNA PACHECO / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Kaleo Correa, founder of Waimea Primary Care on Hawaii Island, said upcoming HMSA policy changes are confusing for providers. Correa saw patient Shirley Ching at her clinic in May. Primary healthcare providers are bracing…...
Obamacare insurers ask for second-highest premiums increase in nearly a decade
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (381+ words) NEW YORK — Companies offering Obamacare health insurance plans next year are requesting payment rates representing a 14% median increase to premiums over 2026 rates, according to data from health policy research group KFF. The proposed rate for 2027 represents the second-highest increase since…...
Americans are dropping out of Obamacare, especially in Kentucky
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (461+ words) NEW YORK — More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for non-payment than in past years, according to data through April from half a dozen states that sell the plans themselves. The cancellations are posing a…...
US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home health care and hospice providers
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (627+ words) It is the latest move by Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force that aims to crack down on health care scams. The U.S. government has for years tried to tackle fraudulent payments from Medicare to hospice and home health…...
Obamacare enrollment drops to about 23 million people for 2026
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (278+ words) More than a million fewer Americans have signed up for Obamacare plans for 2026, with enrollment dropping to about 23 million as monthly premiums for many soared due to the expiration of extra COVID-19 pandemic health insurance subsidies. Total premium costs for…...
With Obamacare’s higher premiums come difficult decisions - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (1243+ words) Mark and Kate Dwyer, whose cost of insurance is poised to jump to nearly a quarter of their annual gross income, at their home in Takilma, Ore., Dec. 19, 2025. As enhanced subsidies expire, many Americans covered under the Affordable Care Act…...
Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (623+ words) NEW YORK — Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to data provided exclusively by…...
Independent workers in Hawaii brace for skyrocketing health premiums
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (1603+ words) Shelley Oates-Wilding poses at Ala Moana Regional Park on Thursday in Honolulu. Oats-Wilding is a former Olympian and owner of nonprofit Ikaika Hawaii Watermans Academy, and is among thousands of Hawaii residents who have struggled with obtaining health insurance without…...
Health insurance battle at heart of shutdown
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1144+ words) Health care insurance and coverage is at the heart of the current U.S. government shutdown, which has resulted in furloughs and more recently — lapses in food assistance benefits. The disagreement remains over health insurance, more specifically whether enhanced federal subsidies for…...
Pfizer, Trump announce deal on prescription drug prices
11+ mon, 10+ hour ago (526+ words) A Pfizer logo is shown at a research facility in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, U.S., September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON — Pfizer and President Donald Trump on Tuesday said they had cut a deal in which the U.S....