10+ hour, 8+ min ago   (921+ words) California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1412+ words) Erica Carter is passionate about her job, and she has seven acres of flowers and vegetables to show for it. Carter’s specialty is reeling in grants to support students in the Omaha Nation school district, where she is a finance…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1694+ words) More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1678+ words) Deloitte, a multibillion-dollar global consulting firm, has operated Michigan’s Medicaid eligibility system under contracts worth roughly $768 million since 2006, according to contracts reviewed by KFF Health News. Marie Noon takes eight medications a day. One keeps her heart rate from spiking…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1497+ words) One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care, some insurers now say they won’t implement all the promised initiatives. Meanwhile, patients, their advocates, and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1296+ words) As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (899+ words) Seasonal work. Inconsistent hours. Frequent moves. Cash payments and informal jobs. For farmworkers who rely on Medicaid, these common employment patterns could put their health coverage at risk. It’s a heightened concern for the estimated million-plus farmworkers who are U.S....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (850+ words) As of February, ACA enrollment had fallen by about 3 million people compared with the same time last year. For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1170+ words) Making matters more challenging, Congress didn’t renew covid pandemic-era subsidies that helped lower premiums for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans before this year. By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in Kissimmee, Florida, in March,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1539+ words) Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn’t receive any warning from…...