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Health insurance keeps many Americans trapped in unwanted jobs
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (370+ words) The numbers run higher for workers holding personal or household medical debt (20%) who are more than twice as likely to stay in unwanted jobs because they fear losing their health insurance (44% vs. 21%). People who borrowed money in the past year…...
Private health insurance expansion leads to poorer overall public health
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (293+ words) People with private health insurance can jump the public healthcare queue by using private health services instead. Is there really anything wrong with that? There are two main theories: But which one of these theories is most correct? Researchers at…...
Enforcement gaps in Medicare Advantage raise questions about plan accountability
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (246+ words) As Medicare Advantage now covers more than half of beneficiaries, new research reveals that federal enforcement, dominated by relatively small financial penalties, may be falling short of ensuring accountability across a rapidly expanding system. A recent study published in JAMA…...
Study finds weak penalties for Medicare Advantage rule violations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (508+ words) A new study from health policy researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health suggests that while regulators have several tools at their disposal to penalize insurance plans that break the rules, they rely mostly on relatively small financial…...
Listen: Cheap health insurance isn’t always cheap
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (215+ words) High-deductible plans can look like a deal, until the bills start rolling in. On this episode of the NPR podcast Life Kit, reporter Jackie Fortiér breaks down what to expect and how to prepare. A lot of people choose their…...
Farm bureau plans are a less pricey alternative to ACA coverage — with trade-offs
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (999+ words) Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers him and his two teenage kids. That monthly total is $200 higher than what he paid last year, due in part to the expiration…...
Tax time brings surprises for some who receive ACA subsidies
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1014+ words) Tax time can come with big surprises for some people who have Affordable Care Act coverage, including owing money back to the government for premium subsidies received during the previous year. More changes lie ahead that make it important for…...
State-run insurance plans for foster kids leave some of them without doctors
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1220+ words) Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care. Now 8, the second grader is dealing with it again. Her cancer came back late last year. Ollie's parents,…...
Trump’s one big beautiful bill act darkens outlook for government-backed clinics
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1135+ words) Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two years. And CEO Brad Meyer fears times will soon get worse for the clinic and its 21,000 patients. That's because Nebraska…...
She owed her insurer a nickel, so it canceled her coverage
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1062+ words) Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. A teacher's aide in Melbourne, Florida, Hill is a single mom who works shifts at J.Crew on the weekends to send her daughter to college. Hill and her…...