4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (824+ words) Kansas Citians who buy health insurance through hearthcare.gov can expect to pay much more for monthly premiums next year. According to preliminary rate filings submitted to state insurance regulators in Missouri and Kansas, every insurance company selling individual plans…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1344+ 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…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (810+ words) Federal lawmakers are turning up the pressure on UnitedHealthcare and two rival Medicare Advantage insurers over their use of artificial intelligence and their prior authorization rules for post-hospital rehab care. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. Josh…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (671+ words) For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs as well as policy changes by Congress and the Trump administration. In preliminary filings with state regulators, insurers…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1485+ words) Getting answers to questions about MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program, could soon change as the state prepares to roll out artificial intelligence programs to help handle changes to the program. As part of President Donald Trump's budget bill, dubbed…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (879+ words) More than 333,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage from January 2025 through February 2026, with nearly 92 percent dropped because of paperwork issues -- not because the state determined they no longer qualified. The data, from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, show 333,265 Missourians lost coverage…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (708+ words) When Melanie Miller saw her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The 59-year-old retired teacher, who recently moved from Ohio to Michigan, now…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (251+ words) A new KFF survey found that states are taking varied approaches to implementing Medicaid work requirements. The survey studied responses from state Medicaid officials and focus groups in eight states -- Arizona, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington -- to…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (812+ words) It's easy to lose track of time playing "guess how much a C-section costs." And women undergoing the procedure won't have an answer until after the baby is delivered. Turquoise Health, a San Diego health tech company, saw that problem…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (768+ words) Thousands of residents in southwest Missouri are scrambling to find new doctors after insurance changes left CoxHealth -- the region's largest health system -- unavailable for many marketplace patients. The disruption comes as nearly 350,000 Missouri residents enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace…...