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A life insurance company turns healthy habits into a game: NPR
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (812+ words) Many people wake up intending to eat well and exercise. But then the day gets away from them. Feel familiar? Now, one life insurance company is betting that gift cards, prize wheels and fitness streaks can help close that gap....
Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (506+ words) The Health Care. gov website is the starting place for anyone who needs to buy health insurance on their own. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption As many as 5 million people who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces…...
Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities. Residents can suffer
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (387+ 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…...
Medicare Advantage insurers face new curbs on overcharges in Trump plan
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (941+ words) Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes. But some health policy experts say the plan could help reduce billions of dollars in…...
Many brand-name drug prices are going up, despite Trump administration deals
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) Every January, pharmaceutical companies increase the prices of hundreds of drugs. This year'there's a disconnect between the deals with the Trump administration on some drug prices versus others. Every January, drug companies typically raise prices for hundreds of brand-name drugs,…...
U. S. health care is broken. Here are 3 ways it's getting worse
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1158+ words) One year after United Healthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U. S. health care has gotten even worse " in ways both obvious and hidden. People increasingly can't afford health insurance. The costs of both Obamacare and employer-sponsored insurance plans…...
How to make a high-deductible health plan and HSA work for you
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1168+ words) An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn't clear about what it would mean for her family's finances. "Once I got the insurance card, I compared our old plan to our new plan,…...
When health insurance costs $2, 500 per month, families make tough choices
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (968+ words) Ken Warner sits with his cat Ostara in his home office in Manchester, Conn. where he writes sci-fi and fantasy novels. Warner and his wife, Parveen Vohra, who is a therapist, buy their insurance on Health Care. gov. Jarod Lew…...
Medicare Advantage 'dark money' group tries to win higher payments for insurers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1124+ words) Medicare Advantage Majority has spent more than $3. 1 million on hundreds of Facebook ads since September 2024, according to Facebook's Ad Library, a database of the company's online ads. (Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News) Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News hide caption Yet…...
No healthcare premiums? In this economy? ! Here's how. : The Indicator from Planet Money
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (197+ words) It turns out healthcare in America CAN be cheaper. If your employer wants it to be. Today on the show, we speak with a Canadian-founded startup that has unusually generous benefits for their employees. Come see Planet Money live on…...