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America's Debt Crisis Is Inseparable From Its Health Care Spending Woes
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (325+ words) The New York Sun America has a spending problem It also has a health care problem These are not two separate crises but rather the same crisis wearing different clothes The Cato Institute's new "Handbook on Affordability" is a great…...
United Health Promises to Return Obamacare Profits to Consumers But Competitors Say the Policies Are Money-Losers
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (34+ words) President Trump has accused health insurance companies of making huge profits off of marketplace health policies. $0. 01/day for 60 days View All Membership Options By THE NEW YORK SUN By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN...
Florida Bill Mandates Human Oversight for AI in Insurance Claim Denials
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (525+ words) Investigations have found that major insurers are using algorithms to generate denial letters in bulk. A Florida House panel has unanimously approved a bill that would require a human to make the final decision on whether an insurance claim is…...
Interest Payments on America's Soaring National Debt Will Enrich Foreign Bondholders and Governments With Taxpayers' Dollars
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (631+ words) Total payments of interest on the debt through fiscal year 2035 will be almost $14 trillion, unless Congress gets spending under control. If America was a family or a business, its present debt situation would be considered a crisis. According to the…...
A Silver Lining in the Otherwise Bloated Big Beautiful Bill Could Help Cut Health Costs for Millions of Americans
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (746+ words) There is more to be done, though, to expand the use of Health Savings Accounts. In a Congress addicted to bad ideas and bloated spending " something we saw again last week " it's rare to find a tax policy with broad,…...
After CEO's Murder and Public Pressure, Health Insurers Vow To Reform Care Approval Delays, but Can Trump Actually Make Them?
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1355+ words) Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before. For years, patients and doctors have struggled with the complex and time-consuming insurance process known as prior authorization, a requirement that doctors obtain approval from…...
Health Insurance Companies Pledge New Efforts To Eliminate Prior Authorization Headaches
10+ mon, 23+ hour ago (464+ words) Millions of Americans face delayed or denied healthcare due to insurance company bureaucracy. One of the biggest frustrations in getting medical care" " prior authorization from insurance companies " might get easier soon. Some of America's biggest health insurance companies are now…...