1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (707+ words) NEW YORK " Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, such as gas in her car. Some days, she takes half or a third of her prescribed insulin dose " just to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (627+ words) Citing a looming national health care crisis, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) announced Wednesday proposed legislation that aims to expand tax relief on medical expenses. The legislation, dubbed "The No Taxes on Healthcare Act, would, according to Hawley's new release: allow…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (693+ words) The Missouri Farm Bureau is preparing to launch health care plans for its members, following a law passed in July in the Missouri Legislature. Though not technically insurance " it will not be regulated nor will it cover everyone as the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1783+ words) Until last year, Roberta Ross-Fisher had never been in a hospital except to visit friends and family. The self-employed higher education consultant from Franklin County was so diligent about cleaning her teeth that she had a gum graft several years…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1175+ words) One family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just found out their health plan's deductible will jump from $800 to $20,000 next year. About 200 miles north, in Maryland, another household learned they'll pay $500 more monthly to insure their brood in 2026. And thousands of people…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (608+ words) Missouri's biggest individual insurer must rebate almost $90 million to policyholders because it spent too little on care and too much on administration. Ambetter from Home State Health, a subsidiary of Clayton-based Centene Corporation, is mailing checks totaling $87.5 million to customers…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1115+ words) Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year " double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy the coverage, also…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (924+ words) President Donald Trump rode to reelection last fall on voter concerns about prices. But as his administration pares back federal rules and programs designed to protect patients from the high cost of health care, Trump risks pushing more Americans into…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (487+ words) As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, according to a new study. Since the early aughts, the share of physicians in the United States working for hospitals has nearly…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (541+ words) In a Congress addicted to bad ideas and bloated spending " something we saw again recently " it's rare to find a tax policy with broad, bipartisan support that also happens to be good policy. Health savings accounts are one of those…...