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How should states reach out to Medicaid enrollees affected by changes? Our research gives a hint
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (530+ words) By Rebecca Myerson, Allison Espeseth, and Laura Dague Myerson is an associate professor of health policy and management at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Espeseth is director of Covering Wisconsin and a part of University of Wisconsin-Madison Division…...
More workers hate their jobs, but keep them for the health insurance
2+ week, 5+ day ago (210+ words) Bob Herman is the author of Health Care Inc., an award-winning weekly newsletter about the business of health and medicine. An increasing number of adults are slogging through jobs they don’t like solely because they don’t want to lose their…...
Despite earnings celebration, UnitedHealth signals more financial pain for employers
3+ week, 3+ day ago (220+ words) Bob Herman is the author of Health Care Inc., an award-winning weekly newsletter about the business of health and medicine. UnitedHealth Group smashed through investors’ earnings expectations in the second quarter, with executives confidently saying this new level of profit…...
FTC settles lawsuit with CVS Caremark over charges it manipulated insulin prices, impeded access
3+ week, 5+ day ago (327+ words) The Federal Trade Commission settled a lawsuit against CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., over allegations that the company artificially inflated the price of insulin and impeded access to the lifesaving diabetes treatment. As part…...
Hospital chain HCA warns of lower profits as more patients go uninsured
3+ week, 5+ day ago (164+ words) The country’s biggest hospital chain lowered its 2026 profit outlook on Tuesday after treating more uninsured patients than expected in the second quarter. Many of those uninsured patients had dropped their Affordable Care Act plans after losing enhanced subsidies, HCA Healthcare…...
As states absorb Medicaid funding cuts, family caregivers face financial ruin
3+ week, 6+ day ago (697+ words) In 2018, Kristine Fifer was lucky to avoid bankruptcy. “I lost everything,” said Fifer, who also has a 13-year-old son. But eight years later, Fifer’s luck has run out. “With these new cuts, I’m done. I’m going to foreclose,” Fifer said,…...
Affordable Care Act insurers want more premium increases as enrollment sags
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (691+ words) By Rachel Spears — KFF Health News 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…...
This whistleblower took on a health insurance giant and a political machine. She’s not stopping there
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (299+ words) Herman interviewed Chris Deacon for almost four hours and read hundreds of pages of legal and financial documents for this story, part of STAT’s Out of Pocket, Out of Reach series. It should have been a triumphant moment for Chris…...
For a Georgia entrepreneur, health coverage has never been affordable
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (208+ words) Herman is speaking with dozens of business owners and workers across America to understand the impact of out-of-control health care costs for STAT’s Out of Pocket, Out of Reach series. Amy Bielawski has gone most of her life without health…...
5 takeaways from STAT’s series on the soaring cost of health insurance
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (207+ words) More than 150 million Americans get their health insurance from a job, making it the primary way people in the U.S. get coverage. STAT is examining this crucial source of insurance to understand how and why it is becoming unaffordable for workers…...