1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (681+ words) Doctors and hospital groups may have profited to the tune of nearly $50 million from fraudulent insurance claims for transgender medical procedures on children, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. A new HHS report,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (332+ words) Hospital prices have more than tripled since 2000, rising over twice as fast as overall inflation. A new White House Council of Economic Advisers report helps explain why. Dominant hospital systems have quietly insulated themselves from competition through restrictive contract terms....

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (407+ words) The average annual employer-sponsored family health premium is now $27,000 — about as much as a new base-model car. This cost, which is generally split between employers and employees at a 75% to 25% ratio, has increased by 1,000% since 1987, about six times faster than…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (686+ words) Health insurance premiums for those who are enrolled in Obamacare subsidized plans are expected to face another year of steep premium increases in 2027, according to a new analysis from the health policy group KFF. The new premium rates come from…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (761+ words) Washington Examiner Careful analysis of the seemingly intractable problem of rising medical costs can typically be reduced to three things: 1) who pays? (the accustomed answer generally being “someone else”); 2) the creeping role of the federal government in making that determination;…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) Health insurance has become yet another item that Americans need but struggle to afford. In the era of prediction market wagers and direct-to-consumer products from wellness influencers, what if patients bet on going without coverage? If sky-high monthly premiums drive…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago   (357+ words) The rapid growth of urban hospitals claiming “administratively rural” status within Medicare is yet another example of how well-intentioned policies unintentionally create loopholes for private players to exploit. As a consequence, healthcare markets are being distorted, prices are rising, and…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (498+ words) The tax credits were enacted by former President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats in 2021 and extended in 2022 as part of relief efforts during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 24 million people get their health insurance through Obamacare marketplace exchanges,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (742+ words) President Donald Trump has said it plainly: Americans pay “massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory.” He’s right, and unlike many politicians before him, he forced the pharmaceutical industry to the…...

3+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (529+ words) Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of healthcare. Nearly a third have recently stopped offering health benefits as premiums continue to climb. More than three decades ago, Congress established the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which…...