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PA health advocates predict "worse" Medicaid losses, cuts
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (1072+ words) The Daily is the radio edition of the popular podcast by the same name, produced by The New York Times. Hosts Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise provide an irresistible layman's approach to some of the most compelling and complicated stories…...
N. J. lactation consultants face payment cuts under new United Healthcare insurance change
3+ week, 1+ day ago (872+ words) Lactation consultants can only bill United Healthcare for services provided to a mother, but not her baby, starting Sept. 1. Lactation consultants who visit families at home to provide breastfeeding support services and care are currently able to bill United Healthcare…...
120, 000 Pennsylvanians have dropped ACA health insurance since premium spikes
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1075+ words) High monthly premium payments without enhanced tax credits, coupled with high costs of daily living, have caused some to cut insurance. Pennie enrollment assisters help answer questions about health insurance and provide free open enrollment support over the phone or…...
As ACA costs climb, more Philly-area residents are dropping coverage entirely. Older adults are especially hard-hit
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1186+ words) Across the U. S. , an estimated 5 million people ages 50 to 64 face greater health insurance costs without federal premium tax credits. Kathryn Buchovecky, 64, lives with her husband in Delaware. After raising four children and over two decades of teaching, the couple decided to…...
Delawareans see rising health care costs after certain Obamacare subsidies expire
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (970+ words) Subsidies that helped Delawareans who earn above 400% of the federal poverty level expired last year, and Congress has yet to renew them. Dave Roff and his wife Thea may be forced to pay $1, 800 a month for her Obamacare insurance if…...
With ACA sticker shock, Pennie specialists find themselves on the front lines of Pa. affordability crisis
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1075+ words) Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening. Pennsylvanians…...
18, 000 Delawareans getting early holiday gift " $18. 8 M in medical debt relief
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (785+ words) The Meyer administration is partnering with nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, which buys bundles of unpaid bills for about a penny on the dollar. Delaware is considering legislation that would restrict medical debt collections. (Courtesy of Big Stock) More than 18, 000 Delawareans…...
The Senate voted down dueling health proposals. Here's what's at stake for Americans
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1021+ words) The political stakes of rising health insurance premiums are looming as affordability concerns have emerged as a key issue for voters going into the 2026 midterms. When senators'voted on rival health bills'Thursday, they had two chances to address'expiring COVID-era subsidies'that will…...
With subsidies in limbo, Pennsylvanians scramble to afford higher ACA insurance costs
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (991+ words) About 3 in 4 Pennsylvanians will still qualify for some tax credits, but the amounts will, on average, be smaller. Others face paying for plans at full price. Lily Mc Causland, 29, lives in Philadelphia, where she workers at a small printing company....
Pennsylvania ACA open enrollment for health plans begins Nov. 1 with no subsidies
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (972+ words) Congress remains deadlocked over extending federal health insurance subsidies and Pennsylvania makes contingency plans for disruption in the marketplace later. The window is closing for Affordable Care Act customers to see any last-minute federal health insurance subsidies come through before…...