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Blue Cross NC invests $240, 000 in NC Med Assist, bringing free medication event to Wilmington
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (273+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) " North Carolinians struggling with the rising cost of prescription medications will have access to free health resources and medications during an upcoming community event in Wilmington, thanks to a partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…...
Cheaper, alternative health plans are having a moment, but critics urge caution
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (705+ words) (CBS) " When Melanie Miller saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act'marketplace. The 59-year-old retired teacher, who recently moved from Ohio to Michigan,…...
What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (593+ words) Sometimes I don't even take my medicine," said the 48-year-old truck dispatcher in Orlando, Florida. It's so much with insurance, it's crazy." For Brown and others, those spiking costs are having'real impacts on daily life. Of the 1, 117 Americans surveyed who…...
Obamacare sign-ups drop, but the extent won't be clear for months
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1172+ words) (CBS) " More Americans than expected enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for this year, after premium subsidies were'dramatically cut" but it remains to be seen'whether they'll keep'the coverage as their'costs mount. It's all part of a drama that…...
5 ways to find affordable care without health insurance
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1099+ words) (CBS) " Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. But there are still ways to find care. Over the next decade, the GOP's One Big…...
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (753+ words) Democrats forced a43-day government shutdownover the issue. Moderate Republicanscalled for a solutionto save their 2026 political aspirations. President Donald Trumpfloated a way out, only to back off after conservative backlash. In the end, no one's efforts were enough to save the…...
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (411+ words) Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the'Department of Health and Human Services. But the department's…...
Small businesses face their own affordability crunch because of tariffs and health insurance costs
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (748+ words) (CBS) " Some small business owners say they are facing their own affordability crisis because of higher tariff, health insurance and energy costs. Shirley Modlin, who owns 3 D Design and Manufacturing in Powhatan, Virginia, told CBS News that rising operational expenses…...
Where the blame will fall if ACA subsidies expire, according to a new poll
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1001+ words) Next year, those monthly fees will rise by $200 " a significant enough increase that the program manager in Aldie, Virginia, has resigned himself to finding cheaper coverage. "I won't be able to pay it, because I really drained out any savings…...
"Carolina Healthworks", the new affordable plan for small business owners
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (160+ words) From Raleigh North Carolina, Bryan Alonso has always been an outgoing person. In May of 2025, Bryan graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in electronic media broadcasting. At App State, He was part of Appalachian Weekly News where he…...