10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1263+ words) States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed. When Josh Fleig, Louisiana’s chief innovation officer, learned his state had set aside $20 million a year, for…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (268+ words) Insurance broker Aon says employer-sponsored plans are poised to increase 9.5% next year, to average more than $19,000 per worker. Employer-sponsored health insurance plans are poised to get more expensive next year. Insurance broker Aon projected they’ll rise 9.5% to average more than…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (391+ words) It’s the first wave of terminations under new federal work requirements. And it may portend what’s to come for the rest of the country. Americans have officially started to lose their Medicaid coverage as new so-called “work requirements” kick in…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (509+ words) After years of trying different strategies, one private equity backed company has decided its best, and maybe only, option is to turn its 11 hospitals back into nonprofits. In late May, Gregory Brentano attended a meeting with about 50 community healthcare leaders....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (292+ words) Three million fewer people had Affordable Care Act plans in February compared to last year. Much of the drop is likely due to the end of the pandemic-era enhanced subsidies. About 3 million fewer people have Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (643+ words) Fed up with rising healthcare costs, one New York union cut out the middleman and is on track to save tens of millions of dollars. Healthcare costs have risen so much that for a company to insure a family of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (373+ words) Aetna and Cigna are among the insurance companies leaving the marketplace in some states. For the first time in years, the number of insurers offering ACA plans has dropped, too, according to a new analysis from the health policy nonprofit…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (791+ words) Hospitals are both healthcare centers and economic hubs for rural communities. We’re reporting on how changes in federal policy show up in rural healthcare. And what that means for the economy wherever you are. We visited Thomasville, a town of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (160+ words) Cuts to safety net programs have lasting effects. Plus: Central banks, personal incomes, abandoned oil wells, and “trimmed mean” PCE. The decline of a statistic known as personal income excluding transfers is seen as one indicator of a recession. When…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (806+ words) History holds some clues about what’s likely to happen as the new Medicaid work requirements and other cuts are implemented. Working in health policy these days sort of feels, to Camille Richoux, like being the scientist at the beginning of…...