Readers and Tweeters Decry Medical Billing Errors, Price-Gouging, and Barriers to Benefits
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Envy for-profit US healthcare? Check out this MD whose wife is a medical billing expert who…
‘An Arm and a Leg’: When Insurance Won’t Pay, Abortion Assistance Funds Step In
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click here for a transcript of the episode. As Americans choose their insurance plans for next year, some might wonder: How does the recent rise in state abortion restrictions affect insurance plans?…
California Aims to Maximize Health Insurance Subsidies for Workers During Labor Disputes
This spring, Chevron workers testified that the company revoked health coverage for hundreds of members of the United Steelworkers Local 5 at the Richmond, California, refinery during a strike that ultimately lasted two months. Thousands of nurses at Stanford Health…
Popular thanksgiving sides & how to make them healthier
Fall has officially come to an end for most of us, which means the chill of winter is approaching. I don’t know about you, but when winter comes around, I love to use the oven to make comforting foods that…
Audits — Hidden Until Now — Reveal Millions in Medicare Advantage Overcharges
Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000 per patient a year on average. Summaries of the 90 audits, which…
Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work Requirements for Medicaid
[UPDATED at 2 p.m. ET] Georgia is set to become the only state to have work requirements for Medicaid coverage. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection — and a surprising Biden administration decision not to appeal a federal court ruling —…
Cómo el optimismo puede cerrar la brecha de cobertura de Medicaid
Más de 2 millones de personas de bajos ingresos, la mitad de ellos en Florida y Texas, no tienen seguro porque están atrapados en una brecha de cobertura. Ganan demasiado para tener derecho a Medicaid, pero debido a una peculiaridad…
How Optimism Can Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap
More than 2 million low-income people — half of them in Florida and Texas — are uninsured because they are stuck in a coverage gap: They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but because of a quirk of the…
Medicare Plan Finder Likely Won’t Note New $35 Cap on Out-of-Pocket Insulin Costs
A big cut in prescription drug prices for some Medicare beneficiaries kicks in next year, but finding those savings isn’t easy. Congress approved in August a $35 cap on what seniors will pay for insulin as part of the Inflation…
California acumula multas de residentes sin seguro en lugar de reducir los costos de la atención
SACRAMENTO — Casi tres años después de que California comenzara a multar a los residentes que no tienen seguro médico, KHN supo que el estado no ha distribuido ninguno de los ingresos que ha recaudado, un dinero que estaba destinado…
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