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Ineligible for subsidies, a Tennessee woman quit her job to get an affordable health care premium. Conventional steps 鈥 such as maxing out your 401(k) contribution each year 鈥 may also do the job, financial planners say.
Congress let funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expire in September, and despite bipartisan support for the program, states are facing the specter of having to prepare to wind down their programs.
State leaders vow to protect consumers from a presidential order to resurrect a health plan model that they say could destabilize the insurance market.
The sticking point is not whether to keep the popular Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program running but how best to raise the cash.
The hurricane closed pharmacies and clinics for a week or longer. Floodwaters spoiled drugs. People who fled to other states couldn’t get their prescriptions filled for HIV medicine.
Even though congressional Republicans set aside their Obamacare repeal-and-replace efforts this year, here are five major health policy changes that could become law as part of the pending House and Senate proposals.
An explosive report prepared by a SynerMed executive alleges the California firm, which oversaw care for 1.2 million patients, fabricated documents and violated state and federal regulations for years. The state says it left low-income patients on Medicaid managed care in 鈥渋mminent danger.鈥
As stopgap health plans gain attention as possible alternatives to Obamacare, consumers are advised to read the fine print.
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the possible impact of the tax bill on the Medicare program, confirmation hearings for a new secretary of Health and Human Services and the future of the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program. Plus, for 鈥渆xtra credit,鈥 the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
Behavioral care was four times more likely to be out-of-network than medical or surgical care, an analysis by Milliman shows.
The number of hospitals across the country has plummeted, but many old buildings are being resuscitated as apartments and condos.
The House and Senate want to reduce or eliminate federal tax credits for 鈥渙rphan drugs鈥 used to treat rare diseases, but patients are fighting against the plan.
Video advance directives enable people to speak directly to their families and physicians about their wishes for end-of-life care.聽
Southern Illinois University has concluded its researcher violated university rules and U.S. law.
The price for Pfizer鈥檚 Prevnar 13 has increased 5 to 6 percent each year since its 2010 approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
The legalization of recreational marijuana in California and other states poses an added challenge for drug education programs targeting youths.
Medicare and insurers struggle to oversee a booming business in testing urine samples. In some cases, pain doctors鈥 lack of follow-through can turn fatal.
Drugmakers, hospitals and lawmakers are taking sides in a showdown over a discount program that covers drug purchases at some hospitals.
Even though the federal health law allows young adults to stay on their parents鈥 plan, those children are generally responsible for their own debts.
