Insurers Can Bend Out-Of-Network Rules For Patients Who Need Specific Doctors
Individuals who require very specialized care for their health are advised to make their case when a plan doesn鈥檛 cover their doctor.
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Individuals who require very specialized care for their health are advised to make their case when a plan doesn鈥檛 cover their doctor.
Exchange enrollees and insurers fret over a lawsuit that could end federal help with copays and deductibles.
A growing number of patients fail to fill prescriptions because the cost of cancer drugs is too high.
With the future of Obamacare on the line, workers might want to consider what benefits they have gained through the landmark law.
The report describes steps that states could take to address a number of drug-coverage issues in the commercial insurance market.
The U.S Preventive Services Task Force recently expanded the list of approved colorectal cancer screening tests. Here鈥檚 a primer on these various tests and how they might be covered now and in the future by health insurance.
The Department of Health and Human Services issues new rules designed to simplify health coverage consumers buy through Healthcare.gov.
An analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that less than half of health care costs are for services considered 鈥渟hoppable,鈥 and consumers鈥 out-of-pocket spending on that is just 7 percent of all spending.
Feds propose taking a page out of Covered California鈥檚 book and moving to a simplified health insurance marketplace.
Candidates -- on both sides -- are bending the facts about the Affordable Care Act.
Congress left it to states to determine whether private Medigap plans are sold to the more than 9 million disabled people younger than 65 who qualify for Medicare. The result: rules vary across the country.
Both states are offering 鈥渂asic health programs鈥 that provide policies to consumers with low monthly premiums and copayments, and low or no deductibles.
People sometimes put together a variety of policies, such as short-term and critical illness plans, instead of buying more expensive comprehensive health coverage. But they likely will face federal health law penalties.
Officials have proposed establishing six options for the exchange plans that would set standard deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket spending limits, among other things.
Even savvy consumers stumble over terms like 鈥渃oinsurance.鈥
The group ColoradoCareYES gathered enough signatures 鈥 more than 100,000 鈥 to put a single-payer health system on the ballot next fall. But the price tag is a worry to some.
The Democratic president candidate鈥檚 proposals to save consumers money are questioned by experts and health industry officials.
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