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It鈥檚 2026 and You鈥檙e Uninsured. Now What?
Many Americans are expected to lose ACA or Medicaid coverage in coming months and years as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the expiration of enhanced pandemic-era subsidies that helped people afford Obamacare plans. Doctors and researchers say there are still ways to find affordable care.
Cuando el seguro m茅dico cuesta m谩s que la hipoteca
A pesar de las intensas discusiones y del cierre del gobierno m谩s largo en la historia, el Congreso permiti贸 que los subsidios mejorados de ACA expiraran el pasado 31 de diciembre.
Es 2026 y no tienes seguro m茅dico. 驴Y ahora qu茅?
Los cambios en las pol铆ticas de salud en Washington est谩n teniendo repercusiones en todo el pa铆s y haciendo que millones de personas pierdan su cobertura de Medicaid o de ACA. Pero hay opciones.
Blurry Line Between Medical and Vision Insurance Leaves Patient With Unexpected Bill
A Wisconsin retiree with glaucoma needed her eyes examined. Her Medicare Advantage plan from UnitedHealthcare listed her optometrist鈥檚 clinic as in-network, but she learned the hard way that a clinic can be in-network and out-of-network at the same time.
This Teen Never Got His Day in Vaccine Court. His Former Lawyer Now Advises RFK on Its Overhaul.
The federal government鈥檚 Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was supposed to help patients with their medical bills while protecting vaccine supply. But allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are routinely transferring cases from that program to launch lawsuits against drugmakers.
Medicare Advantage Insurers Face New Curbs on Overcharges in Trump Plan That Reins in Payments
Proposed Trump administration changes to federal Medicare Advantage payments would stop health insurers from mining patient data for extra medical diagnoses that generate more bills to taxpayers even without treatment.
Doctors Increasingly See AI Scribes in a Positive Light. But Hiccups Persist.
Patients say they find AI summaries of doctor visits user-friendly, but it鈥檚 not clear if their appointments are improving. In any case, doctors appear to be embracing the high-tech innovation.
Cada vez m谩s m茅dicos ven con buenos ojos a los asistentes de IA. Pero a煤n hay tropiezos
Los m茅dicos est谩n considerando a estos asistentes de IA ambiental como una herramienta revolucionaria que les permite concentrarse en sus pacientes en lugar de en el teclado.
Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans
Breakups between insurers and health systems, on top of plan cuts, left more than 3.7 million Medicare Advantage enrollees facing a tough choice last year: find new insurance or new doctors. But hospital systems say their Advantage plans can avert such upheaval, giving patients peace of mind.
Cansados de pelear con las aseguradoras, hospitales ofrecen sus propios planes Medicare Advantage
Aunque los planes administrados por hospitales representan solo una peque帽a porci贸n del mercado de Medicare Advantage, su n煤mero de afiliados sigue creciendo, en l铆nea con el aumento general de beneficiarios de ese sistema.
These 3 Policy Moves Are Likely To Change Health Care for Older People
Two Trump administration regulatory rollbacks affect nursing home staffing and home care workers, and a new AI experiment in Medicare has alarmed eldercare advocates and congressional Democrats.
Estas medidas podr铆an cambiar la calidad de la atenci贸n m茅dica de las personas mayores
Despu茅s de d茅cadas de lucha y presi贸n, en 2023 la administraci贸n Biden abord贸 el problema cr贸nico de la falta de personal en los centros de cuidado a largo plazo. ahora todo ha cambiado.
El alto costo del seguro m茅dico pone en jaque a los granjeros
Y ahora, los subsidios mejorados de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio, en los que muchos agricultores confiaban para comprar cobertura, no han sido renovados.
Los pagos de Medicaid por el tratamiento de la anemia falciforme depender谩n de su 茅xito
Actualmente hay dos terapias g茅nicas aprobadas por la FDA, con costos de $2,2 millones por paciente en un caso y $3,1 millones en el otro, sin incluir el gasto de la hospitalizaci贸n prolongada que requieren.
Readers Balk at ‘Gold Standard’ of Autism Treatment
麻豆女优 Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Kaiser Permanente To Pay $556 Million in Record Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement
Kaiser Permanente agrees to pay $556 million to settle allegations of billing the government for conditions patients didn鈥檛 have.
Martha Santana-Chin, hija de inmigrantes mexicanos, creci贸 con Medi-Cal, la versi贸n californiana de Medicaid, el programa de atenci贸n m茅dica administrado por el gobierno para personas con bajos ingresos y discapacidades.
GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of Largest Public Health Plan
Martha Santana-Chin, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, last year took the helm of L.A. Care, the nation鈥檚 largest publicly operated health plan. She warns that looming federal cuts will push up to 650,000 people off L.A. Care鈥檚 Medicaid rolls by the end of 2028.
States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services judged the 鈥渜uality鈥 of their plans and willingness to pass policies embracing “Make America Healthy Again” initiatives.
Nuevas alternativas para resolver la crisis del cuidado de salud en casa
El cuidado en el hogar ya es una de las ocupaciones de m谩s r谩pido crecimiento en el pa铆s: el a帽o pasado hab铆a 3,2 millones de asistentes de salud en el hogar y de cuidado personal, frente a 1,4 millones una d茅cada atr谩s.
