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Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden introduced legislation intended to curb a growing problem in which consumers, without their consent, are enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans or their coverage is switched.
If she grabs the baton from President Joe Biden to become the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris would widely be expected to take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it has received more than 200,000 complaints in the first six months of the year about people being signed up for Obamacare plans or switched to new plans without their consent.
Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. Theyve said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
Misleading money-for-groceries ads helped lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage or switched from their existing plans without their express permission, a new lawsuit alleges.
Even when patients double-check that their care is covered by insurance, health providers often send them bills as they haggle with insurers over reimbursement, which can last for months. Its stressful and annoying but legal.
In this episode of An Arm and a Leg, host Dan Weissmann speaks with Georgann Boatright, a patient in Mississippi who was willing to drive to another state to avoid paying a steep fee to her local hospital.
The initiative targets the biggest incentive driving fraudulent sign-ups and plan switches: the commissions that rogue agents or large call centers seek.
Anthony Wright, a champion for Californians health care rights, will take the helm of Families USA in Washington, D.C., where he plans to campaign for more affordable and accessible care nationally. He leaves Health Access California, where he helped outlaw surprise medical billing, require companies to report drug price increases, and cap hospital bills for uninsured patients.
Millions of Americans suffer from temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorders. The high cost and poor insurance coverage of TMJ care can bury patients in debt even as the treatments do more harm than good.
An ongoing lawsuit aims to set aside the Affordable Care Acts requirements that insurers cover preventive care, such as contraception. If that happens, state reproductive health laws varying across the country would carry more weight, resuming the wild West dynamic from before Obamacare.
Rising health care costs are fueling anxiety among older Americans covered by Medicare. Theyre right to be concerned.
Why are patients facing bigger bills than they expect for out-of-network care? In this episode of An Arm and a Leg, the show explains the hidden mechanics of MultiPlan, a data firm that helps health insurers set these rates and make bigger returns.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Health policy may not be the top issue in this years presidential and congressional elections, but its likely to play a key role. President Joe Biden and Democrats intend to hold Republicans responsible for the Supreme Courts unpopular ruling overturning the right to abortion, and former President Donald Trump aims to take credit for government efforts to lower prescription drug prices even in cases in which he played no role. Meanwhile, some critical health care issues, such as those involving Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, are unlikely to get discussed much, even though the party in power after the elections would control the future of those programs. This week, in an episode taped before a live audience at the Aspen Ideas: Health festival in Aspen, Colorado, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Families of the people hurt during the Feb. 14 mass shooting are carrying what one expert calls victimization debt. In the third story of our series The Injured, we learn about the strain of paying small and large medical bills and other out-of-pocket costs.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pull funds earmarked for new investment in Medi-Cal to help plug Californias $45 billion deficit. A state budget passed June 13 by the legislature largely endorsed Newsoms plan. Voters could settle the matter in an industry-backed initiative that has qualified for the November ballot.
Both Florida and Arizona want to expand eligibility for the Childrens Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, but their approaches to charging low-income families premiums for the coverage showcase the nations ideological divide on helping the disadvantaged.
A Biden campaign ad highlighting how an Obamacare repeal would affect people with preexisting conditions is mostly true.
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