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An Arm and a Leg: How To Pick Health Insurance 鈥 In the Worst Year Ever
As millions face skyrocketing health insurance premiums, the 鈥淎rm and a Leg鈥 team navigates their own limited options.
Seguros con deducibles altos ponen en aprietos a pacientes con afecciones cr贸nicas
os planes con deducibles altos 鈥攅s decir, la cantidad que los pacientes deben abonar por la mayor铆a de los servicios m茅dicos antes que el seguro se haga cargo鈥 se han vuelto cada vez m谩s comunes.
Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers
With subsidies that give consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums set to expire, lawmakers are again debating the Affordable Care Act. The difference this time: It鈥檚 happening in the middle of ACA open enrollment.
What the Health? From 国产麻豆精品Health News: Crunch Time for ACA Tax Credits
Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans that begin Jan. 1, and Congress remains at odds over letting expanded tax credits for the plans鈥 premiums expire and increasing the cost of insurance for millions of Americans. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to remake vaccine policy to reflect ideology rather than science. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times join 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Georgetown professor Linda Blumberg about the GOP鈥檚 health plans.
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms 鈥 such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.
Plan-Switching, Sign-Up Impersonations: Obamacare Enrollment Fraud Persists
Investigators from the Government Accountability Office were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The federal government paid subsidies to insurers for some of the fake customers.
Out-of-Pocket Pain From High-Deductible Plans Means Skimping on Care
High-deductible health insurance plans are increasingly common, and many more enrollees will likely need to choose such plans for the coming year. For those with chronic conditions like diabetes, the gamble can mean compromised care and long-term consequences.
Trump鈥檚 Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.
Republican calls to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies double down on a decades-old strategy of moving people into high-deductible plans with health savings accounts.
Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?
On 鈥淲hat the Health? From 国产麻豆精品Health News,鈥 distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and podcast host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health care has evolved as a Republican Party issue.
Journalists Dig Into Maine HIV Outbreak and Ever-Closer End to Enhanced ACA Subsidies
国产麻豆精品Health News journalists made the rounds on national media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Aunque se reanuda SNAP, nuevas reglas laborales amenazan el acceso al programa de alimentos por a帽os
Ahora, los estados deben cumplir con las nuevas reglas o enfrentar sanciones que podr铆an obligarlos a cubrir una parte mayor del costo del programa.
Even as SNAP Resumes, New Work Rules Threaten Access for Years To Come
Even as the federal government resumed funding the nation鈥檚 largest food assistance program, people risk losing access to the aid because of new rules.
C贸mo decidir qui茅nes califican como 鈥渕茅dicamente fr谩giles鈥 seg煤n las reglas laborales de Medicaid
Ante la falta de directrices claras a nivel federal, los estados deben llegar a un acuerdo sobre c贸mo definir la fragilidad m茅dica.
They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.
Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.
Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the 鈥楳edically Frail.鈥 Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.
People on Medicaid deemed 鈥渕edically frail鈥 won鈥檛 need to meet new federal requirements that enrollees work 80 hours a month or perform another approved activity. But state officials are grappling with how to interpret who qualifies under the vague federal definition, which could affect millions.
Las quejas sobre deficiencias en Medicare Advantage son comunes, pero la supervisi贸n federal es rara
Documentos gubernamentales obtenidos por 国产麻豆精品Health News muestran que la agencia que supervisa Medicare Advantage no se esfuerza por hacer cumplir normas vigentes.
After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.
Eric Tennant鈥檚 doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer considered a good candidate. He died in September.
What the Health? From 国产麻豆精品Health News: The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA
Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health care. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to leave his mark on the agency, with the CDC altering its website to suggest childhood vaccines could play a role in causing autism. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Avik Roy.
Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare.
Health systems drop out of Medicare Advantage plans all the time. Yet government documents obtained by 国产麻豆精品Health News show that federal regulators rarely warn plans that their networks of health providers are so skimpy they violate legal requirements.
Paciente evita la enfermedad de Lyme, pero recibe una factura sorpresa
El personal de una cl铆nica de urgencias encontr贸 otra garrapata en el cuerpo de Leah durante esa visita. Pero su aseguradora no quiso pagar por el tratamiento.
