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A Big Week for Health Care
A Big Week for Health Care – “In the fight to save the ACA, next week is absolutely pivotal,” Topher Spiro tweeted on Thursday, referring to the health care law. “And YOU can help…” – The fight for the law is really a fight to prevent millions of people from losing health insurance and, by extension, medical care.
Environmental And Health Justice Intersect for Healthy Black Futures
Creating healthy Black futures requires attention and action to protect the environment in the spaces we call home. The environment greatly influences health status and outcomes, especially for communities of color where many are already overburdened by experiences of injustice that have health, social, and economic consequences.
When Obamacare costs $19,000 before you get the first penny back
… its PPO or any other policy in North Texas. Neither are Cigna, Humana, United Healthcare and others. The only health insurance provider left is Blue Cross, which offers two extremely expensive and, from Brenda’s perspective, unacceptable HMO plans. …
Beating Cancer Shouldn’t Force Patients into Bankruptcy
… experience is common. Nearly eight in 10 Americans have had trouble or knew someone who had trouble using their health insurance in the past year. Major reforms are needed to ensure that bankruptcy doesn’t become a routine side effect of cancer …
Three ways Republicans want to replace Obamacare
House GOP members met Thursday to hear more from committee leaders about efforts to replace the massive health reform law. In a presentation, Representatives Greg Walden of Oregon and Kevin Brady of Texas explained how the party wants to overhaul America’s health care system through the use of tax credits, health savings accounts and changes to Medicaid funding, among other measures.
The Latest: Mulvaney says health law made care unaffordable
White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney says it’s unfair to compare how many people would have health insurance under the new Republican plan to “Obamacare.”
Feds: Hub City doctor, Christmas tree farm named in federal pharmacy investigation
The federal pharmacy investigation that alleges more than $400 million was defrauded from health insurance provider’s centers around the Hub City and names local doctors and businesses. The complaint reveals 235 detailed assets seized, which include cash, cars, boats, airplanes and properties from people in the Hub City.
Health Savings Accounts Continue to Grow in Popularity
More than 20 million American consumers took advantage of the benefits offered by health savings accounts in 2016, according to a survey conducted by America’s Health Insurance Plans . Since the introduction of HSAs in 2004, enrollment has grown steadily.
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The health of Texas women directly impacts the welfare of our state. Healthy women create a positive ripple effect for their families and communities.
Eight ways a healthy lifestyle can improve your finances
This time of year everyone is thinking about getting healthy but have you ever thought about improving your financial fitness Surprisingly, making a few small changes to your lifestyle will not only make your bank balance healthier, you might live a bit longer to spend it too! Plus, you get the added incentive of literally earning money by keeping your New Year’s resolution. A healthy lifestyle can help to reduce the cost of life insurance and protection policies such as income protection, critical illness and health insurance.
MAP Health Management and Soberlink Announce Data and Distribution…
Soberlink’s breathalyzer enables our ecosystem of patients, providers, and health insurance companies to have a real-time understanding of who is at risk. The net result is saved lives and saved dollars – Jacob Levenson, CEO of MAP Health Management, MAP Health Management, LLC., announced today a partnership with Soberlink Healthcare, LLC. designed to remotely track real-time breathalyzer results for patients with an Alcohol Use Disorder.
The Perplexing Psychology Of Saving For Health Care
Spending your own money on health care might mean that you’ll be more frugal with it. That’s the theory behind health savings accounts, a decades-old GOP concept that’s sparking renewed interest on Capitol Hill as Republican lawmakers look for ways to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Valentine’s Day sees two big insurance breakups
It was a rough day for the already-roiled U.S. health insurance market: One giant merger was abandoned, another is threatened by infighting, and a major insurer announced it will stop selling coverage on public exchanges in 11 states. Both merger deals had already been rejected by federal regulators and judges, but the companies were considering appeals to those decisions.
Cigna demands Anthem pay $14.8 billion in lawsuit to terminate merger agreement
Health insurer Cigna announced Tuesday that it will unilaterally terminate its $54 billion merger agreement with Anthem after the deal was rejected by a federal judge. The news came shortly after insurance giants Aetna and Humana announced a mutual decision to abandon their $37 billion merger agreement earlier in the day.
2 big insurance breakups on Valentine’s Day
It was a rough day for the already-roiled U.S. health insurance market: One giant merger was abandoned, another is threatened by infighting, and a major insurer announced it will stop selling coverage on public exchanges in 11 states. Both merger deals had already been rejected by federal regulators and judges, but the companies were considering appeals to those decisions.
Paul Ryan faces major test in selling his plan to replace Obamacare
House Speaker Paul Ryan , R-Wis., spent Tuesday on a door-to-door tour of the Capitol in hopes of salvaging his plan to repeal and largely replace the Affordable Care Act by spring. The day-long blitz comes as Republicans in Congress have made virtually no visible progress in recent weeks on overhauling the health-care system, according to interviews with several senior GOP aides.
US uninsured rate hit record low last year
The nation’s uninsured rate tumbled further last year, hitting the lowest rate on record, according to new government data that underscored what is at stake in the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In the first nine months of 2016, just 8.8 percent of Americans lacked health coverage, survey data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show.
Cigna terminates $48B merger agreement with Anthem
Connecticut-based health insurer Cigna Corp. announced Tuesday that it is rejecting Anthem’s $48 billion acquisition offer.
Cigna Sues Anthem After Ending Deal; Anthem Says It Has No Right
Simmering tensions between Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. exploded Tuesday as Cigna sued to end their $48 billion deal, and Anthem moments later said the smaller health insurer had no right to do so and that it would fight to keep the merger alive. As part of its lawsuit, Cigna is seeking a $1.85 billion breakup fee, plus $13 billion in additional damages it says are owed after “the path for regulatory approval of the transaction was fatally compromised” by Anthem.
Texas Judge Upends Effort To Limit Charity Funding For Kidney Care
… in finance at the University of North Texas at Dallas, turned to a charity for financial assistance to cover his health insurance costs. Such “third-party payments” by nonprofit groups, health care providers and others are controversial. The federal …
Tinkering can’t save health law
“Many argue we should keep the Affordable Care Act intact because it has provided health insurance for more people. But to what end? Insurance under the ACA is too expensive for most to afford.
Senator Tom Lee tackles lack of options and rising cost of state…
Senator Tom Lee announced today the filing of SB 900 , directed at modernizing Florida’s State Group Health Insurance Plan , which provides benefits to more than 360,000 state employees and their families. The state currently offers a Preferred Provider Operation group-insurance plan and regional Health Maintenance Organization plans.
Suzanne Wikle: Medicaid keeps adults healthy and employed
Many people get health insurance through their jobs, but for those who work in food service, retail or child care, the chances are high that their jobs don’t offer health insurance. In Kansas, very low-income parents and their children may receive health care coverage from KanCare, our name for Medicaid.
GOP lawmakers face angry constituents at town halls
The voter identified himself as a cancer survivor, and he had something to say to Republican Rep. Justin Amash : “I am scared to death that I will not have health insurance in the future.” The comment earned 61-year-old retiree Paul Bonis a standing ovation from the crowd packed into a school auditorium in Amash’s Michigan district Thursday night.
Keep Colorado’s Obamacare exchange, scrap $5 million taxpayer subsidy
It cost $183 million in federal grants to build Connect for Health Colorado’s website, which offers Coloradans health insurance plans and tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. To walk away from that expensive online infrastructure now would be foolhardy.
Sanders, Schumer call on senators to lead nationwide health care rallies
… said in a joint statement Saturday. “The American people increasingly understand that throwing 20 million people off health insurance, privatizing Medicare, raising prescription drug costs for seniors and doing away with life-and-death patient …
Schumer, Sanders call for rallies against Obamacare repeal
… and Sanders said in the letter. “The American people increasingly understand that throwing 20 million people off health insurance, privatizing Medicare, raising prescription drug costs for seniors and doing away with life-and-death patient …
Tom Price as HHS Secretary: A Disaster for U.S. Health Care
The Senate’s vote to confirm Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., as secretary of health and human services, while widely expected, should set off national alarm bells. Price’s congressional track record, combined with his extensive health-policy paper trail, have shown him to be unabashedly pro-big-business and contemptuous of human needs – particularly when it comes to women’s and poor people’s needs.
A judge blocked the Anthem-Cigna health insurance merger. What does that mean for Colorado?
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., this week blocked the proposed mega-merger of health insurance heavyweights Anthem and Cigna. The $54 billion deal – Anthem was trying to acquire Cigna – would have created the largest health insurance company in the nation.
Patients With Diabetes in Pay-for-Performance Programs Have Better…
… 2009, in Taiwan. Methods: The data presented in this study are secondary data obtained from the 1997 to 2009 National Health Insurance Research Database published by the Taiwan National Health Research Institute. Survival status and physician …
Members of Congress are back home and getting an earful
Mollie Drake of Gainesville, Ga., spoke about her concern for Planned Parenthood during a meeting Friday for citizens to voice their concerns to members of Congress in Greensboro. – The voter identified himself as a cancer survivor, and he had a message for Rep. Justin Amash: “I am scared to death that I will not have health insurance in the future.”
Tom Price sworn in as health and human services secretary
Rep. Tom Price of Georgia was sworn in Friday as health and human services secretary, setting the stage for the conservative to play a leading role in dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath to Price hours after he won Senate confirmation on a narrow 52-47 vote early Friday.
Thanking Justice Roberts
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius case which held that the “penalty” for not buying health insurance was actually a “tax” and therefore constitutional.
Health Insurers Weigh Next Moves After Striking Out on Mergers
After 18 months of courtship and court cases, two massive deals that would have reshaped the U.S. health insurance industry have both been declared dead, blocked by judges who said they’d do unacceptable harm to competition in the industry. Now, the companies are right back where they started.
Trump administration starts deleting Obamacare references from sites
The Trump administration has started removing language praising the Affordable Care Act from federal websites. It has made several changes to the online pages of the Health & Human Services Department, which oversees the law.
Trump administration starts deleting Obamacare references from sites
The Trump administration has started removing language praising the Affordable Care Act from federal websites. It has made several changes to the online pages of the Health & Human Services Department, which oversees the law.
President Trump’s crazy policies come in all sizes
… been ordered to not enforce parts of the Affordable Care Act they don’t like. You know, the law that helped extend health insurance to 20 million people, including those with pre-existing conditions. Oddly, when a group of people were recently …
President Trump’s crazy policies come in all sizes
… been ordered to not enforce parts of the Affordable Care Act they don’t like. You know, the law that helped extend health insurance to 20 million people, including those with pre-existing conditions. Oddly, when a group of people were recently …
43 percent of U.S. children live in families barely able to afford their most basic needs
Out of all age groups, children are still most likely to live in poverty, according to new research from the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.