Health CareNews
In the wake of news that pharmaceutical company Mylan quadrupled the price of its popular EpiPen anti-allergy device over a few years, lawmakers want to… Read More
Health CareNews
Bemoaning “insurer bailouts,” conservative groups warn of a possible fight in a lame-duck session of Congress over two programs written into Obamacare to give extra… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Before March 2010, health care reform was already a divisive political issue. People chose sides for very personal reasons, which made it a difficult topic… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Recently, the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has been aggressively lobbying Congress to ignore the Obama administration’s illegal diversion of tax dollars into… Read More
Health CareNews
Deirdre Folley is one of more than 600,000 people nationwide who is considered uninsured. Yet when her daughter suffered a hairline fracture in her leg,… Read More
Health CareNews
After Congress failed to pass a Zika funding bill due in part to disagreements over restricting funds from going to Planned Parenthood, pressure is on… Read More
Health CareNews
Consumers in 19 states will see increases to their health insurance rates, most in the double digits, for 2017, according to publicly available data filed with… Read More
Health CareNews
Five states will be down to just one health insurer on the Obamacare marketplace next year, and consumers in 664 counties are projected to face… Read More
Health CareNews
Ask 68-year-old Gavin Braithwaite how he feels about the amount he and his wife, Louellen, are expecting to pay for health insurance next year, and… Read More
Health CareNews
As the number of Zika virus cases in the United States continues to rise, residents in South Florida are in a unique position to become… Read More
Health CareNews
The shifting of $81 million to combat Zika is overdue and demonstrates the Obama administration has had untapped resources to fight the mosquito-borne illness, House… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan convinced Congress to eliminate an ill-conceived requirement that states restrict investment in health care. Cronyism is hard to uproot, however…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
For many millennials, the fear of entering the “real world” is looming. We are preparing to face the financial challenges, often feeling like we are… Read More
Health CareNews
The entire Texas Republican delegation in Congress signed a letter to President Barack Obama Friday, asking for answers on hundreds of millions in unspent money… Read More
Health CareNews
Despite projections that it’s losing money this year, Anthem offered to expand its business on Obamacare’s exchanges in nine states if the federal government allows… Read More
Health CareNews
One of the country’s largest insurance companies is now expected to lose money this year after emerging as one of the few insurers that made… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare, the giant health program covering senior and disabled citizens, turned 51 on July 30. While Americans understandably are preoccupied with a hot presidential race,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As some world-class athletes pass up the opportunity of a lifetime to compete at the Rio Olympics due to worries about the Zika virus, the… Read More
Health CareNews
As mosquitoes seem to be spreading Zika inside the United States, the Obama administration has been sitting on some of the resources intended to fight… Read More
Health CareNews
Since Obamacare’s rollout in the fall of 2013, 16 co-ops that launched with money from the federal government have collapsed. The co-ops, or consumer operated… Read More
Health CareCommentary
President Barack Obama is calling for the resurrection of his failed “public option” ( a “Medicare-like” plan) to compete directly against private health plans in… Read More
Health CareNews
Update: Illinois’ Land of Lincoln Health announced Tuesday it will be closing its doors. The co-op became the 16th of 23 co-ops launched under Obamacare… Read More
Health CareNews
Another Obamacare co-op, Connecticut’s HealthyCT, is closing its doors, and at least two most could follow suit as the nonprofit insurers decide whether they will… Read More
Health CareNews
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota members with individual and family insurance plans face major shifts in their policies in the coming year, after the insurer… Read More
Health CareNews
Even as Congress seems to be moving closer to a resolution on funding a means to stop the spread of the Zika virus, the Obama… Read More
Health CareCommentary
House Republicans released their taskforce report on health care on Wednesday. The 37-page document offers a vision for health care that is in sharp contrast to… Read More
Health CareNews
After more than six years of Republican pledges to repeal and replace Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan today rolled out a plan to deliver on… Read More
Health CareNews
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to expand Obamacare to cover illegal immigrants, but now it’s up to the Obama administration to determine if… Read More
Health CareCommentary
I split my time pretty evenly between Washington, D.C., and my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. In D.C., if you want to get your fix… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
The House of Representatives has passed a short, but significant, 31-page Medicare bill, Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273). The House measure would improve… Read More
