From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, Open enrollment for health plans under the Affordable Care Act began Nov. 1, yet it remains unclear how much the estimated 24 million Americans who purchase from the ACA marketplaces will be expected to pay in premiums starting in January.
From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, When a New York couple purchased a health insurance plan from a telemarketer, they thought it covered everything they wanted: doctor visits, tests, and medicine. But then came the unexpected bills for thousands of dollars, forcing them to skip crucial medical care.
From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, Meet Holden Karau: a San Francisco Bay Area software engineer who created an AI tool to help appeal insurance denials. Her project, Fight Health Insurance, is a labor of love.
For this week’s Friday Five we spoke with insurtech company, Noyo, a benefits data platform powering the future of modern benefits, to learn five reasons why improving data quality in payer and benefits administration systems is foundational to improved health in the U.S.
By Art Gross – The annual open enrollment period for healthcare insurance provides another opportunity for scammers to take advantage of. From gathering personal information to receiving payments for non-existent plans, criminals will try nearly anything to score.
With potentially millions of people in danger of losing their health care coverage, the American Medical Association endorsed several policies at the Annual Meeting of its House of Delegates that aim to help them maintain coverage after the public health emergency expires.
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, For the third time in nine years, the Affordable Care Act has survived a constitutional challenge at the Supreme Court. In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled that the states and individuals who filed the latest challenge lacked standing to sue.
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, When you need medical care, it can be a lot like entering a casino — playing for your financial life with the deck stacked against you.
CMS and the U.S. Dept of the Treasury issued new guidance so states can move their insurance markets away from the one-size-fits-all rules and regulations imposed by the Affordable Care Act and increase choice and competition within their insurance markets.
By Phil Galewitz – If President Donald Trump were to follow through on his threats to cut federal cost-sharing subsidies, health insurance premiums for silver plans would soar by an average of 20 percent next year and the federal deficit would rise by $194 billion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said.
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