HHS Announces Actions to Protect Consumers and Lower Health Care Costs
(Source – www.cms.gov/newsroom) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced actions to protect consumers from junk health
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Privately Insured People with Depression and Anxiety Face High Out-of-Pocket Costs
(By Hope Schwartz, Nirmita Panchal, Gary Claxton, and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation published: Jun 23, 2023) Millions
Read MoreStates ranked by healthcare affordability
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Texas is the worst state for healthcare access and affordability, according to a
Read MoreCMS: Private insurance spending to increase in 2023, 2024; slow in 2025 onward
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is projecting a 7.7 percent increase in private health insurance spending in
Read MoreKFF Survey Shows Complexity, Red Tape, Denials, Confusion Rivals Affordability as a Problem for Insured Consumers, With Some Saying It Caused Them to Go Without or Delay Care
(Contact Craig Palosky for the Kaiser Family Foundation published June 15, 2023) Most (58%) people with health insurance say they
Read MoreAt Least 1.7M Americans Use Health Sharing Arrangements, Despite Lack of Protections
(By Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News) A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely
Read MoreA Windfall in Health Insurance Rebates? It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds
(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Former Democratic Sen. Al Franken tweeted recently that Americans will receive “$1.1 B
Read MoreCommercial insurance enrollees pay less for ultra-expensive drugs than Medicare Part D members: Study
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Part D beneficiaries that don’t receive low-income subsidies spend 2.5 times more
Read MoreCBO: Uninsured rate to reach 10 percent by 2033
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) More people will be uninsured in 2033 than in 2023 as Medicaid continuous
Read MoreDenials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder
(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for KFF Health News) Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience:
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