Health Savings Accounts are not just for medical expenses
Few people like high-deductible health insurance plans but they do usually come with one good thing: health savings account (HSA).
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Health Care Sharing Ministries are not insurance
The State of Georgia’s insurance commissioner is warning consumers of the potential financial risks of joining a Health Care Sharing
Read MoreMedicare without no backup insurance might be a costly mistake
About one-third of Medicare beneficiaries use Advantage Plans, which have out-of-pocket maximums and often include dental and vision coverage or
Read MoreDialysis Industry Spends Big To Protect Profits
(By Harriet Blair Brown for Kaiser Health News) The dialysis industry spent about $2.5 million in California on lobbying and
Read MoreMedicare could have saved $2.9 million in 2017 if they did this one thing
The Health and Human Service’s Office of the Inspector General recently reported that CMS could have saved an additional $2.9
Read MoreHHS renews fight to require drug prices in TV ads
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS has appealed a July court ruling that blocked a regulation that would have required
Read MoreFeds Pave The Way To Expand Home Dialysis — But Patients Hit Roadblocks
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Home dialysis for older adults will become more common in the years ahead,
Read MoreShopping Abroad For Cheaper Medication? Here’s What You Need To Know
(By Bernard J. Wolfson for Kaiser Health News) In its effort to temper the sky-high prices Americans pay for many
Read MoreTrump is trying to end secret health care price negotiations. You should be on his side
(By David Vivero for STAT) President Trump signed an executive order in June that could force price disclosure in health care. Insurers,
Read MoreBrand-name drug prices rising at a slower pace
According to an Associated Press analysis, it found drug companies are still raising prices for brand-name prescription medicines, just not
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