Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics
(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood
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High-deductible health plan growth stalls
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The proportion of people with employer-sponsored insurance enrolled in high-deductible health plans is
Read MoreMore large employers consider adding Medicare Advantage
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The number of firms offering retiree health benefits through Medicare Advantage has risen
Read MoreBenchmark Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023; Workers Contribute $6,575 on Average Now, But Potentially More Soon
(By Craig Palosky, KFF for Kaiser Family Foundation published October 18, 2023) Amid rising inflation, annual family premiums for employer-sponsored
Read MoreMedicare can be an important health care benefit for federal employees at or near retirement
Medicare is the federal health insurance program generally for people who are 65 or older. The different parts of Medicare
Read MoreConsumer Problems with Prior Authorization: Evidence from KFF Survey
(By Karen Pollitz, Kaye Pestaina, Lunna Lopes, Rayna Wallace, and Justin Lo for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 29,
Read MoreThese employers offer retired employees Medicare Advantage
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A judge sided with retirees opposed to the implementation of New York City’s
Read MoreEmployer-sponsored insurance costs to rise 8.5% for 2024: Report
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Employers will pay more than $15,000 on average for each employee’s healthcare in
Read More‘Patients are not hot potatoes’: How the fight over dialysis coverage is putting kidney failure patients at risk
(By Carrie Arnold for STAT) As soon as she heard the Supreme Court decision, LaVarne Burton began to worry. As
Read MoreWhy some retirees are wary of employer Medicare Advantage plans
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) After a yearslong bureaucratic battle, New York City officials approved an Aetna Medicare
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