A 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
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He Returned to the US for His Daughter’s Wedding. He Left With a $42,000 Hospital Bill
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF Health News) Last June, Jay Comfort flew to the United States from his home
Read MoreCommercial payers expect to pay $1.1B this year on member rebates
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Payers are expecting to issue a total of about $1.1 billion in medical
Read MoreStandardized Plans in the Health Care Marketplace: Changing Requirements
(By Karen Pollitz, Justin Lo, and Rayna Wallace for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 08, 2023) For the 2023 coverage
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 MoreMedicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it
(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Hospice doctor Bethany Snider sees the writing on the wall: “The hospice
Read MoreNo-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) When a federal judge in Texas declared unconstitutional a popular part of the
Read MoreBuyer’s remorse: How a Medicare Advantage business is strangling one of its first funders
By Bob Herman and Casey Ross for Stat News on March 13, 2023 When NaviHealth began building a business around
Read MoreFeds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients
By Lauren Sausser for Kaiser Health News on March 13, 2023 When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year,
Read MoreEli Lilly cuts the price of insulin, capping drug at $35 per month out-of-pocket
(By The Associated Press published by NPR) Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and
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