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Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry. Doctors and Hospitals Ignore This at Their Peril

(By Noam N. Levey for KFF Health News) For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple

Eileen Cook July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Hospitals, Medical debt, Physicians

Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

UnitedHealthcare preparing for rising Medicare Advantage costs in 2024

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) UnitedHealthcare is expecting medical costs among the Medicare Advantage population to keep

Eileen Cook July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Wait, What’s a PBM?

(By Dan Weissmann for KFF Health News) You might wonder, wait, what’s a PBM exactly? And also, why am I

Eileen Cook July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, PBM Industry, pharmaceuticals

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia CMS FDA Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Leqembi could cost Medicare up to $17.8B

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Leqembi, the newly-approved drug that can slow the progression of Alzhemier’s disease,

Eileen Cook July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Lecanemab Drug, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage profits could be under pressure in 2024, analysts say

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage profits will likely be stable in 2023 but could face

Eileen Cook July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Utilization

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Mental Health/Behavioral Health

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

Eileen Cook June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Mental Health, Out-of-pocket costs

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance

CMS: 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

Eileen Cook June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 CMS, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General

KFF 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

Eileen Cook June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 ACA, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Commercial 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

Eileen Cook May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Commercial Health Insuranxe, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, Ultra-expensive drugs

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Part D/Prescription Drugs

This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky

(By Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News) Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies

Eileen Cook May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Affordable Medicine, Drug-pricing, Healthcare Costs