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Firms are offering more traditional plans alongside or instead of the plans with sky-high deductibles that may have been the only option in the past. The change comes as employers are finding that workers like the predictability of a traditional plan and that providing more generous plans can help with recruiting in a tight labor market.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
Medicare鈥檚 sister program actually covers more people than Medicare. It鈥檚 complex and sometimes confusing, but Medicaid is critical to states, health care providers and the more than 70 million people it serves. In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 host Julie Rovner interviews Diane Rowland, formerly聽EVP and Executive Director of the Medicaid Program at the Kaiser Family Foundation and one of the nation鈥檚 top Medicaid experts. Then Rovner, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss some of the current debates surrounding Medicaid and its future.
Private insurance plans vary in coverage for compression garments, and some fall short of meeting patients鈥 needs. Although Medicaid programs cover some of these expenses, Medicare does not.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
A lawsuit against Group Health surfaces as the White House promotes Medicare Advantage for seniors.
Come Jan. 1, California will be the first state to offer financial aid to middle-class people who make too much money to qualify for federal Obamacare tax credits. And Californians will once again owe a penalty if they are uninsured.
Polling supports Buttigieg's claim.
It comes down to questionable methodology.
The topic, which polls show is top of mind among voters, kept returning throughout the fourth debate of Democratic presidential candidates.
The Democratic presidential candidates have hit hard on health care, but generally the debates have centered on what kind of system candidates propose. The candidates鈥 ideas on many other issues, such as mental health and gun safety, have attracted much less attention.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
U.S. political parties for years have argued about the role of government in providing health care and expanding coverage to more people. But as the cost of medical services continues to grow faster than most Americans鈥 incomes, even people with private insurance coverage are finding the cost of care becoming unaffordable, KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner writes in a new article in BMJ.
Patients at VCU Health will no longer be taken to court and can more easily get financial assistance to pay their bills.
For more than a decade, customers used the online plan finder to compare dozens of policies. Yet after a redesign of the website, the search results no longer list which plan offers a customer the best value. Federal officials say it will be fixed before enrollment begins next week.
The new law reclassifies many independent contractors as employees, requiring they be offered a range of benefits. But that could have unintended consequences, experts warn.
Unlike in the U.S., health insurance in Germany doesn鈥檛 cover birth control. German health advocates say that causes health problems 鈥 but change is unlikely.
The president鈥檚 outline of key health policy concerns touched on a variety of hot-button issues from drug prices to immigration.
In a Q&A with Kaiser Health News, Tennessee Medicaid Director Gabe Roberts says state officials are requesting a modified block grant from federal officials because it would save money and allow the state to keep some of that savings.
The program, which will roll out next year in three parts of the country, seeks to encourage workers on the company鈥檚 health plan to choose doctors that have been identified as providing 鈥渁ppropriate, effective and cost-efficient care.鈥
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