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What is Fixed Indemnity Health Coverage?

Start Health – Fixed indemnity health coverage like Start Health is a type of insurance plan that provides a predetermined, fixed payout for specific medical services, regardless of the actual cost incurred. Unlike traditional health insurance, which typically covers a percentage of medical expenses after deductibles and copayments, fixed indemnity plans pay a set amount per service or event, such as hospital stays, doctor visits, or surgical procedures. How Fixed Indemnity Plans Work These plans operate on...

Why your health insurance copays, deductibles and premiums will probably surge next year

Here’s why you might be spending more on health care next year

The Price Increases That Should Cause Americans More Alarm

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They have been trending upward for years and are now rising faster than ever. Consider that, from 2000 to 2020, egg prices fluctuated between just under $1 and about $3 a dozen; they reached $6.23 in March but then fell to $3.78...

Try This When Your Doctor Says ‘Yes’ to a Preventive Test but Insurance Says ‘No’

“My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until he is 10 years old. I reached out to you because I wanted to know why my son’s hearing tests weren’t covered by our insurance and why we needed to pay for it.” — Anna Deutscher, 29, from Minnesota, writing about her infant...

McDonald’s CEO Plans Major Price Changes

McDonald's brought back the Snack Wrap last month. The item was so popular that it even led to a lettuce shortage in some McDonald's locations.

Abortionists Left Idaho After Blood Money Dried Up – HEADLINE HEALTH

Idaho lost more than one-third of its practicing obstetricians since enacting a strict abortion ban.

Americans are worried about grocery prices again, and they’re making changes

CNN – Americans are starting to change their shopping behavior as they grow more concerned about the economy. More than half of Americans say they are stressed about food costs, according to poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released this week. Fifty-three percent of people said grocery costs were a “major” stress, while 33% said they were a “minor” stress, according to the poll. Only 14% said groceries were not a source...

Work Requirements and Red Tape Ahead for Millions on Medicaid

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Now that the Republicans’ big tax-and-spending bill has become law, new bureaucratic hurdles have emerged for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for health coverage. A provision in the new law dictates that, in most states, for the first time, low-income adults must start meeting work requirements to keep their coverage. Some states have already tried doing this, but Georgia is the only state that has an active system using work...

After Cleveland Clinic expanded to Florida, patients say surprise fees followed

Hospitals can charge patients hundreds of dollars in facility fees — even for routine outpatient appointments. Some residents of Florida’s Treasure Coast have had enough.

Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums

The domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump signed into law this month didn't extend the enhanced subsidies that help people pay for their ACA plans.

Senior moment? Man makes dumb mistake, wins $1 million Powerball prize twice in one night

FITCHBURG, Mass. (WWLP) – A Massachusetts resident won two $1 million Powerball prizes in the same drawing after mistakenly buying an extra ticket last week. Paul Corcoran had initially purchased a multi-game ticket — which was good for seven upcoming drawings — at a local supermarket. But less than a week later, he purchased another multi-game ticket from a gas station, mistakenly thinking that his initial ticket was outdated. When the July 9 Powerball drawing came around,...

Trump admin to finally cap price of weird bandages that cost $10 billion last year

Mehmet Oz, current administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said the administration is "cracking down on abuse that drives up costs."

War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies

Around the world, most people get their calories from three staple grains — rice, wheat and corn — which means that weather hazards to places where they are produced can have big repercussions for food security.

‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

KFF HEALTH NEWS, BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year with stage 4 cancer. Two years later, grueling rounds of chemotherapy have slowed the cancer’s progress, even as it has continued to spread. But chemotherapy has also ravaged Tennant’s body and his quality of...

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