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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week later, he purchased another multi-game ticket from a gas station, mistakenly thinking that his initial ticket was outdated.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...

The Disappearing Funds for Global Health

These are the nearly 2,500 N.I.H. grants that have been ended or delayed.

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report on how much it costs to run Georgia Pathways to Coverage — the country’s only active Medicaid work requirement program — as other states and Congress consider similar programs. (Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam, 5/2) Montana Lawmakers Approve $124M To Revamp Behavioral Health System The legislation calls for a new mental health facility in eastern Montana,...

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”

PRO PUBLICA – Frustration with insurers is at an all-time high. The December fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly by Luigi Mangione serves as an extreme and tragic example. Doctors and insurers are locked into a perpetual conflict over health care costs, with patients caught in the middle. Doctors accuse insurance plans of blocking payments for health care treatments that can save the patients’ lives. Insurance companies insist they shouldn’t pay for procedures that...

He Had Short-Term Health Insurance. His Colonoscopy Bill: $7,000

"Stunned that he owed more than $7,000 for his colonoscopy, Winard contacted his insurance company, Companion Life Insurance of Columbia, South Carolina."

A letter from Mark Cuban. COST-PLUS DRUGS

Find and afford the drugs you need Know what your medication costs Track your order in real time COSTPLUSDRUGS.COM – We started Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company because every American should have access to safe, affordable medicines. If you don’t have insurance or have a high deductible plan, you know that even the most basic medications can cost a fortune. Many people are spending crazy amounts of money each month just to stay...

Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare

Trump overturned a policy that had extended Obamacare’s open enrollment period an additional 12 weeks in 36 states, giving uninsured adults more time to sign up. He also rescinded an order aimed at strengthening Medicaid, which included providing more outreach funding to states.

HHS invests nearly $600 million in Moderna’s bird flu vaccine development

CNN – The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu, the pharmaceutical company announced Friday. This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles, shown in yellow, grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells, shown in blue. In 2023, Moderna initiated a...

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