TUESDAY, Aug. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients might have a higher risk of relapse if their health insurance is stingy with prescriptions, a new study reports. Patients with insurance plans that exclude coverage of some MS treatments have a significantly higher risk of developing new orContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Opioid addicts covered by Medicare and Medicaid are less likely to receive the mental health and substance use treatment that they need, a new study says. Addicts with public insurance receive more than twice as many sessions if their therapy is also coveredContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that several of the nation’s largest health insurers have agreed to change howContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 7.6 million Americans could lose their health insurance if the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a new study says. As a result, more than 16,600 people a year will die needlessly, as medicalContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women are more likely to have poorer health care in states that ban or restrict abortion, a new study says. Expectant mothers are more often uninsured and have less access to routine medical care in those states, researchers reported in the AmericanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Proposed cuts to Medicaid could be devastating to America’s rural hospitals, health care CEOs are warning in interviews with HealthDay. House Republicans have proposed an $880 billion reduction in Medicaid funding. Combined with other health care cuts, the package could leave as manyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to die if they lose access to crucial medication coverage, a new study says. More than 14 million poor Medicare beneficiaries receive the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which further reduces their drug costs, researchers saidContinue Reading
Order expected to affect specific medications covered under Medicare that are administered in a health care settingContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children and young adults formerly covered by Medicaid are losing access to medications needed to control conditions like depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy, a new study says. Young people need to take these meds regularly to get the best results, as interruptionsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The “unwinding” of Medicaid that occurred after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic has left more working-age Americans without health insurance, a new study says. The uninsured rate increased to 11.5% from 11.1% between March 2023 and March 2024, researchers reported April 28Continue Reading
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TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Advantage plans are squeezing billions out of the federal government by billing more for patient care, a new study says. Medicare Advantage plans received an extra $33 billion in revenue from the feds in 2021 due to coding differences in billing comparedContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Don’t be surprised if you get a bill for that note your doctor sent you through his clinic’s patient portal. About 1 in 7 patients have been billed for messages sent to them through a patient portal, according to a new study publishedContinue Reading