MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women and new moms have better access to treatment for mood disorders, thanks to Obamacare, a new study finds. More women received treatment for their pregnancy-related depression or anxiety after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect in 2014, researchers reportedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following several years of record low rates of uninsured Americans, a new survey finds more folks are once again without health insurance. More than 8% of Americans did not have health coverage during the first few months of 2024, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Insured working-age adults are frequently being hit with medical bills for services that should have been covered, a new Commonwealth Fund survey has found. Close to half (45%) of insured workers have received a bill or copay in the past year for aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Advantage plans are touted as a great alternative to traditional Medicare, offering seniors easier access to doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs. But access to a good Medicare Advantage plan relies heavily on where a person lives, a new study finds. People areContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medical debt is significantly more common among people with a mood disorder, and these money woes can keep them from getting the help they need, a new study says. Among people with depression or anxiety, those with medical debt were twice as likelyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hispanic people — particularly those without insurance — are less likely to get the additional care needed to recover from a stroke, a new study finds. Hispanic folks are less likely to be treated at a rehab facility or receive home health careContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following the end of temporary pandemic-era rules expanding access to Medicaid, about 10 million Americans have lost that coverage. But a new report finds that most folks who’ve lost coverage have done so because of paperwork issues, and they’re far more likely toContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A cutting-edge class of drugs is saving and extending the lives of cancer patients. But the drugs, called immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), are so expensive that some uninsured Americans can’t access them, a new report finds. New policies are needed “to improve healthContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients receive less effective treatment at hospitals that mainly serve minority communities, a new study shows. More than 9% of cancer patients are treated at hospitals where a significant percentage of patients are from minority groups, researchers say. Those patients are lessContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having private insurance may not be all it is cracked up to be when it comes to hospital bills, new research warns. In a report published Monday by the nonprofit research institute RAND Corp., researchers discovered that patients with private health insurance may wind upContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A budget-busting 3.6 million Medicare recipients could now be eligible for coverage of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, a new KFF analysis says. That’s because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Wegovy (semaglutide) to reduce the risk of heartContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly a quarter of Americans who lost their pandemic-era Medicaid coverage say they’re now without any health insurance, a new survey finds. More than half (54%) of these currently uninsured adults cited cost as the reason keeping them from having coverage. The surveyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, U.S. officials announced Thursday. The move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label earlierContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following a cyberattack on the largest health insurer in the United States last month, health care providers continue to scramble as insurance payments and prescription orders continue to be disrupted and physicians lose an estimated $100 million a day. That estimate was generatedContinue Reading