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Study: Insurers Returning to Pre-Obamacare Profitability
Insurers in the individual market performed better financially in the first six months of 2018 than they have in all of the years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a brief released Friday. The brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows …
Preexisting Conditions in the Midterms
In February, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley joined a Republican lawsuit to overturn the ACA, and with it, protections for Americans suffering from preexisting medical conditions that previously could be excluded from insurance coverage. Now, run…
Senate Easily Passes Sweeping Opioids Legislation, Sending to President Trump
The Senate passed the final version of a sweeping opioids package Wednesday afternoon and will send it to the White House just in time for lawmakers to campaign on the issue before the November midterm elections. The vote was 98 to 1, with only Utah Se…
Buyer Beware: New Cheaper Insurance Policies May Have Big Coverage Gaps
If you’re looking for cheaper health insurance, a whole host of new options will hit the market starting Tuesday. But the new plans – known as short-term, limited-duration insurance — may not pay for the medical care you need. Short-term policies are r…
Caregivers or Marketers? Nurses Paid by Drug Companies Facing Scrutiny as Whistleblower Lawsuits Mount
The lawsuits contend the companies hired third-party contractors to deploy nurses—sometimes by phone, sometimes in patient’s homes—to ensure that prescriptions were refilled. The drug makers also allegedly provided kickbacks to physicians in the form o…
Some Democrats Want Medicare for All; Others Aren’t So Sure
As Democrats enter the final sprint in a campaign where health care is a dominant issue and a House takeover seems achievable, they are split on whether to promise coverage for everyone, which would fuel an already revved-up liberal base, or target cen…
