Republicans’ moves to scale back Medicaid are leading to more misinformation about immigrants, especially Latinos, circulating on social media platforms. The misconceptions include the myths that Latinos covered by Medicaid don’t work and that they use Medicaid significantly more than others.
Brian Evanko, CEO and chief financial officer of Cigna’s Cigna Healthcare arm, has been named president and chief operating officer of the Cigna Group as the company shuffles its top leadership.
The leadership changes, said Cigna, are designed to furth…
Much has changed in the last 20 years in understanding how an individual’s DNA predicts common diseases, according to Sir Peter Donnelly, who cofounded in 2014 the company Genomics, of which he is CEO, in Oxford, England.
LAS VEGAS – As AI is transforming all aspects of healthcare, it’s affecting the care model for payers.
Health insurers have end-to-end visibility into individual care needs and utilization patterns across providers and settings.
Virtual care, technolog…
The Global Health Benefits (GHB) business of Cigna Healthcare’s International Health division is partnering with Carrot Fertility to provide personalized support, education and guidance for eligible GHB customers and their covered spouses/partners who …
The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the federal government continue, with both personnel and programs being cut at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration. Meanwhile, the fight over cuts to the Medicaid program for those with low incomes heats up, as Republicans worry that more of their voters than ever before are Medicaid beneficiaries. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Jeff Grant, who recently retired from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after 41 years in government service.
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, borrowed $3.4 billion from the state — and will likely need even more — due to higher prescription costs and increased eligibility for seniors and immigrants. The top Republican in the state Senate is demanding a hearing “so the public knows exactly where their tax dollars are going.”
The privatization of Medicare has been taking place without much public debate – a trend that has implications for the 68 million people covered by Medicare, health care providers, Medicare spending, and taxpayers. It’s not yet clear whether the admini…
A Republican House resolution, which needs the Senate’s buy-in, directed a committee to propose ways to reduce the deficit by at least $880 billion over a decade. Lawmakers have taken Medicare off the table for cuts, which makes it impossible to reach $880 billion without cutting Medicaid.
In this JAMA Health Forum post, Executive Vice President Larry Levitt recalls the mid-1990s’ public backlash against Health Maintenance Organizations (commonly known as HMOs) – all of which preceded the recent outpouring of health insurance concerns –…
