In the model, pay equity was affirmed in 96% of cases, and of those with higher-than-predicted compensation, there was no link to gender or race.
Category: Health Insurance
New Maine law says private health insurers must provide hearing aid benefits
Previously, Maine required hearing aid coverage for children under the age of 18, and capped the insurer’s expense at $1,400.
Federal watchdog cracks down on inflated Medicare payments
Insurers were allegedly found to be exaggerating the health ailments of patients, receiving billions.
One-On-One With Trump’s Medicare And Medicaid Chief: Seema Verma
Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, sat down for a rare interview with KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney. They discuss her views on President Donald Trump’s plan for sustaining public health insurance programs, how the administration would respond if Obamacare is struck down by the courts in the future and her thoughts on how the latest “Medicare for All” proposals would affect innovation and access to care.
Watch: Behind The Troubling Rise Of Uninsured American Kids
Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Sarah Varney and PBS NewsHour producer Jason Kane report from Tennessee, where the rate of uninsured kids has soared.
HHS issues new vaping enforcement policy targeting e-cigarettes with kid-friendly flavors
The policy, which will be enforced by the FDA, specifically targets cartridge-based e-cigarettes such as Juul, as well as non-tobacco flavors.
Watch: Woman Hit With $28K Bill For A Throat Swab
A routine doctor’s visit for a sore throat brought more than $28,000 in charges for one New York City woman in our latest “Bill of the Month” installment.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: How Do Other Countries Pay For Health Care?
Every country provides and pays for health care differently. Yet surveys show the U.S. health system covers fewer people and costs more than the systems of most other industrialized countries. Are there international systems that the U.S. could emulate or borrow from? On this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” host Julie Rovner interviews international health experts Gerard Anderson of Johns Hopkins and Christopher Pope of the Manhattan Institute.
Hospital mergers and acquisitions not linked to better care, study finds
What’s more, 30-day mortality and readmission rates stayed largely the same at acquired facilities.
Bernie Sanders says rollout of his Medicare For All plan would be faster than Elizabeth Warren’s
The speed of its implementation is one of the key differences between the two senators’ healthcare plans, which remain controversial with voters.
