While an estimated 28.9 million Americans under 65 were uninsured in 2019, over a dozen towns across the country boasted uninsured rates of effectively zero during the same period, according to financial news site 24/7 Tempo.
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The vast majority of nonpediatric office-based physicians are accepting new patients with Medicare and private insurance, according to a May 12 Kaiser Family Foundation report.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has created the Department of Financial Services' Pharmacy Benefits Bureau, an office tasked with licensing and regulating the state's pharmacy benefits industry.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named Lynn Merritt as its new chief human resources officer. Ms. Merritt started May 9 and is based in BCBSA's Chicago office.
Despite explosive growth in revenues and total membership, some of the largest insurtech companies posted losses exceeding a combined $332 million in the first quarter of 2022.
Forty-one million of the nearly 180 million Americans with employer-provided health insurance received mental health support in 2020, according to the health insurer lobby and trade group America's Health Insurance Plans.
Medicare Part D spending on top brand-name drugs over a five-year period "more than made up the money" that drugmakers say it costs to develop new medications, according to a May 11 AARP report.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Missouri was selected by the state as one of three managed care organizations to serve Medicaid enrollees in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Children's Health Insurance Program.
Despite little change before the pandemic, the number of adults with medical debt, issues paying medical bills and medical debt in collections have declined since the pandemic began. New policies will be needed to sustain the decrease, according to a…
More Medicare Advantage plans were available in 2022 than any other year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.