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A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed Aug. 22 on behalf of two families accusing Florida of terminating their Medicaid coverage without proper notice or a chance to contest the decision. 

New Mexico has the highest rate of youth enrollment in Medicaid/CHIP, while Utah has the lowest, according to new data published by KFF.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's Blue Premier program has saved nearly $650 million in healthcare costs since it was launched in 2019, the insurer said in an Aug. 22 news release. 

San Diego-based Scripps Health is the latest health system weighing the costs and benefits of Medicare Advantage, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Aug. 21. 

Employers will pay more than $15,000 on average for each employee's healthcare in 2024, according to ananalysis from consulting firm Aon. 

People searching for insurance online after losing Medicaid coverage face misleading advertising for limited-benefit plans, a report from the Georgetown University Center for Health Insurance Reforms in Washington, D.C., found. 

SCAN Health Plan, UPMC and Humana have some of the top-rated Medicare Advantage plans in the country's largest markets, according to J.D. Power.

At least 5.2 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid as of Aug. 21, and 74 percent of those disenrollments have been for procedural reasons, according to data from KFF.  

Medicare Advantage enrollees were less likely to report receiving post-acute care after hospitalization than their counterparts in traditional Medicare, a study published Aug. 18 in JAMA Health Forum found. 

Florida employees with employer-sponsored health insurance paid the highest average annual family premiums in 2022, while Hawaii employees had the lowest premiums, according to new data published by KFF and sourced from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.