CMS has published its Medicare Advantage final rate notices for 2024, and some retirees are pushing back on New York City's MA plan for city employees.
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Monthly health insurance premiums for ACA benchmark plans increased by an average of 3.4 percent in 2023, reversing a national trend from 2019 to 2022, according to an April 3 report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Biden administration appealed a federal Texas judge's ruling that struck down an ACA provision that requires insurance companies to provide coverage for preventive services such as certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs, CNBC reported March 31.
Medicare Advantage growth continued to accelerate in 2022, an updated analysis from Chartis found.
The signing of North Carolina's Medicaid expansion bill leaves 10 states that have not expanded the program under the ACA — but the holdouts are unlikely to make a change anytime soon, The Washington Post reported March 28.
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Insurers are stressing there will be no immediate changes in coverage after a Texas judge struck down an ACA provision that requires insurance companies to provide no-cost coverage for preventive services such as certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs.
A Maryland bill expanding Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming treatments has been sent to Gov. Wes Moore, who is expected to sign it into law, The Daily Record reported March 30.
Cigna CEO David Cordani was paid $21 million in total compensation in 2022, according to regulatory filings published March 17.
Beginning this summer, UnitedHealthcare said it plans to eliminate 20 percent of its current prior authorizations and implement a national gold-card program. From medical groups to lawmakers who sponsored Medicare Advantage prior authorization reform legislation, here are five reactions to…
Four in 5 respondents in a Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they are very or somewhat worried that Medicare will not be able to provide the same level of benefits in the future.