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New York City officials announced they will provide retired municipal employees with coverage through a new NYC Medicare Advantage Plus Program, effective Jan. 1, 2022. The program is intended to provide better benefits for retirees while saving taxpayers $600 million…
Phoenix-based behavioral health insurer Magellan Health ranked among payers on this year's Fortune 500 list, having generated $7.5 billion in revenue in 2020.
Oscar Health has launched MyIdentity, a new functionality within the company's app that allows transgender and nonbinary members to input their current names, pronouns and gender identity, a July 13 news release said.
Since the Biden administration's ACA special enrollment period opened Feb. 15, over 2 million people have enrolled in insurance through marketplaces, CMS announced July 14.
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The California Medical Association is calling for a review of an appellate court decision that sided with Aetna over accusations that the insurer violated the Unfair Competition Law.
A handful of Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates announced Aduhelm, Biogen's controversial Alzehimer's drug, would not be covered after being deemed experimental and investigational.
State Medicaid agencies have access to $15 million in new American Rescue Plan funding to develop community-based crisis intervention programs.
Seventeen health insurance companies were named to the 2021 Disability Equality Index's best places to work for disability inclusion.
The Affordable Care Act has resulted in cancer survivors under 65 experiencing fewer financial burdens related to medical costs, researchers from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan found.