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Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas...

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Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas...

A Primer on Health Equity Research – Healthcare Economist

According to the World Health Organization, “Three distinguishing features, when combined, turn mere variations or differences in health into a social inequity in...

Most Insurance Covers IUDs. Hers Cost More Than $14,000.

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson asked about getting off the birth control pill. “We decided the best option...

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California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending

Bernard J. Wolfson California’s Office of Health Care Affordability faces a herculean task in its plan to slow runaway health care spending. The goal of...

A Post-Pandemic Mental Health Check-In

March 2024 marked four years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended life as we knew it. Non-essential workers stayed home. School buildings closed and...

Medicaid Recipients Struggle To Stay Enrolled

Dan Weissmann Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans — has cut more than 22 million recipients since spring...

Time is money in drug development – Healthcare Economist

Delays in drug approvals cost pharmaceutical firms money. These costs include both lost sales as well as additional cost if clinical trials...

Getting an AED for Our Little League

Nowadays we all have a lot of different roles in our lives. I’m a Marketing Director at Independence Blue Cross (IBX), where I’ve...

How Cayaba Care is Transforming Maternal Health

In 2022, Independence Blue Cross (IBX) began working with Cayaba Care to help improve maternal health outcomes for our most at-risk members, particularly...

Wyden Demands Penalties for Obamacare Enrollment Fraud

Lawmakers and state officials are turning up the heat on federal regulators to stop unscrupulous, commission-hungry insurance agents from enrolling thousands of people...

Presidential Election Could Decide Fate of Extra Obamacare Subsidies

When Cassie Cox ended up in the emergency room in January, the Bainbridge, Georgia, resident was grateful for the Obamacare insurance policy she...

Recent Medicare attempts to lower drug prices (beyond IRA) – Healthcare Economist

Recently, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is getting a lot of attention, particularly for its provision that allows CMS to start drug price...

Storyboarding For Success

Change can be scary. When considering making a change at work, you may think, “What if we implement a new procedure and it...

Protect Your Finances with a Supplemental Medical Insurance Plan

Life happens, and when the unexpected occurs, it can catch you off guard. If you’re dealing with an accident, critical illness, or injury,...

Anti-Abortion Hard-Liners Speak Up – KFF Health News

The Host With abortion shaping up as a key issue for the November elections, the movement that united to overturn Roe v. Wade is...