MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new rule allows health care providers to be reimbursed for treating homeless people wherever they are, rather than just in hospitals or clinics. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began allowing this change for both public and private insurersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Despite reports of trouble last week where some people may have been denied insurance coverage while seeking COVID shots at pharmacies, the Biden administration said Thursday those issues have been ironed out. That issue is “largely, if not completely,” resolved after U.S. HealthContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans seeking out the new COVID boosters are finding themselves held back by insurance entanglements and supply delays. Some insurers have balked at covering the vaccines, with people arriving at shot appointments only to be told that they’ll have to pay $100 orContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As people age, health issues tend to mount, but roughly a quarter of low-income adults over 65 have no medical insurance. That’s the age when most Americans become eligible for Medicare, the federal health insurance for seniors. But many of the uninsured seniorsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Red tape is getting in the way of cancer patients receiving the treatment they crucially require, a new study has found. Patients were 18% more likely to experience cancer care delays or be unable to stick to a treatment plan if they hadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A Medicaid “glitch” is removing health care coverage for potentially millions of children, U.S. health officials warned Wednesday. Automated systems involved in a large-scale eligibility review are causing entire households to be removed from Medicaid coverage, according to a news release from theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration on Tuesday named the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations between Medicare and participating drug companies. The list represents the first step in a landmark program aimed at reducing the government’s drug spending, and potentially U.S.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The American middle-class squeeze has grown even worse in recent years, with many in the “forgotten middle” facing financial pressure and poor health as they near retirement age, a new study reports. Essentially, the U.S. middle class has split in two, and thoseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Eye tests are an important way to catch potential eye-related issues in children, but more than two-thirds of kids in the United States are not receiving them at their checkups. Those with Medicaid and other public health insurance were far less likely toContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Large numbers of Americans who were dropped from Medicaid this spring lost their coverage because of paperwork problems, and not because they weren’t still eligible for the public health insurance program. “I am deeply concerned about high rates of procedural terminations due toContinue Reading