Rising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern
Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act...
Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees
Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month.” President Joe Biden, in...
Florida Limits Abortion — For Now
The Host Florida this week became a major focus for advocates on both main sides of the abortion debate. The Florida Supreme Court simultaneously ruled...
ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable...
Adultos mayores, agotados por tener que organizar tanta atención médica
En enero, Susanne Gilliam, de 67 años, estaba yendo a recoger el correo afuera de su casa cuando se cayó al resbalar sobre una capa...
Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage
Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep...
The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill
The Host In its first abortion case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Supreme Court this week looked unlikely to uphold...
The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients
Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice....
Telehealth Sites Promise Cure for ‘Male Menopause’ Despite FDA Ban on Off-Label Ads
Online stores sprang up during the covid-19 pandemic’s telehealth boom touting testosterone as a cure-all for men’s age-related illnesses — despite FDA rules issued years...
Biden Said Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Cut the Deficit by $160B. That’s Years Away.
Amy Sherman, PolitiFact We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma....