If there’s one thing about health insurance that just about everyone can agree on, it is that prior authorization is hell. Corporate health insurers use prior authorization to delay and deny care...
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State insurance commissioners aim to protect people from...
Jonalyn Cueto reports for InsuranceBusinessMag that state insurance commissioners are speaking out against Medicare Advantage insurers because they are gaming the system and harming people with...
Dramatic spike in premature deaths among adults under 65
A new study out of Brown University and Harvard University finds that between 2012 and 2022, premature deaths among adults under 65 spiked dramatically. Consequently, these people never benefited...
UnitedHealthcare won’t cover remote monitoring of people...
Traditional Medicare covers remote monitoring of people with chronic conditions when necessary to ensure their conditions remain stable. UnitedHealthcare is supposed to cover the same benefits as...
Trump wants to end Obamacare and give people money to fend for...
Seven Democrats have caved, voting with Republicans to end the government shutdown without getting any meaningful concessions from the Republicans on Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) health care...
2026: Five things to think about when choosing between...
The Annual Medicare Open Enrollment period began October 15 and ends December 7. If you have Medicare, you are likely to see endless ads and receive lots of mail from an assortment of insurers...
You might be eligible for a Medicare Savings Program
If your income is low, you might be able to get help paying your Medicare premiums and copays through a Medicare Savings Program. Millions of older adults and people with disabilities are enrolled in...
Are your drugs too expensive? Not in France or Italy
President Trump has said repeatedly that Americans should not be paying more for our drugs than people in other wealthy counries, but he has yet to do anything about that. However, as David Maris...
UnitedHealth and other big insurers cut their physician networks...
If you are enrolled in a UnitedHealth Group Medicare Advantage plan, you are likely to see the number of in-network providers drop dramatically next year, reports Luke Sullivan for HEALTH CARE...
Calls to Social Security are going unanswered
Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson report for The Washington Post that millions of people are finding it impossible to speak to someone at Social Security over the phone. The estimated hold time can...