Over the last few years, we’ve heard a lot about people with “long Covid,” who cannot shed the Covid virus and develop chronic and serious symptoms that can last a long time...
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Humana sued for inappropriate Medicare Advantage care denials
Humana is the latest of the Medicare Advantage insurers to be sued for using AI to systematically deny care inappropriately. Tina Reed reports for Axios on a class action lawsuit filed in Kentucky...
Mental health treatment remains challenging to come by, even...
Notwithstanding federal law requiring “mental health parity”–insurance coverage for mental conditions–mental health treatment remains hard to come by in the US. Even with...
Dozens of drug companies owe Medicare rebates from raising...
The Biden Administration just announced that dozens of drug companies owe Medicare rebates from raising prices higher than the rate of inflation. As a result , hundreds of thousands of people with...
United Health now controls 1 in 10 physicians
Steph Weber reports for Medscape that UnitedHealthcare’s owner, UnitedHealth Group now controls–either owns or otherwise works with–one in ten physicians. Concerns are mounting...
Should you be drinking energy drinks?
Recently, two people died, allegedly as a result of drinking lemonade with extra caffeination that they bought at Panera Bread. Dani Blum and Alice Callahan report for the New York Times on the...
Bi-partisan group of Senators call for better Medicare Advantage...
In a letter to the CMS Administrator, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Catherine Cortez-Masto, Bill Cassidy and Marsha Blackburn call for better Medicare Advantage data collection and reporting. Lack of...
Insurers overcharge Medicare enrollees for generic drugs
The biggest health insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMS) offering Part D prescription drug coverage are overcharging Medicare for generic drugs, according to a new JAMA study by researchers...
How conservative leadership put Britain’s national health...
Britain’s universal health care system, the National Health Service Corps, was for a very long time a model for the rest of the developed world. It offered free coverage for most medically...
AHA warns Medicare oversight agency about dangers of Medicare...
In a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the American Hospital Association (AHA) expresses serious concerns about the dangers of Medicare Advantage, including the...