About Tara Haelle Tara Haelle (@TaraHaelle) is AHCJ’s scientific research core subject chief, guiding reporters in the course of the jargon-filled shorthand of science and study and enabling them to translate the proof into correct data. Dr. Jessica Beard solutions AHCJ Board President Felice Freyer’s questions all over the lunch communicate Q&A. (Photograph by means…
About Katti Grey Katti Grey (@kattigray) is AHCJ’s core subject chief for behavioral and psychological well being. A former Rosalynn Carter Psychological Well being Journalism Fellow, Grey is offering sources to lend a hand AHCJ individuals make bigger their protection of psychological well being amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize psychological sickness and to position psychological well being…
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Photograph by the use of Canva A couple of stories printed this week display why well being care newshounds wish to spend extra time masking the charity care that nonprofit hospitals are required to ship to sufferers however most commonly fail to take action. Each and every record cited underneath outlines the right way to…
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MCMURRAY, Pa., August 04, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mark Farrah Mates (MFA), a number one knowledge aggregator and writer of fitness plan marketplace knowledge and analytics, aggregates trade metrics from statutory monetary statements filed with state insurance coverage regulators in its Well being Protection Portal TM (HCP). Insurance coverage firms equipped scientific protection for just about 310 million…
More than 500,000 Floridians could lose their health insurance if Congress fails to extend tax credits passed through the American Rescue Plan Act, a new report warns. The tax credits dramatically lowered premiums for millions of Florida families who this year obtained their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. But those subsidies will expire…
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A federal court in Georgia ruled Thursday that employers who categorically exclude gender-affirming medical care from health insurance coverage violate federal law. Anna Lange, a transgender woman and sheriff’s deputy in Houston County, Georgia, sued in 2019 after she was denied coverage for a vaginoplasty in November 2018. The Sheriff’s Office provides health care coverage…
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Kalani Bright already has had to pay more than $34,000 out of pocket for sex reassignment procedures after losing a three-year battle to get her health insurance to cover them. Now, the 42-year-old transgender woman is due for another round of voice surgery, but her insurance will still not cover the costs because it’s considered…
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The New York Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would require public health insurance programs to cover medical marijuana expenses and clarify that private insurers are allowed to do the same. The legislation, sponsored by Diane Savino (D), moved through two committees before passing the Senate by a vote of 53-10, and it’s now…
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Placeholder while article actions load Max Tillitt was finally making progress in his battle with addiction and mental illness when word arrived that United Behavioral Health was cutting off his benefits. Tillitt, 21, had become addicted to opioids prescribed after a high school football injury, then moved on to heroin, relapsing seven or eight times…
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Blackcat | E+ | Getty Images Retirees on Medicare who are heading back to the workforce may discover they have choices when it comes to their health-care coverage. That is, depending on the size of your new employer, you might be able to pick up the company health plan and drop Medicare — and then…
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Washington has taken a significant step toward expanding health and dental insurance coverage to nearly all residents, particularly those who are undocumented. The Washington Health Benefit Exchange, the state’s health insurance marketplace, on Friday submitted a waiver application that, if approved, allows states to bypass or change some Affordable Care Act requirements. If the federal…
Burnham Benefits colleagues volunteering for a Habit for Humanity build Burnham Benefits The rising cost of health insurance in the United States — up nearly 50% in the last decade — continues to put a greater financial burden on individuals and businesses. Access to health insurance has been tied to employment for most working-age U.S….
