Tag: Coverage

Undermining employer-based health coverage – InsuranceNewsNet

February 20, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Negotiations on “Build Back Better,” the Biden administration’s trillion-dollar social welfare package, have collapsed. But the exercise demonstrated that the Left has not abandoned its quest to supplant private health insurance with government-run health care. That’s disturbing for several reasons. The majority of Americans get their health care coverage from their place of work, and…

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300K Oregonians may soon lose health coverage

February 13, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The Oregon Health Authority is currently crafting plans to ensure that thousands of people don’t suddenly lose their coverage. PORTLAND, Ore — With the COVID-19 public health emergency likely ending in the coming months, 300,000 Oregonians are set to lose their Medicaid coverage. Throughout the pandemic, Oregon has maintained a continuous enrollment policy and did…

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Record 14.5 million Americans signed up for 2022 health coverage under Affordable Care Act

January 29, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Washington — President Biden said Thursday that a record 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from his administration. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “We are making that right a reality…

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Insurance coverage for at-home tests, explained

January 17, 2022July 22, 2022 Sharika Soukup

As people continue to struggle to find COVID-19 tests, President Joe Biden’s administration announced that patients can have their health insurance pay for at-home tests they purchase. On Monday, the White House announced that starting Jan. 15, anyone who purchases an FDA-approved at-home COVID-19 test will be able to have insurance cover the cost. The…

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Gay South Korean couple lose equal coverage lawsuit against health insurer

January 10, 2022 Sharika Soukup

1/5 Same-sex partners So Seong-wook (L) and Kim Yong-min lost their lawsuit Friday against South Korea’s national health insurer over its withdrawal of spousal benefits from So. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI SEOUL, Jan. 7 (UPI) — A Seoul court rejected a landmark lawsuit by a same-sex couple over shared health insurance benefits Friday, a ruling that advocates…

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UPDATE: Northside Hospital granted injunctive relief stopping termination of health coverage | Investigations

January 4, 2022 Sharika Soukup

UPDATE (CBS46) — Northside Hospital has been granted injunctive relief by the court that temporarily stops a threatened termination of health care coverage by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, according to a press release. The decision by the Superior Court of Fulton County enables Anthem members who seek care at Northside’s hospitals, clinics, and physician…

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Hospital Prices Are Unpredictable. One Type of Health Coverage Often Gets the Worst Rates.

December 29, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Newly public data show that hospital prices vary in unpredictable ways that seem out of patients’ control. A Wall Street Journal analysis has identified a kind of health coverage that leaves patients with especially high bills. Hospitals’ highest rates often aren’t for a specific insurance plan, but rather a type of healthcare provider network that…

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Build Back Better Act Would Patch Holes in Health Coverage

December 4, 2021 Sharika Soukup

WASHINGTON — Of all the “bitter disappointments” he had as president, Harry Truman once wrote, the “one that has troubled me most, in a personal way,” was the failure to enact a national program that would assure all Americans “a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health.” More than 75 years after…

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