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Health Insurance
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California legislators debate froot loops and free condoms
California state lawmakers this year are continuing their progressive tilt on health policy with dozens of proposals including…
Lawsuit alleges Obamacare plan-switching scheme targeted low-income consumers
A wide-ranging lawsuit filed Friday outlines a moneymaking scheme by which large insurance sales agency call centers enrolled…
When rogue brokers switch people’s ACA policies, tax surprises can follow
Tax season is never fun. But some tax filers this year face an added complication: Their returns are…
Annual COVID-19 vaccine proves to be a wise investment for personal health and pocketbook
In a recent study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, a team of researchers from the United…
Attack of the Medicare machines
Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of “An Arm and…
City-country mortality gap widens amid persistent holes in rural health care access
In Matthew Roach’s two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10…
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…
Tuberculosis linked to increased risk of cancer, study finds
A population-wide observational study to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases…
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…
California is expanding insurance access for teenagers seeking therapy on their own
When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her…