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Medicare
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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…
Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid are now uninsured, survey finds
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according…
Congress likely to kick the can on covid-era telehealth policies
Nearly two hours into a Capitol Hill hearing focused on rural health, Rep. Brad Wenstrup emphatically told…
Attack of the Medicare machines
Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of “An Arm and…
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…
Florida limits abortion — for now
The host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF…
For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care
A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a…
Prescribing AUD medication at hospital discharge lowers risk of readmission
For adults hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons, receiving a prescription for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) medication at the…
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…
How was her baby’s air-ambulance ride not medically necessary?
Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn’t doing well. Her…