If you’re wondering why there are tax increases on top of tax increases this year, coming soon to a ballot near you if you haven’t seen them already, one reason is Medi-Cal spending.  In California, ...

Recipients of Medicaid frequently face prior authorization hurdles when pursuing medical care or treatment. Medicaid is a joint federal–state public health insurance program that provides healthcare ...

What appeared to be a surge of grassroots support for higher Medicare Advantage payments was actually driven by a pro-industry group.

The Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee advanced a measure Wednesday that would impose a one-time tax increase of $173 million on health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in order to address budget ...

Across Georgia, nonprofit clinics like Good Shepherd in Clayton County are stepping up to provide free medical services for the state's 1.2 million uninsured.

Companies whose workers use Medicaid for health insurance would have to provide private coverage or face a fine under the proposed state budget.

Jackson Reimer ([email protected]), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Marissa King, University of Pennsylvania. Susan H. Busch, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Private ...

Watchdogs say Medicare Part B premiums are about $200 a year higher as a result of overcharging. The big for-profit health insurers who run the Medicare Advantage program have lashed out at after yet ...

As a physician leader, I feel an obligation to respond to what has been said about healthcare providers by executives within the health insurance industry via recently published opinion pieces. ...

Companies whose workers use Medicaid for health insurance would have to provide private coverage or face a fine under the ...

The idea of a government-run universal health care program that would replace private insurance as the sole payer of health care costs faces as many headwinds as ever. It had fallen onto the ...

The state’s largest health care workers’ union is renewing a legislative push to remove private, third-party insurers from the home care payment system, a policy it says could save the state $3.5 ...