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Patients with private insurance can face higher health costs at hospitals
NBC NEWS· 5 hours ago“These very high payments ultimately result in higher premiums for health insurance coverage and can...
Report finds private health plans paid hospitals 254% of what Medicare would pay during 2022
Medical Xpress· 9 hours agoPrices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and...
Medicare go-broke date extended to 2036, but warning bells continue ringing
Healthcare Dive via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoThe Medicare trustees’ new projection for insolvency is five years later than previous forecasts,...
Wellcare Medicare Advantage 2024 Review - NerdWallet
Nerdwallet· 3 days agoStar ratings are determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Wellcare, owned by Centene, offers some nice perks, such as Giveback...
Interpreting Indiana's conflict between health insurance and health care in 2024
The Star Press via Yahoo Finance· 16 hours agoSimilarly, insurance companies are asking themselves the same question when faced with...
Utah, the youngest state, is getting older. Here’s why that matters
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoUtah has long been known as the youngest state (with a median age of 32, according to the U.S....
R.I. health care spending skyrocketed after COVID. Now it’s coming back down to Earth.
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoChalk it up to a post-pandemic comedown. The nearly $9 billion price tag associated with health care...
Peters hails pause in planned USPS changes to postal facilities, including in Michigan
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA plan to move some of the operations out of an Upper Peninsula postal facility are on hold, as are...
Hospitals charged private insurers 254% of Medicare in 2022: Rand
Modern Healthcare· 4 days agoCommercial insurers' payments to hospitals amounted to, on average, 254% of Medicare rates in 2022, up from 243% in 2021 and 241% in 2020, according to ...
Drugmakers in Medicare Price Talks Spent Less on R&D Than on Shareholders, Marketing, Overhead:...
The Fiscal Times via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoEight drug companies that make the 10 medications whose prices are currently being negotiated by ...