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premiums
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Medicare announces coverage of costly Alzheimer’s medication. That could mean high premiums for beneficiaries
Medicare coverage of new Alzheimer’s treatments will raise premiums and increase out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries, new analysis finds.
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As name implies, short-term health plans may not be a good deal for some consumers
For an article on short-term health plans, journalist Nancy Metcalf found an ideal source: Stewart Lamotte, a 64-year-old retired restaurateur…
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Better health seen for many ACA markets
The 2019 ACA enrollment season is getting off to a stronger start – more health plan participation in the federal…
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Aging experts assess priorities under a new administration
From the future of delivery system reform to controlling prescription drug costs to considering how states may handle proposed Medicaid…
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Need help navigating the current health care premium controversy?
Buying health insurance – or understanding what our plans cover and how much we have to pay – isn’t easy.…
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A new take on premium trends gets pushback from ACA critics
Here’s an argument that premiums under the Affordable Care Act actually have dropped. Loren Adler and Paul Ginsberg of the…
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Getting the facts straight in the ACA reform debate
Many of us spend time fact-checking what political candidates say during the debates. But sometimes we need to fact-check the…
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Getting behind the confusion that leads some to lose their subsidized health insurance
We posted recently about California’s assessment of who was dropping out of the exchange, including the finding that most people…
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Reviewing patterns in marketplace insurance pools
Back when states were deciding whether to run their own exchanges or let the feds do it, they also had…
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How are patients dealing with rising costs of dental coverage?
Dental benefits are on many people’s minds these days, as stories from across the country testify. In Georgia, Rockdale County…