"Marketplace plans from the Affordable Care Act no longer feel very affordable to many people, because Congress did not extend a package of enhanced subsidies that expired at the end of 2025. An estimated 4.8 million will go without coverage this year."
#healthcare #ACA #insurance #medicaid #hospitals #RuralHealth #CostsOfCare #DrugPrices
"Marketplace plans from the Affordable Care Act no longer feel very affordable to many people, because Congress did not extend a package of enhanced subsidies that expired at the end of 2025. An estimated 4.8 million will go without coverage this year."
#healthcare #ACA #insurance #medicaid #hospitals #RuralHealth #CostsOfCare #DrugPrices
"Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year.
Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice experts say is unrealistic."
#healthcare #medicaid #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #california
"Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year.
Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice experts say is unrealistic."
#healthcare #medicaid #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #california
"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices."
https://apnews.com/article/california-affordable-insulin-415edd0b915677d2051d22b4b8f8121c
#healthcare #diabetes #insulin #PrescriptionDrugs #manufacturing #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #california
"When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision.
Few patients appeal; some don’t trust the insurer to reverse its own decision.
But a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion outside their walls can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment."
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review
"When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision.
Few patients appeal; some don’t trust the insurer to reverse its own decision.
But a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion outside their walls can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment."
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review
