Providers and insurers must align
Regarding “New Jersey’s healthcare costs will soon plummet. Here’s why,” app.com, May 31: On behalf of the physicians of South Jersey Radiology Associates and Larchmont Medical Imaging, the practices mentioned in Michael Busler’s op-ed, which praises Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield for…
Biden announces $500M for Navigators health care program
Phoenix resident Cecilia Fernandez faced losing her health care coverage after leaving a job that provided her a plan. Without health care, Fernandez couldn’t treat her Type 2 diabetes and other health complications. So, she called her friend who she…
Youth caregivers are on the rise, but recognition and support aren’t.
As soon as 12-year-old Aleisha Thompson wakes up, she gets her mom’s medication ready. Then she gets ready for school. She makes sure her mom eats before walking to the school bus stop. In between classes, she texts her mom…
Dental care and insurance costs too much. ACA rule could change that
Even when she had a massive infection and grueling pain from a cracked tooth, Nicole Sutton could not get a dentist to provide timely care. Sutton, a single mother based in Tampa, Florida, could only get herself on a waitlist…
Wegovy, Ozempic cost a pretty penny. Many employers don’t want to pay
Kiana Price dropped 35 pounds after she started taking the weight-loss medication Wegovy last year. The Greenville, North Carolina mother no longer gets winded climbing stairs. Her knee pain is gone. And, perhaps most importantly Price, who is prediabetic, her…
Will Medicare users never pay more than $2,000 a year on drugs?
Joe Biden Statement: Starting in 2025, “no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10 to 15 thousand bucks…
States cut Medicaid enrollees added during COVID-19
A 2-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis is among the masses of Americans who lost Medicaid coverage after the pandemic. The Jacksonville, Florida, toddler needed the insurance to cover life-saving medication and doctor visits, according to a lawsuit brought by the…
Vermont’s health care providers want health insurance reform
Vermont’s health care providers have taken aim at health insurance companies, targeting excessive bureaucracy, and the practice of requiring prior authorization for needed procedures and drugs, as compromising patient care and increasing costs, even though prior authorization is intended to…