Enrollment for marketplace health plans is opening; here’s what you need to know
It’s fall again, meaning shorter days, cooler temperatures, and open enrollment for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance — sign-ups begin…
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Child poverty at record low thanks to government programs, report says
Despite all the economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, child poverty and uninsurance were at record lows last year,…
Collapse of private equity-backed Missouri hospitals mired employees in medical bills
The first unexpected bill arrived in December, just weeks before Tara Lovell’s husband of 40 years died from bladder cancer.…
Opinion: Lives hang in the balance as time runs out for action on health insurance
Five years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Yet I’m the lucky one. I could afford…
Lower insulin co-pays, list prices targeted in new bipartisan U.S. Senate bill
WASHINGTON — Two key senators have presented the details of a bipartisan plan to lower costs for insulin, a lifesaving drug…
Health plans block patients’ mental health care from their doctors
When a longtime patient visited Dr. William Sawyer’s office after recovering from COVID-19, the conversation quickly turned from the coronavirus…
Medicare drug prices touted during open enrollment can rise within a month
Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s…
Health insurance coverage for children through Medicaid, CHIP helps their mothers, too
When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit, too. That’s what I found through…
Senate committee approves bill that could overturn Missouri Medicaid expansion
A constitutional amendment asking Missourians to let lawmakers decide year-to-year whether the state will offer Medicaid to working-age adults moved closer to…
Months-long waiting for Medicaid coverage is a sign of what’s to come
Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she can’t afford…
Medicaid enrollment backlog persists as advocates say Missouri could be doing more
Applying for health insurance through Medicaid expansion took Raven Cole just 10 minutes. But the wait to see if she’s…
When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their children too
Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are 4.7% more likely to say…
1 in 4 Americans covered by Medicaid or CHIP health insurance
As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. That’s almost…
Millions on Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage in months ahead
Federal and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic…
A health writer covers America’s absurd health care system; then he gets caught up in it
I got a hurried voicemail from my pharmacist in Wisconsin the day before Thanksgiving letting me know my insurance was…
State lawmakers aim to provide a year of health care for new mothers
Faced with over a year’s delay from the state social services department on implementing extended mental health care for new…