Some private insurers are balking at paying for the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer's patients.
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US inflation has steadily cooled. Getting it down to the Fed's target rate will be the toughest mile
Over the past year, inflation in the U.S. has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation for more than two years. Now comes the hard part.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of…
Working with table games and slots is "the happiest job in the world," she said.
Are you prepared if a major storm strikes? According to this week's guest, knowledge is power when protecting your home.
Debt experts say patients should attack medical bills with a plan. Here are key steps to take.
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A Plattsmouth woman found guilty of attempting to steal from the bank accounts of two sports organizations and her late stepson's scholarship fund was sentenced to two years of probation.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rolled out a new set of initiatives Friday to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on what he called "junk" …
Homeowners insurance is becoming more expensive and, in many places, more difficult to find. There’s no sign that the situation is going to get better any time soon.
The government can keep enforcing "Obamacare" requirements that health insurance plans cover preventive care — such as HIV prevention, some ty…
Two insurance industry giants pulled back from California's home insurance marketplace, saying that increasing wildfire risk and soaring construction costs prompted them to stop writing new policies in the nation's most populous state.
Like hundreds of others, Michael Cellura was left homeless after the Category 5 hurricane blasted the barrier island last September with ferocious winds and storm surge as high as 15 feet.
The federal government’s arcane process for medical coding is influencing which reconstructive surgery options are available, creating anxiety for breast cancer patients.
KFF Health News has learned that a coalition of doctors, hospitals, insurers, and community clinics want to lock in a tax on health insurance companies to draw in extra Medicaid funding. It also wants to make the tax permanent.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting pressure from his political allies to begin spending money on health care that the state raised by fining Californians who go without health insuance. But Newsom says the state can’t afford to.
The Department of Health and Human Services is tasked with monitoring denials both by Obamacare health plans and those offered through employers and insurers. As insurers’ denials become more common, they sometimes defy not just medical standards of care but sheer logic. Why hasn’t the agency fulfilled its assignment?
NU President Ted Carter said the university plans to change its health, pharmacy and dental insurance carriers in 2024 pending approval of the Board of Regents.
Colorado’s new Prescription Drug Affordability Board could cap what health plans and consumers pay for certain medications starting next year. The process will pit patient groups against one another.
Attending college can get pricey, so you’ll want to avoid costs from other places — like your bank account.More than 668,000 students paid nearly $15.5 million in bank account costs in a year, an average of almost $26 per person, according to a 2022 report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. What’s worse is that...
🎧 Learn about the growing number of billion dollar weather disasters and what part of the country is most vulnerable.
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Postpartum women experience higher levels of medical debt than other women, according to a study published online May 18 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In women, a higher physical activity (PA) level is associated with a lower incidence of Parkinson disease (PD), according to a study published online May 17 in Neurology.
Thousands of South Dakotans are being knocked off Medicaid, only to be eligible to requalify several months later. Even more enrollees are likely to experience a temporary loss of coverage in North Carolina.
Bank execs blame panicked depositors for Silicon Valley, Signature failures, but senators blame them
NEW YORK — Top executives at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank largely avoided taking responsibility for their banks’ dramatic failures a…