The Biden administration wants to make it easier for Americans to get dental care. But don’t try booking an appointment just yet. A new regulation out this month allows states to include adul...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-biden-dental-care-obamacare-expansion/
Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with chronic conditions by paying their doctors an additional monthly fee to coordinate their care. The st...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-medicare-chronic-care-management/
California state lawmakers this year are continuing their progressive tilt on health policy, debating bills banning an ingredient in Froot Loops and offering free condoms for high schoolers.
Some of the nearly 130,000 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage as the state reevaluates eligibility are homeless. That’s in part because Montana kicked more than 80,000 people off the pro...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/unsheltered-people-losing-medicaid-redetermination-paperwork/
Medical providers say they're still coping with the Change Healthcare cyberattack disclosed in February even though parent company UnitedHealth Group reported that much is back to normal and its ...
Congress this week had the chance to formally air grievances over the cascading consequences of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, and lawmakers from both major parties agreed on one culprit: con...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/what-the-health-343-health-care-consolidation-april-18-2024/
The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that large call centers were used to enroll people into Affordable Care Act plans or to switch their coverage, all without their permission.
Some tax filers’ returns are being rejected because they failed to provide information about Affordable Care Act coverage they didn’t even know they had.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/aca-obamacare-plans-unauthorized-enrollment-tax-problems/
Las protecciones que tuvo el programa durante la pandemia, que impedían que se expulsaran beneficiarios, expiraron la primavera pasada.
A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last year’s unwinding say they’re uninsured.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/quarter-medicaid-disenrolled-uninsured-kff-survey/