Pa. among states hit with more Medicaid costs from enrollees who are sicker after COVID-19 pandemic
To address higher-than-anticipated costs, Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending ...
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Cost Considerations Limit Access to Dental, Vision, and Hearing Services for Under-65 Medicare Beneficiaries
Source: Julie Lee and Janet P. Sutton, “Cost Considerations Limit Access to Dental, Vision, and Hearing Services for Under-65 ...
CVS Health steers through rising insurance costs in a strong fourth quarter
CVS Health’s adjusted fourth-quarter profit handily beat Wall Street’s estimates, even as the drugstore chain and pharmacy ...
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Drug Costs and Their Impact on Care: Insights from Medicare Patients and Providers
Providers are sympathetic to Medicare enrollees’ concerns but don’t agree on their role in helping patients find less costly ...
Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 4 Virginians. Here’s what could happen if federal funding goes away.
President Donald Trump has promised to “love and cherish” Medicaid, but Congressional talks of cutting billions in funding to the program have advocates worried. Virginia Medicaid, called Cardinal ...
CVS Health beats quarterly profit estimates on lower medical costs
CVS Health reported a smaller-than-expected drop in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as the pace of medical cost increases ...
How much does medicare cost at age 65? What you'll pay in 2025
When you turn 65, you become eligible for Medicare, a federal health insurance program designed to help with the cost of ...
A New Prescription for What Ails Medicare
Lawmakers and providers need to step in before the program’s financial stability is threatened, Ron Williams, Diane Hansen, ...
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Molina sees Medicaid costs pressures waning in 2025
Molina Healthcare CEO Joseph Zubretsky downplayed GOP proposals to slash spending on Medicaid, which accounts for about 80% ...
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States Absorb Increases for Sicker Medicaid Enrollees After the Pandemic
Pennsylvania's Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Scott Martin (R-Lancaster) said the pandemic amounted to a "pause ...
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Report: NY hospital outpatient care costs four times higher than doctor’s offices
A new study from Brown University reveals that routine medical care in New York costs four times more in hospital outpatient ...
Humana 2024 Profits Hit $1.2 Billion As Insurer Exits Unprofitable Medicare Markets
Humana Tuesday reported $1.2 billion in 2024 profits that included a $693 million fourth quarter loss as the health insurer ...