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Texas Medicaid shake-up risks upending nearly 2 million people

newsweek.com A major shift in Texas Medicaid could end up removing 2 million people from the government-provided health care insurance. The state plans to remove some of its largest…

Major health insurance companies are nearing too big to fail status

axios.com Data: Axios research; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Health insurance companies have swelled in both size and scope over the last decade, with the revenues of six…

My mother-in-law, 75, has difficulty paying off her $52,000 mortgage and $20,000 HELOC. Should she sell her home

finance.yahoo.com My mother-in-law, 75, has been married to her husband for almost 30 years. • None Tesla shareholders shouldn’t be fooled again on Elon Musk’s pay package • None ‘She doesn’t…

STAT News hires Tracer as senior editor

talkingbiznews.com STAT News has hired Zachary Tracer as senior editor, business and policy. He will oversee policy and political reporters, as well as the business of health care team. Most…

Elevance Health Clocks $2.2B Q1 Net Profit Despite 21% Drop In Medicaid Enrollment, Lifts Annual Guidance

benzinga.com Elevance Health Inc. ELV reported first-quarter revenues of $42.3 billion, up 0.9% year over year, marginally missing the consensus of $42.6 billion. Higher premium yields…

New Yorkers get next to nothing for their high state taxes

nypost.com If you pay New York state taxes, you’re paying top dollar and getting bupkis. Nothing in the tentative budget deal announced in Albany changes that. State tax money is…

North Carolina sees slight surplus this year, $1B more next year

apnews.com North Carolina's government should collect higher revenues during this fiscal year and next than what is projected in the current two-year state budget, according to a new…

‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast

politico.com With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Lawmakers pushed back on Gov. Kathy Hochul saying a budget is all but done. Republicans aren’t happy with the…

Map shows states where 1 million people were removed from health care plan

newsweek.com Millions of Americans have been disenrolled from Medicaid plans after the federal government stopped offering continuous coverage to recipients during the pandemic.…

UnitedHealth Earnings Beat — With An Asterisk

investors.com easily topped first-quarter earnings early Tuesday as it kicked off reporting season for the managed care group. Investors gave an initial thumbs up, pushing UNH stock…

Why doesn’t Medicare cover drugs like Ozempic for weight loss?

marketplace.org Medicare Part D, which provides prescription drug coverage, will now cover the weight-loss medication Wegovy in cases where the patient is at risk of a heart attack or a…

See How Florida's Much Awaited Medicaid Re-Procurement Awards Impact Centene, Humana, Molina

benzinga.com Friday, the Agency for Health Care Administration announced contracts to five health plans due for the re-procurement of the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) program.…

Centene Jumps, Molina Slides With UNH Earnings On Tap

investors.com kicks off the first-quarter earnings season for the managed care group early Tuesday, with a potentially pivotal update on medical utilization trends. But Centene (CNC) and…

We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how

vox.com Getty Images/Paige Vickers/Vox What doulas, midwives, and policymakers are doing to end the maternal mortality crisis. Over the last 30 years, nearly every wealthy country…

'Miracle' weight-loss drugs could have reduced health disparities. Instead they got worse

latimes.com Wegovy is part of a new generation of weight-loss medications that made some doctors optimistic about reversing longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in obesity. So…

U.S. defense spending continues to spiral out of control

reason.com How much the U.S. should allocate to the Department of Defense remains a contentious topic in the debate over government spending. After a great deal of chaos, on March…

How should I plan for retirement when the future is so uncertain?

vox.com On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or investing — or any of the complicated emotions that may come up as you prepare to make…

John Oliver Says If Stanley Tucci Hosted ‘Last Week Tonight’ It Would Be “An Impossibly Horny” Show; Dings Steve Kornacki’s Election Coverage Graphics

deadline.com John Oliver took a left turn on Last Week Tonight and imagined a scenario where Stanley Tucci would be the host of the HBO late-night show. While discussing Medicaid and…

A woman who suffered a brain injury after a fall lost out on $750,000 compensation after a judge branded her 'dishonest'

aol.com None A woman who suffered a brain injury after falling from a pier lost out on $750,000 in compensation. • None The judge said she had been "thoroughly dishonest" and…

New York removes 1.4 million people from health care plan

newsweek.com Millions of New Yorkers have been removed from their Medicaid coverage after the federal government ended its continuous coverage policy during the pandemic. According to a…

Video of Trump vowing to terminate Obamacare goes viral after he backtracks

newsweek.com Video of former President Donald Trump vowing to terminate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went viral on social media on Friday after he reversed his position on the issue…

Free cash programs spread as more cities expand the anti-poverty safety net

nbcnews.com Just weeks after Kiki Ramos received her first $500 monthly payment from the Richmond Resilience Initiative, her car was stolen. “It would have been a big domino effect if I…

Where Does One US Tax Dollar Go?

zerohedge.com Where Does One US Tax Dollar Go? Come tax season, a common refrain is: “what do my taxes even pay for?” To answer that question, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualized…

ate the federal budget

politico.com Five months before Congress faced a near-catastrophic standoff over the debt ceiling, with Republicans demanding restrictions to food and Medicaid programs to rein in…

Florida removes 1.4 million people from health care plan

newsweek.com As the Medicaid unwinding process unfolds, Florida removed a whopping 1.4 million of enrollees. In the state, 2.8 million enrollees were re-approved for government health…

24 hours in Albany?

politico.com With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul may consider shorter extenders. A new parks attendance record thanks to the eclipse. Some…

California removes 336,000 children from health care plan

newsweek.com Following the ending of the federal government's pandemic era Medicaid protections, California has removed 336,000 children from the health care plan. The Kaiser Family…

The Adderall shortage highlights a key issue for voters in 2024. Here's what the Biden Administration is doing about it

businessinsider.com For almost two years, drug shortages have made it difficult for people to fill their Adderall prescription. Bloomberg / Getty Images Adderall supply issues, which began in…

Greg Abbott issues dire warning over Medicaid changes

newsweek.com Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a sharp warning about proposed changes to Medicaid, claiming they could "strip millions of Americans" from access to healthcare. In…

Texas removes 1.3 million children from health care plan

newsweek.com Texas dropped 1.3 million children from Medicaid, according to recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). The numbers from this month reveal at least 19.6 million…

‘Fallout’ Is No. 1 on Prime Video: Here’s How to Stream the Post-Apocalyptic Series for Free

billboard.com All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the…

“Crisis”: Half of Rural Hospitals Are Operating at a Loss, Hundreds Could Close

inthesetimes.com In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals…

Cardio Diagnostics Inks Groundbreaking Telehealth Agreement With Navierre And Expands Access To Cardiovascular Tests

benzinga.com Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc. CDIO, an artificial intelligence-powered precision cardiovascular medicine company that makes cardiovascular disease prevention and early…

Car dealership owner turned politician goes back to college to study AI, machine learning: ‘There won’t be robots with red eyes coming after us any time soon’

fortune.com Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting…

Why a deep-red state could be on the verge of expanding Medicaid

axios.com Mississippi, one of the country's poorest and least healthy states, could soon become the next to expand Medicaid. Why it matters: It's one of several GOP-dominated states…

Column: California's transgender sanctuary law survives a challenge as judge ridicules plaintiff's claims

latimes.com Protesters gathered in Indianapolis last year to fight an Indiana law banning doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries to minors. In…

Donald Trump issues Social Security warning

newsweek.com Donald Trump has accused the Democrats of "killing" Social Security and Medicare by allowing an "invasion" of migrants into the country. The former president took aim at…

Joe Biden receives Social Security boost

newsweek.com As the 2024 presidential election looms ever closer, more Americans believe President Joe Biden can better protect Social Security than Donald Trump, new polling has found.…

Tenants and landlords can agree on this

politico.com With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: The fight over good cause evictions. Adams visits NAN. A push to close the Medicaid gap. A law to protect horses…

For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care

bostonherald.com Tony Leys | (TNS) KFF Health News GRINNELL, Iowa — A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a…

Economic performance is stronger when Democrats hold the White House

epi.org The US economy has performed better when the president of the United States is a Democrat rather than a Republican, almost regardless of how one measures performance…The…

Jean-Pierre Bristles When Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich Says Biden ‘Essentially Accused Republicans Of Murder’ In Speech

mediaite.com Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich drew objections from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre by asking if President Joe Biden intended to…

Column: Social Security is again in the crosshairs of a GOP budget, even though a long-term fix would be simple

latimes.com House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.): His caucus makes no secret about what it intends to do with government services, and it’s not pretty. A hoary old chestnut in government…

The states where private equity has the most sway over housing, health care, jobs and pensions

nbcnews.com For many years, Conemaugh Health System, a hospital chain in west central Pennsylvania, was a nonprofit entity, serving patients in the small communities of Johnstown,…

Why Would the Feds Tamper With the One Part of Medicaid That Works Well?

newsweek.com More than one in five Americans rely on Medicaid, which is now the nation's largest health insurer. Worryingly, these Americans may soon lose access to certain life-saving…

Joe Biden tells audience member to "shush up"

newsweek.com President Joe Biden told a heckler to "shush up" during a speech about the care economy on Tuesday. Biden delivered remarks about his administration's plans to improve the…

IRS Rule Change May Affect How You Leave Assets to Heirs

finance.yahoo.com Managing your taxes can be one of the most complex aspects of estate planning and a new IRS rule change continues that trend. The rule, published at the end of March,…

Fewer states allow abortions, yet American women are having more

economist.com On a commercial stretch of Queens, New York, across from a hair-braiding salon and next to a McDonald’s, two security guards mark the entrance to the Jamaica Sexual Health…

State attorneys-general are shaping national policy

economist.com To foreigners looking in, it is unusual enough that America elects most of its top prosecutors. More shocking is the amount of money going into political campaigns. Now the…

You cannot have both, more welfare including Corporate Welfare, means more deficits and higher taxes in the long run. Time to tighten the belt in the USA if…

econreview.studentorg.berkeley.edu In his 2012 bid for the American presidency, Senator Mitt Romney’s core economic plan was to cut taxes by $4.8 trillion and decrease government spending by 20% to cast…

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