John Baackes, CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan, the state's largest Medi-Cal plan with nearly 2.6 million members, said roughly 20,000 members have lost their Medicaid coverage during the review process this past year and are looking to secure new insurance plans. His organi...
These systems are unable to finance health services, provide quality care, and sustain on-going health developments. This paper identifies the issues that are vital to successful health care reform in low-income countries.Michael M.O. Seipel...
While specific plans remain unclear, these potential changes could significantly impact healthcare access and affordability for millions of Americans, particularly single mothers who rely on ACA coverage for themselves and their children. In the meantime, though, it’s still open enrollment until Jan....
Like all residents in Canada, low-income people have access to publicly funded physician and hospital services without direct charges [56].2 The provision of these services is coordinated by provincial/territorial health care plans, and in most provinces/territories, local health regions are responsi...
Beginning January 1, illegal immigrants will be able to qualify for and use Medi-Cal, California’s taxpayer-funded free and low-cost healthcare plan for low-income residents. Experts warn that the state is already facing a healthcare shortage as a new $25 healthcare minimum wage threatens ...
The insurer warned Republicans about the political ramifications of cutting healthcare programs during its investor day, which began with a moment of silence for slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. ByRebecca Pifer•Dec. 13, 2024 MedPAC supports add-on payments for low-income Medicare patien...
High-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But they also end up enrolling many low-income, vulnerable families, finds a study of Massachusetts families from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School's Department ...
One reason for rising healthcare costs is government policy. Since the inception ofMedicarefor retired Americans andMedicaidfor low-income people, providers have been able to increase prices with the knowledge that the government, not the individual, will be paying the bills. ...
Child health problems that are caused or exacerbated by health behaviors remain a leading cause of medical spending for children. We examined receipt of clinician advice by low-income children, comparing children who had public insurance with those who had private insurance, as well as with children...
When I first started writing this column, it was during Obama’s first year and the big controversy was his plan for more government control over health care. I focused mostly on the adverse fiscal implications, but also warned that Obamacare would worsen the third-party payer problem that ma...