4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (928+ words) The biggest tax break most American workers receive never appears on their return, never gets debated at filing time, and quietly delivers a bigger federal subsidy to higher earners than anything they could ever itemize. Look at your last pay…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (658+ words) Sturgis Hospital closed with barely three days' notice, and now a Medicare Advantage enrollee ten minutes away wants out of his plan before flu season. Whether federal rules give him that exit depends entirely on a single fact most people…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1048+ words) Georgetown University students’ tuition insurance will no longer distinguish between mental and physical health-related absences for the 2026-27 academic year. Julia Strimling (SON ’26) — who took a mental health-related leave of absence in Spring and Fall 2024 and launched a petition calling for…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (958+ words) California is heading toward a sharp rise in residents without health insurance, and the head of the state's marketplace is describing the moment in blunt terms. "It's triage," Covered California Executive Director Jessica Altman told KFF Health News in a…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (381+ words) A Georgetown report outlines three strategies to improve health insurance by lowering costs, simplifying coverage and protecting patients from corporate abuses. Healthcare costs are a major area of financial strain for Americans. A new report from Georgetown University’s Center on…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (303+ words) OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Thousands of Washington residents will see another hefty rise in the cost of their health insurance next year. The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) announced on Wednesday, Sept. 9, that it’s approved a 22.2% average…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (192+ words) According to CMS, those systems look for abnormal combinations involving testing, results, billing, documentation, and relationships that could indicate fraud, waste, or abuse. The technology can help flag high-risk claims for additional review and potentially allow claims to be held,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (431+ words) Do we understand what is happening to costs and the administration of our healthcare system because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)? On Jan. 8, 2026, 16 House Republicans joined the Democrats in voting for a three-year extension of the Enhanced Health…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1704+ words) By Jess Huff, data analysis by Dan Keemahill / Texas Tribune Vanessa Melendez had been going back and forth with the state over her family’s Medicaid and food assistance applications for months when the Houston mom learned she was pregnant with…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1081+ words) As of Thursday, September 10, 2026 Doctors Hospital plans to slash the deposit requirement for patients to access its emergency room services by one-third after cutting losses on unpaid medical bills and other assets below its annual 3 percent of sales target ratio....