Insurance
Why So Slow? Legislators Take on Insurers’ Delays in Approving Prescribed Treatments
Article Summary: The frequently long waits for insurance prior approvals frustrate doctors and patients needing treatment. By Michelle Andrews, KHN, May 17, 2022. Andrew Bade, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes nearly two decades… Read More
An $80,000 surprise bill points to a loophole in a new law to protect patients
Article Summary: An insurer refused to pay bills related to the premature birth of the Bull family’s twins because it said their delivery wasn’t an emergency and their stays in the NICU weren’t medically necessary…. Read More
Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions – ‘Somebody Is Gonna Die’
Article Summary: Problems with California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is preventing thousands of patients from getting their medications. By Samantha Young, KHN, Feb 09, 2022. A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription… Read More
Health insurers may be using biased machine learning models.
Article Summary: Researchers have identified potential sources of bias in predictive models for disease onset, likelihood of hospitalization and medication adherence. By Rebecca Torrence, Fierce Healthcare, Feb 08, 2022. Machine learning has numerous potential applications… Read More
Employer Health Insurance Is Increasingly Unaffordable, Study Finds
By Reed Abelson, The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2019. Jessie McCormick had to quit her job to afford health care. Ms. McCormick, 27, who has a heart condition, had an opportunity to move from part… Read More
New Health Plans Expose The Insured To More Risk
By Julie Appleby, for KHN. One health plan from a well-known insurer promises lower premiums but warns that consumers may need to file their own claims and negotiate over charges from hospitals and doctors. Another… Read More