US health insurance executives testify before Congress about increasing costs of healthcare https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/health-insurance-cost-executives-testify #UsHealthcare #HouseOfRepresentatives #HealthInsurance #UsCongress #Health #UsPolitics #UsNews
#HealthInsurance
US health insurance executives testify before Congress about increasing costs of healthcare https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/health-insurance-cost-executives-testify #UsHealthcare #HouseOfRepresentatives #HealthInsurance #UsCongress #Health #UsPolitics #UsNews
"This Medicaid “gap” is expected to cause uninsured rates to jump, at the high end of the spectrum, by as much as 65% in Mississippi and by 50% in South Carolina, according to the Urban Institute."
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Real people. Hard-working people.
Not the narrative the right wants to push that only lazy people or those who have made bad choices don't have health insurance within their reach.
"Health insurance executives agree that the U.S. health care system is overpriced, wasteful, and confusing. And they also agree that those problems are someone else’s fault."
Health insurance CEOs testified before the Senate and the House today. @STAT's Bob Herman and Daniel Payne give a clear-eyed analysis:
South Korea’s government is stepping up efforts to prevent fraud in public pension and social insurance programs, while overhauling health insurance finances and tightening fiscal management to ensure long-term sustainability.
#YonhapInfomax #FiscalReform #HealthInsurance #PensionFraud #GovernmentSubsidies #LimKiGeun #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=101562
Kerala`s Medisep Phase II expands health insurance coverage to more hospitals. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/medisep-phase-2-expanded-coverage-kerala-tgoixrxl?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Medisep #HealthInsurance #CashlessTreatment #KeralaGovernment
How Republican Inaction Is Stripping Healthcare From Millions
Republicans block ACA relief, triggering massive coverage losses and worsening health outcomes across America.
#ACA #healthInsurance #healthcareCrisis #healthcareJustice #medicaid #premiums #ProgressivePolitics #publicPolicy #republicans #uninsured https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oBf
Bold for a former health insurance CEO to say "I'm sure I'll be shot [for saying this]" when a health insurance CEO was literally shot just a year ago. (We talk about that too.)
Check out my conversation with longtime Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, only in @STAT's AI Prognosis newsletter:
https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/21/longtime-humana-ceo-wiser-transparency-ai-prognosis/
#health #healthcare #medicine #AI #artificialintelligence #healthtech #healthinsurance
Waldman:
"Imagine the future that could be yours. You wake up in the middle of the night with a crushing chest pain. Convinced you’re having a heart attack, your first instinct is to call 911. But wait, you think — I’m an empowered consumer in the free-wheeling healthcare market. As sweat pours down your brow and you struggle for breath, you begin to shop around to decide where you should seek care."
Paul Waldman ridicules Trump's healthcare "plan" as "a plan that is not a plan, released so they can say they have a plan but not actually do anything."
He quotes Aaron Rupar:
"You can own healthcare. Figure it out. Let the money go directly to the people. No money for the insurance companies."
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mbreocjjkd2q
I had my first teladoc appointment after switching insurance care of the GOP. She was fairly pleasant and nice, but this is strange. It is hard to start over after having had a certain routine with a practice for many, many years. I hope it will be ok. I will be meeting more frequently, and I'm not sure about that. In a way, I like some play in the reins. I hope it doesn't amount to a change in medications. #bipolar 2 #mentalhealth #USHealthcare #healthinsurance
Kerala’s NORKA Care offers health and accidental insurance to Malayali expatriates, yet returning expats and parents of members cannot join. Government considering changes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/nri/norka-care-expansion-on-cards-kerala-mulls-cover-for-returned-expats-parents-of-members-p8a1hvau?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NORKACare #KeralaExpatriates #HealthInsurance #ReturningExpats
#Trump announces outlines of #healthcare plan in a taped video message Thursday that he wants #Congress to consider.
When he ran for president in 2024, Trump said he had only “concepts of a plan” to address #health care. His new proposal, which is short on any specifics, appeared to be a wish list rather than ready #legislation.
It’s still just #ConceptsOfAPlan.
#Republicans #law #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-care-insurance-congress-savings-accounts-b7b4caae9ad14fda4646c42d3858202b
First interaction with the new Medicare Plus provider today. Picked up my Ozempic (prescribed because of diabetes) and was faced with an $800+ "copay" for one a single pen, a 1mo supply. My wife talked to their AI which proceeded to feed us nonsense (even the math was wrong, Trump level grasp of percentages). At least it got us to a human who explained what was happening in about 2 minutes. Still coast $800+ this first time.
#AI #chatbots #healthcare #healthinsurance #medicareplus
Consumers can continue to enroll in plans through Thurs, for coverage that becomes effective on Feb 1. After that, in the absence of any congressional action, the annual open enrollment period will be over for people signing up through the federal marketplace, & most people may have to wait until next year to enroll.
#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #subsidies #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
The expiration of the extra #subsidies has DOUBLED the amount people will have to pay for #insurance, on average. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the result will result in 2 million more Americans becoming uninsured this year. But other analysts have estimated larger losses of coverage.
#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
#Trump has expressed ambivalence about the #insurance #subsidies. As recently as November, the White House floated a proposal to extend funding. And just last week, Trump told #Republicans they should be flexible about related #abortion restrictions when considering options, a comment that suggested his interest in reaching a compromise.
But asked about the bill on Sunday while traveling on Air Force One, Trump said he might #veto the #legislation.
Numbers published by the #FederalGovernment on Monday indicated that 22.8M Americans had enrolled in #ACA plans starting Jan 1, down from 24.2M enrolled by mid-Jan last year.
A bipartisan group of senators has been meeting to discuss a compromise plan, which would extend some funding to consumers with more limitations. But the details of that plan have not been finalized, & its prospects for passage remain unclear.
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #law #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct
About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in the #AffordableCareAct [#Obamacare] coverage this year in the face of soaring #premiums thanks to #Trump & #Republicans in #Congress, acc/to an early report, following the expiration of the enhanced #subsidies that helped lower the cost of #HealthInsurance for millions of Americans.
#healthcare #law #policy #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/health/obamacare-enrollment-decrease-subsidies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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