Could This Surprising Trend Blow Away Obamacare?

Could This Surprising Trend Blow Away Obamacare?

Obamacare’s launch of health care exchanges is changing how Americans buy their health insurance, but it’s not just the uninsured that are benefiting from increased price competition. Growing interest in

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Cities in Medicaid Expansion States To See Big Drop in Uninsured

Uninsured rates in some of the nation’s largest and most diverse cities would decline by nearly 60% in 2016 if those cities are in states that expand Medicaid under the

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Patient Recruiter Guilty In $205M Medicare Fraud

A South Florida man pleaded guilty in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme. Former Network Resource Consultant Inc. chief Michael Mendoza pleaded guilty to health fraud conspiracy Thursday, June 19th

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Spinal fusion costs spur insurance changes, but can Medicare follow?

Over the past two decades, the search for relief from back pain led skyrocketing numbers of Americans to a costly procedure that bonds vertebrae together. But as evidence mounted that

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Oakland medical supply company owners sentenced for Medicare wheelchair fraud

Two medical equipment supply company owners and an associate were sentenced in federal court in Oakland earlier this week to prison terms for their roles in a $1.6 million Medicare

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Philadelphia hospitals top Pittsburgh’s on Medicare fees

Phil­a­del­phia hos­pi­tals gen­er­ally bill at higher rates than Pitts­burgh’s when it comes to the most com­mon Med­i­care in­pa­tient pro­ce­dures, ac­cord­ing to a re­port from U.S. Centers for Med­i­care & Med­ic­aid

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Are Generic Drugs Hurting Rite Aid?

Rite Aid reported this week that its earnings per share totaled $0.04 last quarter, but the news did little to boost share prices, which have been sliding since the company

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How to fight an unexpected bill under Obamacare

Do your homework. That’s the advice health insurance companies have long given. They tell you to verify whether your doctor or hospital is in network before you head to your

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Family Who Ditched Obamacare Has Found an Interesting Way to Pay Its Medical Bills

A Texas couple expecting their third child turned to Obamacare earlier this year, thinking it was the answer to their lack of insurance. Instead, they were frustrated when they couldn’t

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House proposal puts Medicaid cost overruns on healthcare providers

Lawmakers in Raleigh are now working out details in a reform plan for Medicaid. The governor and House Republicans want to move to a system where healthcare providers would be

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