Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the unvaccinated: Insurers ending coverage for Covid hospitalizations for people who are not vaccinated

Jeanne Pinder August 20, 2021

“With highly effective coronavirus vaccines available and hospital admissions soaring, many Covid-19 patients are facing bigger bills as most insurance companies have ended waivers on out-of-pocket costs that they introduced earlier in the pandemic, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a cost that will be primarily borne by the unvaccinated people more likely to require […]

Health Spending Grew Modestly, New Analysis Finds: The New York Times

Jeanne Pinder December 7, 2019

“The burdensome costs of medical care, prescription drugs and health insurance have become dominant issues in the 2020 presidential campaign,” Abby Goodnough and Margot Sanger-Katz write in The New York Times. “But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows the nation remains in a period of relatively slow growth in health […]

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Individual insurance market performance in early 2019: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Jeanne Pinder July 7, 2019

“The early years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges and broader ACA-compliant individual market were marked by volatility. Markets in some parts of the country have remained fragile, with little competition, an insufficient number of healthy enrollees to balance those who are sick, and high premiums as a result,” Rachel Fehr, Cynthia Cox and […]

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Kaiser health tracking poll: The election, pre-existing conditions and surprises on medical bills

Jeanne Pinder September 5, 2018

“The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds recent political events weighing heavy on the minds of voters when it comes to the 2018 midterm elections,” Bryan Wu, Cailey Muñana, and Mollyann Brodie write over at KFF.org. (The chart here shows who the respondents feel is to blame for high health costs.) “Three in ten voters […]

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Millions have pre-existing conditions that would make them uninsurable: Kaiser Foundation

Jeanne Pinder December 17, 2016

Summary: “A new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis finds that 52 million adults under 65 – or 27 percent of that population — have pre-existing health conditions that would likely make them uninsurable if they applied for health coverage under medical underwriting practices that existed in most states before insurance regulation changes made by the Affordable […]

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12 steps for appealing a bill or claim: Part 2 of our billing series

Jeanne Pinder December 4, 2016

(Updated 2022) Appealing a bill or claim is not fun. But you have a huge bill, and you’re sure there’s been a mistake, either in the bill or the insurer’s processing of a claim. What now? Here’s a step-by-step course of action. We cannot guarantee that you will win, but at least you will have tried. […]

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Isn’t every colonoscopy free now? Well, not exactly.

Jeanne Pinder February 14, 2016

(Updated 2022) Aren’t all colonoscopies free now? No. While the Affordable Care Act includes free preventive procedures like colonoscopies, we’re hearing more and more that people are being asked to pay, from community members in our partnerships with public radio stations KPCC in Los Angeles, KQED in San Francisco and WHYY in Philadelphia. We don’t know anyone […]

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1 in 4 employer health plans could be affected by ‘Cadillac Tax’

Jeanne Pinder August 26, 2015

Summary: “New projections from the Kaiser Family Foundation estimate that one in four employers (26%) offering health benefits could be subject to the Affordable Care Act’s tax on high-cost health plans, also known as the ‘Cadillac plan’ tax, in 2018 unless they make changes to their plans,” the Kaiser Family Foundation reported. “The analysis also […]

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Medical debt causes 52% of debt collections: Federal and Kaiser Foundation figures

Jeanne Pinder January 11, 2015

Summary: The Affordable Care Act has made health insurance available to many people who were uninsured, but the cost has been high for many. The most common insurance plans purchased under the A.C.A. tend to have lower premiums, which mean higher deductibles — leaving individuals on the hook for hefty payments, in some cases. Good […]

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Buying health insurance: Our tools for open enrollment, Nov. 15-Feb. 15

Jeanne Pinder November 8, 2014

Summary: We have a collection of tools and information about buying health insurance. While this is not our speciality — price transparency is what we do best! — we do present handy tools for this complicated task. Open enrollment for many employer-sponsored plans has been under way for a bit, and the federal and state insurance-shopping […]

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