Obamacare exchange flaw exposed Americans to unexpected health plan switches, watchdog finds

Congress must fix its No Surprises mistake

Healthcare is one of our economy’s fastest-growing sectors, and the ability of healthcare providers to manipulate Congress is a big reason why. A modest reform meant to shield patients from surprise medical bills has become a multibillion-dollar windfall for hospitals, doctors, lawyers, and arbitrators. Patients pay the price through higher insurance premiums. Congress must fix []

Patients Face a Thicket of Red Tape Trying To Maintain Consistent Health Coverage

Many Americans are shopping around for affordable options as the cost of health insurance soars. But some who hope to keep the same doctors and medications face a thicket of red tape and disruption after they switch plans.

Form 4 Unitedhealth Group For: 6 July

Form 4 Unitedhealth Group For: 6 July

Option Care Health: Mildly Interesting After Pullback

Option Care Health: Mildly Interesting After Pullback

‘Project 2029’ floats free child care—or $1,000 to stay home

The inclusion of universal child care in Project 2029 signals that Democrats see it as a winning issue.

Our Health Care System Is Broken Beyond Repair. We Need Medicare for All.

Repealing Medicare cuts and restoring ACA subsidies are the first step. But ultimately, we need universal health care.

Medical Schools Tiptoe Away From DEI

This largely under-the-radar shift will benefit all Americans' health: Tomorrow's doctors can now focus all their attention on treating patients with excellent care.

UnitedHealth is Near its 52-Week High. Wall Street Is Starting to Notice This Blue Chip Stock -- and So Should You.

UnitedHealth's turnaround has caught some investors by surprise.

Little Sisters argue contraception mandate case before 3rd Circuit as long fight continues

The dispute stems from a 2011 federal rule requiring employers to include contraception coverage in employee health plans under the Affordable Care Act. [...]

Revise the National list of essential medicines: civil society organisation

They called for a “transparent, time-bound, and conflict of interest-free process to revise the NLEM, ensuring that it reflects the latest evidence, public health priorities, and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines”

More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. Here’s What to Know About the Program

More than 70 million Americans get insurance coverage from the program, which could be facing its biggest overhaul in decades.

States Sue Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements

More than two dozen states sued the Trump administration this week over a regulation on new Medicaid work requirements, arguing that the guidelines are inconsistent with the law and will result in many sick and poor Americans losing coverage. The coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia is asking a federal court in []

UnitedHealth says audit clears it as Medicare payment probe intensifies

UnitedHealth on Tuesday said an audit by an external consulting firm showed nearly 97 of diagnoses identified ​within its HouseCalls home-health unit were supported by a patient's medical record

Conservatives rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood's beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans' failure to pass an extension of the one-year defunding provision they approved last year. Starting July 5, clinics around the country can once again bill the federal program for reimbursement after providing non-abortion services, like birth control and screenings for sexually-transmitted infections, to low-income patients. Though other funding threats loom, it's a lifeline for the struggling organization, which has closed nearly 30 health centers nationwide that collectively served more than 40,000 patients since the defunding provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect in July 2025.

MAHA: Big Change by CMS Over GLP-1 Drugs Could Affect Almost 4 Million Americans on Medicare

MAHA: Big Change by CMS Over GLP-1 Drugs Could Affect Almost 4 Million Americans on Medicare

Obesity: Free medication program ends as Health Ministry seeks two-month extension

If the extension is not approved, the disruption will affect only July and August, as the entire Prevent program is expected to resume with national funding from September, the Prime Minister announced at the ygeiamou.gr health conference The post Obesity: Free medication program ends as Health Ministry seeks two-month extension appeared first on ProtoThema English.

Why Is the Healthcare System Broken? Mises Circle in New Hampshire

The 2026 Mises Circle in New Hampshire. America's healthcare system has been strangled by federal bureaucracy, regulation, and control, enriching powerful insurance companies at the expense of doctors and patients alike. Speakers diagnose the disease and prescribe a cure you'll never hear in Washington.

Medicare (temporarily) covers GLP-1s starting tomorrow

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Temporary Medicare GLP-1 coverage begins tomorrow The Trump administration’s temporary program to cover GLP-1 medications for obesity starts tomorrow and runs through 2027, but we still don’t know for sure how much it will cost taxpayers. © Adobe Stock Medicare is prohibited by law from covering weight-loss drugs but the...

Doctors, nurses arrested in $6.5B global health care schemes

455 people, including doctors and nurse practitioners, were charged in connection with global health care fraud schemes totaling $6.5 billion. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/24/health-care-fraud-case-takedown/90674073007/ Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

CBI Home Health workers ask for 24% raise

They have also asked for market adjustments, long service adjustments, increases to shift premiums, and a reduction in health benefit premiums.

LIVE: US’s Todd Blanche on annual healthcare fraud takedown results

U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and cabinet officials announce annual healthcare fraud takedown results in Washington, D.C. #toddblanche #healthcare #fraud #politics #trump Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/

11% of Americans Are Currently Taking a GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Like Wegovy

15 of Americans have ever taken the drugs, up from 6 in 2024.

Sen. Rand Paul Fumes About Healthcare Expense

Sen. Rand Paul Fumes About Healthcare Expense

‘A First-of-Its-Kind’ Poll About Medicare for All

A centrist think tank offered to conduct an exclusive poll for Zeteo to gauge Americans’ attitudes about Medicare for All. Here’s what we found.

Dozens of states sue Trump admin over ‘frail’ Medicaid work requirement exemption

A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration over a new rule implementing Medicaid work requirement exemptions for medically frail people. According to the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal district court in Massachusetts, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) violated congressional protections when it []...Click to read more

Feds to decide fate of $2 billion California plan to fund Medi-Cal

The fate of the state’s 2 billion plan to maintain health insurance for low-income and disabled Californians is now in the hands of Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and Republican administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Nursing homes, factory owners and immigrants brace for fallout from Supreme ruling...

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Millions drop Obamacare after Trump-backed subsidy rollback sends premiums soaring

Millions of Americans have lost their Obamacare health insurance as enhanced federal subsidies expired, causing premium costs to skyrocket. Over five million have dropped coverage, leading to a significant enrollment drop. While the Trump administration points to fraud, experts attribute the decline to unaffordable premiums, raising concerns about market stability and future insurance availability.

Trump Admin Flags Billions in Medicare Claims as Fraud Crackdown Intensifies

The Trump administration says a dramatic increase in Medicare claims for tissue and organ transplants has led to a nationwide fraud crackdown that is blocking millions of dollars in suspicious billing. According to Fox

Medicaid Will Cover Sickle Cell Gene Therapy, but Only When It Actually Works for the Patient

CMS's CGT Access Model now covers Casgevy and Lyfgenia for sickle cell through 33 state Medicaid programs under outcomes-based contracts. Here's what patients need to know.

Rescue Health Insurance

In 2017, the government enacted the Health Insurance Act, 2017, which established the Health Insurance Board, mandated t...

AAG McDonald Told the Nation Just How Much of Our Money Was Stolen by Healthcare Fraudsters

AAG McDonald Told the Nation Just How Much of Our Money Was Stolen by Healthcare Fraudsters

Judge rebukes Trump’s most direct attempted robbery of the treasury

The most concrete potential impact of this ruling is to void the “no audit” part of the agreement, now that Trump has backed away from the money: President Trump and his family acted in bad faith in bringing a 10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, a federal judge ruled Monday in a scathing rebuke of [] The post Judge rebukes Trump’s most direct attempted robbery of the treasury appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.