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Agents are providing fraudulent information on applications for health plans. Those who are signed up are disqualified from other forms of free and low-cost care and risk disruptions in treatments.
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The billion-dollar amount cited by former Sen. Al Franken, while an estimate, is likely very close to what insurers will owe this year under a provision of the ACA that compels rebates when insurers spend too little on actual medical care.
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A federal judge’s recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act is by no means the final word. Even parsing its impact is complicated. Here are key issues to watch as the case works its way through the legal system.
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Hundreds of thousands of Floridians stand to lose Medicaid after a provision that allowed for continuous enrollment in the program comes to an end Saturday. The program began at the start of the pandemic.
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Shopping for insurance that covers regular doctors and prescriptions can be daunting. But experts see several steps to make it easier.
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Designed to prevent doctors from deploying expensive, ineffectual procedures, preauthorization has morphed into a monster that denies or delays care, burdens physicians with paperwork and perpetuates racial disparities.
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During open enrollment for Obamacare, a record number of people signed up for private health insurance. Now the Biden administration has to pivot to helping people who are at risk of losing Medicaid.
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Health care navigators help people sign up for insurance plans available on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
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Since 2017, Medicaid expansion has been adopted in seven states where a question was placed directly on the ballot. But campaign leaders say that strategy may not work in Florida.
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Navigators at USF have received thousands of calls in need of help sorting through the complexities of the health care market, and leaders expect more people to reach out as the deadline looms closer.
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A court decision last year makes it easier for low-income residents in Florida and other states that haven’t expanded Medicaid to make good-faith estimates of a pay increase, and there is no financial penalty if they don’t hit that figure.
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Complaints about misleading health insurance marketing are soaring. State insurance commissioners are taking notice. They’ve created a shared internal database to monitor questionable business practices.