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“It creates a tangible risk of violence, discrimination and other trauma,” Ronda Goldfein, the executive director of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, says of the insurer's mistake with its mailings.
Northwell Health says it is shutting down its CareConnect Insurance Co., which covers 126,000 state residents, because of the federal government's inability to correct "regulatory flaws that have destabilized insurance markets."
State regulators are expected to announce 2018 premiums today. Meanwhile, an analysis released Thursday details how one GOP health plan -- the one being drafted by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) -- would impact various states, and take a high toll on Connecticut.
Ohio-based insurer CareSource has agreed to sell plans in the individual marketplace for Paulding County, Ohio, the only place left to not have any coverage available.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on public health issues from around the country.
Opinion writers offer their thoughts on topics related to what should happen next regarding Obamacare and what KanCare says about privatized Medicaid programs.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from Oregon, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, California, Kansas, Florida, New York, Wisconsin and Ohio.
A disproportionately high number of smokers are soldiers or have a mental illness, the ads claim. Meanwhile, a separate study finds that a $1 increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes helps cut smoking rates.
A growing number of unscrupulous industry players are focusing on getting addicts to relapse so that insurance dollars keep rolling in, according to law enforcement officials, treatment experts and addicts in recovery.
Health officials have been caught flat-footed by the resurgence of the sexually transmitted disease. In other public health news: exoskeletons, sedation for children, health disparities in Appalachia, rheumatoid arthritis and more.
In a small community in rural Alaska, a house offers women a safe place to live and get care in the month before their due date, in an effort to limit complications associated with giving birth hours away from a medical facility. Meanwhile, a new study argues that abstinence-only education is not only unrealistic, but also unethical.
There are currently no approved drugs to treat a severe form of epilepsy, and Sage Therapeutics' medication could offer desperate patients hope. It could also make a bundle for the company.
Doctors have complained about the current process under which patients are primarily assigned retroactively to accountable care organizations. That process will change next year. Also, some doctors are saying they may be left out of the transition to value-based care by new Medicare requirements.
President Donald Trump's behavior over North Korea and Charlottesville have even his allies talking about his mental health.
A memo will direct the Pentagon to stop admitting transgender people, and give Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the power to decide whether to kick active members out of service. Previously, the policy had only been laid out in a series of tweets from President Donald Trump.
Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) voted to start debate in the Senate on a bill to replace Obamacare but voted against two repeal bills and supported a failed “skinny repeal” measure that would have kept the Medicaid expansion. Also in the news, Politico Pro examines how Arkansas' request to trim back its Medicaid expansion could impact other states.
But Iowa's Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen argues that the proposed redistribution of federal subsidy dollars is necessary to make premiums more affordable for Iowans of all income levels, which will stabilize the marketplace.
President Donald Trump has lumped significant public blame for the failure of Congress' repeal-and-replace efforts on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's shoulders.
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