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Most screening tests for colon cancer are covered by insurance but if they come back positive, they may require a diagnostic colonoscopy and that may not be covered completely by insurance.
The report describes steps that states could take to address a number of drug-coverage issues in the commercial insurance market.
Health insurance giant Aetna will stop selling insurance through most state exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. It’s the third major insurer to pull back from Obamacare. Who’s affected and what this means for the future of the ACA.
But more training is needed for such translators to do their jobs well, without miscommunications and misunderstandings.
Researchers estimate thousands of children suffer two debilitating eye conditions because they don’t get proper exams while young.
Fewer choices in 2017 health care plans await consumers in dozens of markets where Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Humana are pulling out, but withdrawals may hit Arizona, the Carolinas, Georgia and parts of Florida hardest.
A study explores how coverage gains resulting from the federal health law may have changed people’s health care habits and spending.
The research finds that many plans don’t make details about what services are not covered readily apparent.
Many expected that the federal health law would push these employers in this direction. An analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds evidence that these predictions are coming to fruition.
Evidence shows dominant insurers hold down hospital prices. Big insurers seeking to get bigger want to take that idea to the extreme.
Two surveys suggest these companies continue to try new ways to control the expense of employees’ coverage.
After a teenager attempted suicide, her family searched in vain for therapists who would take their insurance and were accepting new patients. The family paid for therapy with credit cards instead.
Covered California says most consumers can avoid double-digit premium hikes next year if they shop around. But will enrollees be willing to switch plans if it means having to change doctors?
An initiative on the state's November ballot would establish a single-payer health plan. Supporters hope to lure Sanders to help get out the vote.
Insurance claims for medical services related to opioid dependence diagnoses rose more than 3,000 percent between 2007 and 2014, an analysis finds.
A single mom, a son with autism and a maddening search for the help she badly needed.
Concerns raised as health insurers automatically move members of their marketplace or individual plans who are eligible for Medicare.
News reports have led many consumers to blame drugmakers for the rapidly rising costs of some commonly used generic drugs. But changes made by insurers often play a major role, too.
We answer some key questions to help consumers make sense of the news about large premium increases in the state’s Obamacare exchange.
A double-digit increase, which follows two years of moderate rate hikes, is likely to resonate across the country in debate over Obamacare.
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