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Mercy Health and Anthem strike health insurance deal

October 6, 2023October 5, 2023 Logan B.

The companies have come to an agreement that will keep the care provider in the insurer’s network. Mercy Health has announced that it will remain in Anthem’s health insurance network now that the companies have arrived at a deal. This means that the insurer’s members will be able to seek care through that healthcare system. The Catholic healthcare system in Ohio and Kentucky will be available to Anthem health insurance members on the Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and employer-based coverage plans. According to the new agreement, this will extend through to…

Medicare Advantage health insurance plans don’t have many mental wellness services

July 7, 2023July 6, 2023 Logan B.

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A new study shows plan holders are struggling to find psychiatrists within their networks. New research findings are showing that people who are covered by private sector Medicare Advantage health insurance plans are struggling to find psychiatrists and other mental wellness services within their networks. As a result, people with private Medicare coverage might not be getting the care they require. Over half the counties studied by the researchers did not have a psychiatrist within a Medicare Advantage health insurance plan. That plan is the counterpart in the private sector…

Most Americans with health insurance have experienced problems

July 3, 2023June 30, 2023 Marc

Almost 60 percent of covered individuals have struggled with their plans in the last year. A nationwide survey has revealed that almost 60 percent of Americans with health insurance have experienced a problem with their plan within the last year. The research conducted an evaluation of healthcare coverage among adult Americans with plans. Among the problems health insurance customers have faced within the last year have included challenges in finding an in-network provider, denied claims, and denied or delayed care that required an insurer’s prior authorization. According to the researchers…

More than half of US adults with health insurance struggle with their plan

June 21, 2023June 20, 2023 G. Turner

People with poor of fair mental health faced the highest challenges with their coverage. Over half of insured adults in the United States are facing struggles with their health insurance, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey. The survey results showed struggles in everything from payment discrepancies to limited mental healthcare coverage. The online survey was conducted this year between February 21 and March 14. It involved the participation of 3,605 adults who are covered by employer-sponsored health insurance plans, Medicaid, Medicare, a Military plan, or Affordable Care Act…

Georgia to operate its own health insurance market under newly signed law

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Logan B.

The state government will be operating the exchange on its own for the first time. Governor Brian Kemp (R) has signed a bill into law that will have the Georgia state government taking over its own health insurance marketplace for individual coverage for the first time. Among the reasons the governor signed the bill is to boost competition and give consumers options. According to Governor Kemp, who spoke at a ceremony at the state Capitol, this new law will provide state residents with a better way of “knowing and comparing…

Florida to expand KidCare children’s health insurance but not Medicaid

March 31, 2023March 29, 2023 Logan B.

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State legislature is working to broaden eligibility for the kids’ coverage but not their uninsured parents. Lawmakers in Florida are working to expand the eligibility for the KidCare children’s health insurance program, but advocates are pointing out that the state won’t be following in North Carolina’s footsteps, where there was recently a vote to broaden Medicaid’s reach to an estimated 600,000 North Carolinians. It is unlikely that Florida will make similar changes to expand the availability of Medicaid in 2023, as has been the case in a number of Republican…

Millions of Americans could lose Medicaid health insurance as pandemic eases

February 16, 2023February 14, 2023 Nordstrom

As uninsured figures reach record lows, the expiration of pandemic policies is now looming. Health insurance experts are wondering if the massive gains in reducing the number of uninsured people there are living in the country will be lost as pandemic policies start coming to an end. The uninsured rate has dipped to yet a new low, having reached approximately 8 percent of the population. Some of that considerable achievement is the result of the policies put into place as a result of the pandemic. The government launched a range…