Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. By now, everyone’s familiar with the script for pharmaceutical ads. There’s the first part, typically featuring people frolicking in a flowery field. Then comes the quiet but rapid-fire list of potential side effects from taking…
The state holds the key to providing relief to Florida families struggling with mismatched public health insurance and getting disabled or chronically ill children the coverage they need. Whether or not it will use that key remains to be seen. In 2023, Florida legislators unanimously passed a bill that would expand the eligibility of subsidized…
NORFOLK, Va. — One of the biggest fears associated with losing your job is going without health insurance — though each person’s situation is different, the feelings can be quite similar. I talk about consumer issues every morning on News 3 This Morning, and currently, one of the biggest challenges people are facing is the…
In summary California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the…
ATLANTA, March 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Vera Whole Health, in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, is proud to announce the opening of its fifth advanced primary care center in the Atlanta area, located in East Point. This expansion aims to enhance access to high-quality healthcare for Anthem members, including Fulton…
Oz has hawked everything from supplements to private health insurance on “The Dr. Oz Show,” which ran for 13 seasons and helped him amass a fortune. WASHINGTON — Dr. Mehmet Oz promised senators on Friday to fight health care fraud and push to make Americans healthier if he becomes the next leader of the Centers for…
Even as Colorado faces a $1 billion budget shortfall and bipartisanly declared affordability crisis, legislators are advancing an anti-obesity insurance mandate that will cost Medicaid $139 million to implement and likely raise private insurance premiums significantly. Senate Bill 48, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City, would require that insurers cover a…
In a hearing on Friday, senators pressed Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity nominated to head Medicare and Medicaid, on Republican-led proposals that would significantly affect the health care coverage for nearly half of all Americans. At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Dr. Oz bantered with senators in a friendly atmosphere, joking…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, sits before testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
OAKLAND, March 14, 2025 — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a $1.3 million settlement with Sedera, Inc. (Sedera) and Sedera Medical Cost Sharing Community, LLC (SMC) to resolve allegations that they violated California law by advertising and selling sham health insurance plans to over two thousand Californians. In addition, the settlement resolves allegations…