KFF Analysis: Trump’s tax and spending law set to grow the number of uninsured Illinoisans
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could increase Illinois’ uninsured rate by 4 percentage points over the next decade, as 470,000 Illinoisans stand to lose coverage, according to a KFF analysis released this week.
MedPAC Members Pan Rural Hospitals’ ‘Cost-Plus’ Billing System for Medicare Patients
Rural hospitals’ ability to bill fee-for-service Medicare patients and the uninsured on a “cost-plus” basis — essentially setting their charges at whatever level they think is appropriate — is untenable and must be changed, several members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said Thursday. “Charges are made up, inflated in ways that are unbelievable,” […]
Opinion | Our Biggest Health Insurance Concern Isn’t What You Think
Only 8.3% of Americans were uninsured in 2021, a more-than 37% drop from 2013 (13.4%) — the year before the marketplace and Medicaid expansion created by the Affordable Care Act began. So why are nearly half of working age adults (46%) still skipping care or medications? Being uninsured is no longer our biggest problem, being […]
Dr. Oz Said Uninsured Americans Have No ‘Right To Health’ In Resurfaced Clip
TV doctor-turned-Senate candidate Mehmet Oz once said uninsured Americans don’t have a “right to health,” according to a recently resurfaced video from 2013. Oz, now the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, was speaking at the National Governors Association on the topic of “personal and governmental responsibility” when he explained his apparent belief that “health” […]