Thursday, November 11, 2021: Payers

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released its 2021 benchmark Employer Health Benefits Survey, revealing that annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 4 percent this year. On average, family premiums cost $22,221, with workers contributing...

Thursday, November 11, 2021: Payers

Ten states filed a lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The lawsuit claims that the rule threatens job loss to “millions of health care workers who risked their lives in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Thursday, November 11, 2021: Payers

New research found that switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more than keeping them in original Medicare. According to the analysis, Medicare overpaid the private health plans by more than $106 billion from 2010...

Thursday, November 11, 2021: Payers

A new survey conducted by the National Association of Community Health Centers found that rolling back Medicaid coverage after the COVID-19 public health emergency could severely curtail patient care. Ninety percent of health centers said due to the higher Medicaid...

Thursday, November 11, 2021: Mental Health

“With passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the potential inclusion of significant increases in the $1.75 trillion social spending package, we are beginning to see a new day in addiction and mental health funding priorities,” said Senior Director Sara...