#health-insurance-reform tag

Why Healthcare's Future is Direct | amNewYork

Healthcare costs are rising and the traditional insurance model is broken, but direct contracting between payers and providers can improve access and lower costs.

US politics

fromAxios

2 months ago

Trump touts drug price cuts most Americans may not feel

Trump's healthcare initiatives, including drug pricing deals and the TrumpRx website, lack legislative action on Capitol Hill and are unlikely to significantly impact most Americans' healthcare costs.

Public health

fromTruthout

2 months ago

Illinois Had Massive Gaps in Mental Health Coverage. We Organized to Fix It.

Illinois law mandates fairer insurer payments to mental health and substance-abuse providers, expanding access and reducing ghost networks for roughly 2.5 million people.

Music

fromKqed

3 months ago

Bay Area Latino Community Celebrates Bad Bunny Halftime Show | KQED

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance celebrated Puerto Rican culture and its in-between identity, transforming cultural liminality into an inclusive, All-American statement through Spanish-language music.

fromwww.npr.org

3 months ago

Trump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums

The plan does not include a remedy for people who buy their health insurance on Healthcare.gov, some of whom are facing sky-high premium hikes this month. Trump dubbed the ideas "The Great Healthcare Plan." According to a White House fact sheet and a press call hosted by Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, the planned legislation, which the administration is asking Congress to develop, has four pillars: Drug price reforms Health insurance reforms Price transparency for health costs Fraud protections and safeguards

US politics

New York City

fromwww.amny.com

7 months ago

City's public sector unions approve sweeping healthcare shift for 750,000 workers amid secrecy criticism | amNewYork

Over 750,000 city employees and pre-Medicare retirees will be moved into a self-funded EmblemHealth/UnitedHealthcare plan starting Jan. 1, 2026.