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Employers are scaling back their dependence on high-deductible health plans
As open enrollment gets underway for next year’s job-based health insurance coverage, some employees are seeing traditional plans offered alongside or instead of the plans with sky-high deductibles that may have been their only choice in the past.
Treatment gaps persist between low- and high-income workers
Low-wage workers with job-based health insurance were significantly more likely than their higher-income colleagues to wind up in the emergency department or be admitted to the hospital, in particular for conditions that with good primary care shouldn’t result in hospitalization, a new study found.
Concerned about your ACA plan? Repeal may take awhile
While it’s impossible to know exactly what changes are coming to the individual market and how soon they’ll arrive, one thing is virtually certain: Nothing will happen immediately. Here are answers to questions you may have.
ER doctors: U.S. rule could raise patients’ out-of-network bills
Two professional organizations representing emergency doctors warn that a new federal rule could lead to higher out-of-pocket costs for consumers when they need emergency care outside their health plan’s network of providers.
Depression screening urged for pregnant women, new moms
A new proposal by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women who are pregnant or within a year of giving birth be screened for depression.