June is the month that we celebrate dads. What better time is there for men to get their health screenings scheduled? Even healthy men need to get health screenings for preventive care. If you are a man with Medicare coverage, now is the time to talk with your doctor about getting screened for prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and cardiovascular disease.
A pandemic-era folk hero who dares to challenge the “illegal and irresponsible” actions of an insurance giant? Or an “opportunistic medical provider who followed the old adage of never letting a crisis go to waste”? Those divergent takes on Greenwich-based Dr. Steven Murphy emerge in competing legal briefs newly filed in the ongoing case Murphy Medical Associates LLC v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company.
Betsy Hargreaves wanted to save a few bucks on health insurance a couple of years ago so she switched to a religious-based plan. In March, she had double hip-replacement surgery to relieve acute pain. They told her the day before the surgery that it would not be covered, she said.
The CEO of the St. Louis area's largest public company is warning of imminent departure. Centene CEO Michael Neidorff tells a trade publication that Missouri is now "an embarrassment."
A lot has changed in the lives of American workers in recent years. But one thing that has remained consistent over the past 80 years is how employees obtain health coverage — more than 156 million Americans are covered through employer-sponsored programs. But will that always be the case? Maybe not. Here’s why.