(CNN) -- A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday declared unconstitutional an Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers and employers offer plans that cover HIV-prevention drugs for free, saying it violates the religious freedom of a Christian-owned company.
The Nebraska Hospital Association is raising concerns on behalf of its members about recent cuts by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska to the amount it pays providers for medical telehealth visits.
Albert Wright, president and CEO of WVU Medicine, wants Peak Health to become the iPhone of health insurance providers. Just like the iPhone replaced countless devices — the landline phone, the camera, the MP3 player, the pedometer — Peak Health aims to replace many of the variables crowding the modern health care landscape with one streamlined system, Wright said.
This Labor Day, one of the best things an employer can do for its workers may be something it allows employees to do for themselves: buy their own health insurance. In an “everything old is new again” twist, the next health insurance trend may be one that’s been around for decades.
Maine’s small businesses will see a reduction in health insurance premiums next year for the first time since at least 2001 under a law proposed by Gov. Janet Mills and passed by the Legislature.
