Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases along with a sharp ...
Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the ...
Prior authorization has been around for a long time. Initially designed in the 1960s as a mechanism to control costs and ensure the appropriate use of medical resources, the goal has (in ...
The U.S. health insurance industry — a $1.29 trillion giant — is under strain. Soaring healthcare costs, policy shake-ups, and long-standing access gaps are squeezing not just insurers, ...