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Most common questions about ACA insurance
Yahoo Finance reports: "Welcome to Fix My Finances, a Yahoo Finance personal finance series. Each episode, we take a look at one viewer’s financial state of affairs and offer advice, insight and information on a variety of issues, including how to save more, spend...
‘Breakthrough’ Leukemia Drug Also Portends ‘Quantum Leap’ In Cost
Kaiser Health News reports: "When doctors talk about a new leukemia drug from Novartis, they ooze enthusiasm, using words like “breakthrough,” “revolutionary” and “a watershed moment.” But when they think about how much the therapy is likely to cost, their tone turns...
7 Healthcare Expenses Medicare Won’t Pay For — The Motley Fool
Yahoo Beauty reports: "If you're looking forward to getting Medicare because you think this health insurance for seniors will provide comprehensive coverage, you may end up disappointed. Studies have shown seniors with high-prescription drug needs could incur as much...
Where Obamacare Has Become Unaffordable, Short Term Health Insurance Can Help
Forbes reports: "Next time you run into someone who minimizes the problems with Obamacare, I want you to introduce them to Fay. She's a reasonably healthy 60 year old grandmother living in Fayette County, Illinois and earns about 450% of the federal poverty level...
Aetna may offer customers a free Apple Watch as a perk
Yahoo Finance reports: "Health insurer Aetna is already giving its workers free Apple Watches (plus a handful of regular customers), but it now looks ready to expand those bonuses to everyone. CNBCsources understand that Aetna is in talks with Apple to offer a free or...
How much more will health care cost your company in 2018?
Crain's Chicago Business reports: "Around this time of year, many human resources executives and brokers are putting the finishing touches on health insurance plans they'll offer to employees in the fall. They face tough questions: Will rising costs be swallowed by...
One Illinois medical center lands on list of best U.S. hospitals
Crains Chicago Business reports: "Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the only Illinois medical center to land among the best 20 hospitals nationwide, according to new rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Compared to the previous year's list, the local powerhouse...
Amid Trumpcare’s Demise, Public Option Emerges Ahead Of 2018 Elections
Forbes reports: "A public option as an alternative or addition to subsidized private individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act is gaining momentum on the campaign trail ahead of next year’s 2018 midterm Congressional and gubernatorial elections. The public...
How Safe Is Your Medicare?
The Fool reports: "There are several popular misconceptions about the financial condition of Medicare, which virtually all American senior citizens rely on to cover healthcare expenses in retirement. Many people believe Medicare is broke, or that there's virtually no...
When high deductibles cause even insured patients to postpone care
CNN Money reports: "In November 2015, Tina Heck was in her garage lifting 40-pound bags of wood pellets to fuel her heating stove, when something went very wrong with her back. "The next day, I could barely walk," said the 55-year-old who lives on an acre of land in...