Headline News Archive

2023

May

04

• What the end of the Covid health emergency means for you. After May 11, older Americans with traditional Medicare will no longer be able to get free, at-home tests. People with private insurance or Medicare Advantage (private

March

25

• How Cigna saves millions when its doctors reject claims without reading them. Cigna medical directors do not see any patient records or put their medical judgment to use, said former company employees familiar with the system. Instead,

15

• Here’s what deposit insurance covers. If you are unsure whether your money is federally insured, use the FDIC’s tool, the Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator. It helps consumers figure

13

• Insurers slashed Hurricane Ian payouts insiders reveal. After years of more frequent and intense storms, national insurance carriers have pulled back from the market and smaller, regional carriers with smaller financial reserves

February

21

• Why the South has such low credit scores. Almost every corner of America’s most populous region — every race, every income bracket — appears to have low credit scores. The reason

• FTC charges GoodRx with illegally disclosing customer health information. Federal regulators have accused the California-based discount drug and telehealth provider with violating federal law by “failing to notify consumers” about its &ldquo

2022

December

29

• Big e-vehicle tax credit possible early next year. People who want to buy an electric vehicle could get a bigger-than-expected tax credit come Jan. 1 because of a delay by the Treasury Department in

19

• How Medicare Advantage plans overcharged taxpayers by millions. Medicare reimburses Medicare Advantage plans using a complex formula called a risk score that computes higher rates for sicker patients and lower ones for healthier

October

17

• You can now buy hearing aids over the counter. For the first time, adults with mild to moderate hearing loss in the US will be able to buy over-the-counter hearing aids.  The White

August

30

• Inside the rise of 'stealerships' and shady car buying. Ten people could go into a dealership and each pay a wildly different amount to buy the same exact vehicle. With supply-chain problems creating

July

07

• To get banned abortion pills, patients turn to legally risky tactics. The nonprofit abortion advocacy website Plan C, tested whether commercial mail-forwarding services could serve as a link in a surreptitious supply chain from abortion-friendly states

05

• Insurers and employers have to reveal health care prices. Insurers and some employers are now required to publicly disclose what they pay hospitals, doctors and other medical providers — an unprecedented look at data

04

• Google: To protect women, collect less data about everyone. Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, anything Google knows about you could be acquired by police in states

June

14

• Doctor check-in software harvests your health data. There’s a burgeoning business in harvesting our patient data to target us with ultra-personalized ads. Patients who think medical information should come from

April

28

• Medicare Advantage plans often deny needed care. Every year, tens of thousands of people enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans are denied necessary care that should be covered under the program, federal

18

• Find out and fix what big data says about you. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains a list of consumer reporting agencies that’s currently 38 pages long. In addition to the big three credit

12

• Aging in place easier with smart home technology. Technology helps all homeowners, but especially seniors, by automating “things that are a pain or difficult to do,” says Michael Miller, author of

March

31

• New government site to help Americans find Covid antiviral pills. During his State of the Union address, President Biden promised to establish a “test-to-treat” program “so people can get tested at a

01

• Estudio: Vacuna de Pfizer contra COVID da protección a niños. La vacuna contra el COVID-19 desarrollada por Pfizer brindó una fuerte protección a niños de 5 años en adelante

February

08

• Equifax breach settlement: Money for some, free monitoring for all. Equifax will pay up to $425 million in restitution to those directly impacted by the massive data breach of the credit bureau in 2017. A federal court

January

27

• Experian, Equifax, TransUnion rarely act on credit file complaints, report says. If you spot a mistake on your credit report and contact the credit bureau, there’s a good chance nothing will happen. Equifax, Experian,

10

• Legisladores de California debaten plan de salud universal. Los legisladores en California comienzan el martes a debatir si crearán el primer sistema de salud universal en Estados Unidos, en una medida

2021

December

30

• Ban on surprise medical bills starts this week. If you are having a medical emergency and go to an urgent care center or emergency room, you can’t be charged more than

27

• Many home insurance premiums are rising. Across the country, homeowners renewing their policies are discovering that rising material costs, supply chain disruptions and climate change are combining to drive premiums up

November

20

• Ventajas y desventajas de Medicare Advantage. Estos planes populares pueden tener riesgos ocultos. Esto es lo hay que saber.