Headline News Archive

2023

December

07

• White House targets drug patents to lower prices. The White House announced its latest gambit to lower U.S. drug prices: a plan to step in and license patent rights to other manufacturers

October

13

• Deciphering ABCs of Medicare open enrollment. Medicare sign-ups begin Oct. 15 and end Dec. 7.  You can get guidance from Medicare by calling 1-800-633-4227. Your Medicare drug plan can&rsquo

September

21

• Federal government to provide free coronavirus tests again. Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov. Officials say the tests are able to detect the latest variants and

07

• If you’ve got a new car, it’s a data privacy nightmare. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information

03

• Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow. Major insurers say they will cut out damage caused by hurricanes, wind and hail from policies underwriting property along coastlines and in wildfire country, according

August

29

• Here are the first 10 drugs Medicare will target for price cuts. The Biden administration released its list of the first 10 drugs that Medicare will target for reductions the government plans to achieve by negotiating the prices

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