Sam Spector is a server at Wells Fargo Center, a field attendant at Lincoln Financial Field, and a bartender at Citizens Bank Park. She hasn’t been to the doctor since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was forced out of work.
Once she got back to work, Spector, 43, made too much money for a government-assisted health-care plan, but not enough to buy health insurance for both herself and her 17-year-old daughter. Diabetes and heart problems run in her family, she said, and she worries that she could have health issues she doesn’t know about.
At the South Philadelphia…
Secretary Xavier Becerra, US Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra announced Wednesday his agency is seeing record enrollment numbers for Affordable Care Act health plans.
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Secretary Xavier Becerra, US Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra announced Wednesday his agency is seeing record enrollment numbers for Affordable Care Act health plans.
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League
The Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces appear set to break a record for the number of Americans enrolled, for the third year…
Australian patients are being shortchanged by private health insurance companies, which are collecting significantly larger profits while returning a smaller proportion of premiums to customers.
This week we released our 2023 Private Health Insurance Report Card, which shows the rebates for identical procedures still vary wildly between insurers.
In a media statement, AMA President Professor Steve Robson encouraged consumers to carefully consider which private health insurance option is best for them, with a focus on products that deliver treatment they are most likely to need in the future.
“Our report card highlights the importance for consumers to look closely at…