General and health insurers have recently rolled out a “cashless everywhere” facility in India that allows policyholders to access cashless facilities for medical treatment in any hospital. Even if the institution is not in the network of your insurance company, you can still avail cashless treatment there. If it is a planned treatment, all you need to do is inform your insurance company at least 48 hours prior to admission to avail of cashless treatment at a non-network hospital. For emergency hospitalization, you can inform your insurer within 48 hours of admission. Previously, policyholders had to pay for treatment at…
The Medicaid unwinding is nearly a year old, and more Medicaid recipients than expected have been rolled back from the public health insurance program, statistics show.
More than 18 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid since the unwinding began April 1, 2023. This number is up from the 15 million count currently projected by the federal government.
Millions of those enrolled in Medicaid coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic have been allowed to stay in the program during the federal public health emergency. But the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 delinked the end of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision from…