Errors in new Medicare plan portal mislead seniors on coverage

Ahead of the open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage plans that began Wednesday, the Trump administration created a ...
CBC.ca

5 million Canadians now covered by national dental care plan, but nearly half haven't been to a dentist

Health Canada is touting the major uptake of its public dental insurance program, but data shows that nearly half of the 5.2 million eligible patients have yet to see a dentist. Of the Canadians ...
The New York Times

Here Are the Dueling Plans Behind the Shutdown Impasse

Republicans are proposing a straight extension of government spending, while Democrats are demanding the addition of over $1 trillion for health programs. By Megan Mineiro Reporting from the Capitol ...
Newsday

New Northwell CEO Dr. John D'Angelo on expansion plans, mental health care losing money and rising costs

As a young emergency room doctor recently graduated from Stony Brook University's medical school, Dr. John D’Angelo faced undiagnosed ailments in vulnerable patients day after day. During the COVID-19 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Health sector unions develop five-point plan to tackle record ambulance ramping in WA

Ambulances were ramped outside WA hospitals for 7,257 hours in September, breaking the previous record of 7,074 hours in August. Together with the state's health sector unions, the state's health ...
Wall Street Journal

The Health Insurance Subsidies at the Center of the Government Shutdown Fight

WSJ’s Damian Paletta explains what’s at stake in the first shutdown of the U.S. federal government in seven years. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Enhanced subsidies ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Aurora Health Care plans large expansion for its Grafton hospital. It features 84 new rooms

Aurora Health Care is planning a major expansion of its medical center in Grafton. The proposal includes a new five-story tower, 84 private patient suites, and an expanded emergency department.
Healthcare Dive

Medicare Advantage plans to share provider directories under CMS final rule

Seniors shopping between Medicare Advantage plans will soon have clearer data about payers’ provider networks under a rule the CMS finalized Thursday. Regulators are requiring MA plans to directly ...
katv

Families, providers alarmed at Arkansas' plans to cut childcare funding

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) is making significant changes to the School Readiness Assistance program that helps cover the cost of childcare for low-income families.
HealthLeaders Media

Medicare Advantage plans to face stricter directory rules

Medicare Advantage plans will soon be required to take steps to improve the timeliness and accuracy of information in their medical provider directories, the Trump administration announced Thursday.
CNN

CDC advisers vote that patients must consult a health care provider for Covid-19 vaccination, but no prescription required

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Friday to shift away from a broad recommendation for Covid-19 vaccines to say that people who want one must ...