WashingtonPost Consumers are left with few options and crushing prices as insurers offering Affordable Care Act plans pull out of some regions. View original article Contributor: Peter Whoriskey
Baby boomers and Gen Xers are taking steps to ensure their children aren’t left with the financial and emotional toll of caretaking. View original article Contributor: Shannon Najmabadi
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, who has vowed to root out fraud, hasn’t terminated any Healthcare.gov agents or brokers this year as analysts find it’s easy to game ACA marketplaces. View original article Contributor: Paige Winfield Cunningham
Research has established the power of awe. I experienced it myself in a way I never thought I could. View original article Contributor: Dana Milbank
The proposed regulations would bar medical providers who offer gender transition care to transgender youth from receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds. View original article Contributor: Paige Winfield Cunningham
Millions of Americans will see higher premium bills when extra covid-era subsidies on health insurance marketplaces expire Jan. 1. View original article Contributor: Paige Winfield Cunningham, Peter Whoriskey
Researchers are exploring how new blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease could lead to earlier detection. View original article Contributor: Akilah Johnson
The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation for all newborns to get a hepatitis B vaccine. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun
The declaration of fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction is the latest move by President Donald Trump casting the nation’s deadly drug crisis as a national security issue. View original article Contributor: David Ovalle