Pamela Valfer needed multiple covid tests after repeatedly visiting the hospital last fall to see her mother, who was being treated for cancer. Beds there were filling with covid patients. Valfer heard the tests would be free. ... [Continue Reading]
Covered California dice que el seguro de salud se ha vuelto demasiado barato como para ignorarlo
Una nueva ley federal podría hacer que sea mucho más barato comprar tu propio seguro si no tienes cobertura a través de un empleador o un programa del gobierno como Medicare o Medicaid. La ley proporciona miles ... [Continue Reading]
What a Difference a Year Makes in Colorado’s Case for a Public Option Plan
DENVER — Before the pandemic, Colorado looked set to become the second state to pass what’s known as a “public option” health insurance plan, which would have forced hospitals that lawmakers said were raking in obscene profits to ... [Continue Reading]
Watch: What Happens When Car and Health Insurance Collide
“CBS This Morning,” in collaboration with KHN and NPR, tells the story of Mark Gottlieb, a marketing consultant in Little Ferry, New Jersey, who faced more than $700,000 in medical bills after surgery on his spine. Gottlieb was injured in ... [Continue Reading]
Peligran avances contra el VIH por la lucha contra covid, en especial en el sur del país
Ante el asedio del coronavirus durante un año, las defensas de otra guerra más antigua están bajando. Durante las dos últimas décadas, el VIH/Sida se ha mantenido a raya gracias a potentes fármacos antivirales, agresivas ... [Continue Reading]