No matter how adept a physician is in their field, one key element to achieving and maintaining a successful career is investing in quality medical malpractice insurance. Physicians must do their due diligence when researching malpractice insurance options, as there are a variety of carriers, coverages, and policies…
Health insurance for up to 15 million Americans is hanging in the balance.This, as a pandemic-era protection that allowed people to stay on Medicaid for three years without reapplying, is now expired."States will start looking at their Medicaid rosters and re-determining whether or not people should still stay…
Some 15 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage over the next few months as pandemic-related emergency provisions come to an end—though residents in five states will feel its impact earlier than others.During the pandemic, the yearly reapplication process for Medicaid was paused and states stopped checking if…
Florida has been one of only a few states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage to those residents who find themselves in an impossible health care situation: They make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford the premiums in the marketplace.According to the…
Health savings accounts (HSAs) can be a vital part of retirement savings, but many workers aren’t using them to their maximum benefit.Of the 13 million HSAs in the Employment Benefit Research Institute’s (EBRI) database, only 12% of the account holders invested their HSAs in assets other than cash.…
Federal data revealed that one out of every six of the 84 million beneficiaries would lose their health care insurance as of today, coinciding with the loss of effect of the protections introduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.During the health emergency, the government suspended procedures to…
Starting this weekend, Georgia will began redetermining the eligibility of 2.7 million adults and children who are currently receiving Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids coverage.Many of these recipients have been covered because of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which was passed by Congress in March of 2020…
Three years ago, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government declared a Public Health Emergency that provided critical support and health care for Tennessee residents and their families. During the PHE, nearly all existing and new Medicaid enrollees were able to enroll and stay covered regardless…
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, showing no signs yet that tightening credit conditions were having a material impact on the tight labor market.But the risks to the economy are mounting. Other data on Thursday showed corporate profits in the…
The Department of Agriculture is proposing changes to its supplemental food program for women, infants and children, otherwise known as WIC. WIC served about 6.2 million people per month in 2021, including 43 percent of the country’s infants. It provides food for pregnant women, recent mothers and children…
