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Cassie McGrath

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Healthcare Reporter at Morning Brew

Healthcare reporter with @MorningBrew | she/her | Get in touch: [email protected] ☕️

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  • 1 week ago | healthcare-brew.com | Cassie McGrath

    June 24 marks nearly three years since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion in the US. To date, 19 states have banned or restricted abortion before fetal viability across the country, according to the NYT abortion law tracker. Independent abortion clinics in some states are struggling to stay open, while companies offering telehealth have seen a rise in demand.

  • 2 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Cassie McGrath

    The first thing many people will tell you about health insurance is that it’s complicated. Between public and private plans, HMOs, PPOs, and high deductibles, it can be hard to know which plan is right for you. About half (51%) of insured adults report some difficulty understanding at least one aspect of their health insurance, including what insurance covers, out-of-pocket costs, and benefit explanations, according to health policy research organization KFF’s 2023 survey of 3,605 US adults.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Cassie McGrath

    When New York-based Zocdoc was founded back in 2007, the idea was to help patients get off the phone, founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz told Healthcare Brew. The company created a website that helps patients find clinicians who fit their needs in their area and are under their insurance, and books appointments online.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Cassie McGrath

    After 23andMe’s bankruptcy, reports showed how the company could legally sell patient data.

  • 3 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Cassie McGrath

    Working hard, or hardly working? That’s what Arkansas lawmakers want to ask Medicaid enrollees—again. In June 2018, the state instituted a work requirement for Medicaid (which included coverage for 954,997 people). The idea was to make beneficiaries prove they had a job in order to get federal assistance unless they couldn’'t work, were pregnant, or had a disability. By March 2019, a and effectively ended the requirement, but 18,000+ Medicaid members had already lost coverage, NPR reported.

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