Julie Appleby
Senior Reporter at KFF Health News
Senior reporter at @KHNews, covering health policy, quality, costs; member of the Association of Health Care Journalists
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dailybreeze.com | Julie Appleby
By Julie Appleby, KFF Health NewsWhen people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, they’re often offered assurances such as this one from eHealth: “Your benefit advisors will find plans that match your needs — no matter the carrier.” do seek help in making complex decisions about whether to enroll in original Medicare or select among private-sector alternatives, called Medicare Advantage.
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rethinking65.com | Julie Appleby
Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his own business. It was the first time he had shopped around for coverage, searching for a plan that would cover him and his wife, who was also between jobs at the time. “We were so nervous about not being on a company-provided plan,” Winard said.
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postandcourier.com | Julie Appleby
When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, they’re often offered assurances such as this one from eHealth: “Your benefit advisors will find plans that match your needs — no matter the carrier.”About a third of enrollees do seek help in making complex decisions about whether to enroll in original Medicare or select among private-sector alternatives, called Medicare Advantage.
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thecharlottepost.com | Julie Appleby
GETTY IMAGES A sign in front of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services headquarters, in Woodlawn, Maryland, on March 19. A broad federal reduction in force set in motion by the Trump administration has cut the ranks of Affordable Care Act caseworkers.
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2 weeks ago |
rawstory.com | Julie Appleby
A blockbuster lawsuit from the federal Department of Justice alleges that insurers Aetna, Elevance Health (formerly Anthem), and Humana paid “hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks” to large insurance brokerages eHealth, GoHealth, and SelectQuote. The payments, made from 2016 to at least 2021, were incentives to steer patients into the insurer’s Medicare Advantage plans, the lawsuit alleges, while discouraging enrollment of potentially more costly disabled beneficiaries.
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Excellent story by my colleague, Darius Tahir https://t.co/2dbkijnQfd
The Ranks of Obamacare ‘Fixers’ Axed in Trump’s Reduction of Health Agency Workforce - KFF Health News
RT @aawayne: Exclusive: The Trump/Musk/Kennedy HHS cuts eliminated the office that annually sets the federal poverty level. “We were tryin…
