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Four in 10 adults do not feel prepared to face an unexpected out-of-pocket medical expense.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services emphasized that the accelerated and advance payments, aimed at providers facing significant cash flow problems, are not loans and cannot be forgiven, in its Saturday announcement.

23% of caregivers reported that they intend to quit their job in the next 6 to 12 months – with 54% stating that the reason was due to concerns about their child's health.

The cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare, which is struggling to restore paralyzed billing systems, is "the most significant and consequential incident of its kind" in history, according to the American Hospital Association.

Bristol Myers Squibb, Novo Nordisk, Novartis and Johnson & Johnson presented their arguments on Thursday in New Jersey district court, just a week after a similar AstraZeneca suit was dismissed by a federal judge in Delaware.

While the $20-a-month cost for Opill will likely be covered by health insurance with a prescription from a doctor, it may also be available for reimbursement under FSA or HSA accounts, depending on individual employer restrictions.

For now, insurers and employers are still not required to cover certain free preventive care services, such as cancer screenings and HIV-preventing medications, until the federal appeals court makes its decision later this year.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is assisting providers that are struggling financially during what the AMA calls the "most significant and consequential incident of its kind against the U.S. health-care system in history,"