Health Care Reform

Fourteen percent of the adult population reporting to have experienced or are currently experiencing long COVID's debilitating symptoms. And surprisingly, it is younger adults who are more at risk over older populations.

When people or companies are put into positions of power without oversight, what is to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation? That question is at the heart of a lawsuit between the School Board of Osceola County and Gallagher Benefit Services.

Companies are seeking higher premium increases, mostly due to rising prices paid to hospitals, doctors and drug companies, as well as increases use of services by enrollees.

The new Democratic majority on the FTC has signaled that it not only will be looking at traditional mergers among hospitals and other health care providers but also is interested in some legal theories of antitrust enforcement that have been less frequently used.

How can companies reign in — or better yet, dial down — health benefit costs for not only themselves but also their employees? One recent yet rapidly rising solution is switching from traditional group plans to ICHRAs.

Federal law only requires states to provide pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage through 60 days following childbirth, which leads to disenrollment.