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☆ Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare, Medicaid agency CMS
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz — celebrity TV host and former U.S. Senate candidate — as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator. Oz previously hosted "The Dr. Oz Show," a syndicated daytime television program for more than a dozen years. "America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again," Trump said in a statement Tuesday. Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake. "He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country's most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation's Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget."

Persons: Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump, —, Trump, Oz, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Sen, John Fetterman, Dr, Chiquita Brooks, LaSure Organizations: Republican U.S, U.S, Senate, Medicare, CMS, Children's Health Insurance, Health, Human Services Department, Republican, Healthcare, Agency Locations: Rockledge , Pennsylvania, U.S, Pennsylvania, America

Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care. CMS, in turn, administers the Affordable Care Act marketplace and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), among other endeavors. A spokesperson for Trump's transition team did not respond to a request from CNBC for comment about the President-elect's health policy plans. Still, it's a 'big' gamble to forgo health insurance Around 3.8 million people will lose their health insurance if the subsidies expire, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. Short-term health insurance plans offer coverage for limited amounts of time, and typically on fewer medical services than comprehensive coverage.

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☆ Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Micah Washington | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Recent changes to Medicaid programs, aimed at closing a health coverage gap in the U.S., have left behind some Americans — particularly people of color. But as the global health crisis waned and Medicaid coverage expansions faced delays in some states, insured rates fell and Black Americans remained disproportionately uninsured compared with white Americans, according to KFF, formerly known as Kaiser Permanente. In 2022, 10% of Black Americans were uninsured, compared with 6.6% of white Americans. In states that don't offer Medicaid expansion, 13.3% of non-elderly Black Americans are uninsured, according to KFF, compared with 7.3% of that population in states that have already adopted the expansion. Most of the patients at WOH are Black and are covered under Medicaid, according to the company.

Persons: —, Jenn Wagner, Samantha Artiga, Wagner, they're, Robert Phillips, WOH, Phillips Organizations: KFF, Affordable, Permanente, Budget, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Health, West Oakland Health, East Locations: U.S, East Bay Area, California, WOH

☆ As open enrollment begins for Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace, here's what you need to know for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Getty ImagesFor millions of people, it's time to compare benefits and prices and pick health coverage on the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces. The enrollment will likely stay high this year, according to Jennifer Sullivan, director of health coverage access at the CBPP. Moreover, with some people set to lose Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, they may need to move to marketplace coverage. People who lost coverage via those plans who are moving to the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace will have a special enrollment period until the end of next July, Sullivan noted. watch nowHowever, for everyone looking to enroll in a marketplace health plan for next year, it's best to try to do it sooner rather than later.

Persons: Jennifer Sullivan, Sullivan, it's, Louise Norris, Norris Organizations: Affordable, Center, Budget, Children's Health, Care, D.C, Navigators Locations: Jan, Washington, Idaho, Virginia

☆ One million people have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections expired
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

At least 1 million people have been kicked off Medicaid since coverage protections implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic expired in April, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation on Monday. Many people are losing Medicaid even though they likely remain eligible. Becerra told the governors that he was particularly concerned children will lose insurance if their parents are kicked off Medicaid. "Even if parents think they are no longer eligible, states should ask parents to still fill out their renewal forms for their children," Becerra said. "We also urge you to include messaging about Medicaid renewals through schools, early childhood programs, and summer camps, to parents."

Persons: Xavier Becerra, Becerra, he's Organizations: Kaiser Family Foundation, Human Services, Children's Health Insurance Locations: New York, United States

☆ Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries: What payments may be delayed in debt ceiling standoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Among the ramifications of a debt ceiling standoff, any payment issued by the federal government — like Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds, military paychecks and ample others — may be delayed. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. is in this situation due to a political standoff tied to the debt ceiling, also known as the debt limit. Congress periodically raises or temporarily suspends the debt ceiling to avoid the other scenario: a default on the national debt and other federal payments. Here's the current problem: The country hit the debt ceiling — currently $31.4 trillion — in January. Federal Reserve officials alluded to the likelihood of prioritizing bondholders in a 2011 meeting that followed an earlier debt ceiling episode.

☆ Here's why Covid vaccines will still be free for uninsured Americans as public health emergency ends
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBut the vast majority of Americans will not have to pay out of pocket for Covid vaccines even after the federal government's stockpile runs out. Insured Americans will be able to access Covid shots as part of their coverage, without having to pay out of pocket. Under the arrangement, the CDC will continue to purchase Covid vaccines at a discount and distribute them through 64 state and local health departments. That HHS effort will leverage the "public commitments" by drug manufacturers to provide free Covid vaccines and treatments to uninsured people. Pfizer and Moderna have not said whether they would supply free shots to pharmacies.

☆ States and healthcare organizations join forces to help people prepare for Medicaid redeterminations
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Unitedhealthcare | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As many as 18 million Americans may lose Medicaid coverage this year. Over the past three years, Medicaid recipients remained eligible thanks to a Congressional bill that provided funds to maintain continuous Medicaid coverage. But this April marks the end of this pandemic-era policy that helped people maintain their Medicaid coverage. That means the continuous enrollment provision will expire and states will return to their pre-pandemic policies of requiring people to renew their Medicaid coverage annually. Any individuals or families who lose Medicaid coverage through this redetermination process will need assistance securing replacement health insurance coverage.

☆ Americans can once again get free COVID-19 tests — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Andrea Michelson | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Health-insurance firms are required to cover eight at-home COVID-19 tests per customer a month. Insurance companies must cover eight over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests per person per month, the Biden administration announced in January of 2022. More free tests will be home-delivered starting in DecemberAmericans with private insurance are able to order tests through pharmacy retailers like CVS and Walgreens. Each household is limited to four at-home tests, and the orders will begin to ship before Christmas this year. The Biden administration will also be distributing free at-home tests to 6,500 Department of Housing and Urban Development-assisted rental housing properties and up to 500 major food banks.

☆ U.S. is extending Covid public health emergency through spring 2023, administration official says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. is extending the Covid public health emergency through the spring of 2023, a Biden administration official said on Friday. The decision to extend emergency comes as public health officials are expecting another Covid surge this winter as people gather more indoors where the virus spreads easier. The Health and Human Services Department previously extended the public health emergency until January. The public health emergency, first declared in January 2020 and renewed every 90 days since, has had a vast impact on the U.S. health-care system. The declaration has dramatically expanded public health insurance through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.

☆ U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. Covid public health emergency will remain in place past Jan. 11 after the federal government did not notify states or health-care provides on Friday of any intent to lift the declaration. In October, HHS extended the public health emergency until Jan. 11. Public health officials are expecting another Covid surge this winter as people gather more indoors where the virus spreads easier. The declaration has dramatically expanded public health insurance through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Correction: HHS clarified that public health emergency remains in place for at least another 60 days, which is mid January.

☆ Uninsured kids will still receive Covid vaccines for free after shots move to commercial market
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The CDC's independent advisors voted unanimously on Wednesday to include Covid shots authorized for kids by the Food and Drug Administration in the federal government's Vaccines for Children program. The Vaccines for Children program provides vaccines to kids under age 19 whose families cannot afford them. The federal government has been providing Covid vaccines to everyone in the U.S. for free during the pandemic. Dr. Jeanne Santoli, a CDC official, said the public health agency will start awarding contracts for health care providers to give the Covid shots for free to uninsured kids. The decision to include Covid shots in the free vaccine program will prove crucial to maintaining access for many children.

☆ Millions at risk of losing health insurance if U.S. ends Covid public health emergency in January
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

The Health and Human Services Department will give the public 60 days notice before lifting the public health emergency, Becerra said. The health emergency also allowed millions of people to receive increased food benefits through the federal government's nutrition program. When the public health emergency does end, HHS estimates up to 15 million people will be disenrolled from Medicare and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Millions to lose Medicaid coverageThe most dramatic impact from ending the public health emergency will fall on people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Trump administration Health Secretary Alex Azar activated the FDA's emergency authorization powers in March 2020, about two months after first declaring the public health emergency.

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