Health care

Health policy experts say Affordable Care Act fraud exists, but they question the administration’s claims about the scale.

The premium increases stem in part from rising healthcare costs, including higher prices for medical care and expensive prescription drugs.

Bridget María Chesterton bristles at online comments about the Lindsay Clancy case suggesting postpartum psychosis is not a real disorder. Here’s her story.

Some Florida residents with chronic conditions fear they will be priced out of their plans as premiums soar, a move they say could be fatal.

One in five Florida residents are on Obamacare, but the state isn’t immune to skyrocketing premiums after federal tax credits were terminated earlier this year.

Medical providers are collecting larger shares of what patients might owe at a time when rising deductibles mean patients are owing more for care.

Rising health insurance costs are pushing some Americans to drop coverage, experts say. But as healthier people leave the insurance pool, premiums can continue to rise, creating a cycle that affects everyone.

The American Red Cross has declared only the second national blood supply crisis in its history, warning the U.S. has less than a one-day supply of type O blood.

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer’s disease in a markedly different way, by lowering the brain’s production of the protein tau.

A new analysis of early rate filings shows that Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing another year of double-digit premium increases.

Former Dallas Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland had Stage 1 CTE when he died by suicide last fall.

With an aging U.S. population and an existing caregiver shortage, healthcare experts say the end of TPS for Haitians will have a significant effect on the healthcare industry.

Popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are becoming much more affordable for millions of older adults starting Wednesday, July 1, as Medicare begins to cover them — for now.

A recent Supreme Court case resulted in the end of TPS for Haitians. Miami is home to one of the largest Haitian populations in the U.S. NBC6’s Steve Litz has more on the story.

Investigators say clinics billed millions of dollars for skin substitutes and wound care products that were never provided to patients.  

Investigators say Medicaid and Medicare thieves in South Florida bilked taxpayers for $27 million for everything from fake therapy to medical equipment patients never received. NBC6’s Julia Bagg reports.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, many adults on Medicaid will need to work, attend school or volunteer for at least 80 hours a month to keep their coverage.

CVS Caremark will resume covering the weight loss drug Zepbound this year after it removed it from its list of covered medications last year, drugmaker Eli Lilly said.

Conservatives have long argued they want to end transition care for minors, but federal policies have increasingly limited adult access.

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace could drop by nearly 5 million people this year. That’s according to a new analysis from the healthcare research nonprofit KFF published Tuesday.