About health insurance/insurers
Jury finds BCBS Louisiana shortchanged surgical center by $400M “BCBS Louisiana was accused of shortchanging the center on thousands of breast reconstruction surgeries. The jury determined that BCBS committed fraud when it authorized around 7,800 surgeries from 2015 to 2023 and then paid only about 9% of the related claims.”
Affordable Care Act Marketplace Coverage for the Self-Employed and Small Business Owners A good review from the Treasury Department.
Employees prioritize better health benefits over higher salary, survey finds “…more than half of employed Americans strongly or somewhat agree they would take a lower salary for employer contributions to health savings and spending accounts (59%), and better access to voluntary benefit offerings such as critical illness, hospital indemnity, disability income and accident insurance (54%)."
About the public’s health
Pentagon to spend $500M on women’s health research “First lady Jill Biden announced Monday that the Pentagon intends to commit $500 million to women’s health research as part of a broader White House push to increase funding for the study of women’s health.”