Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity
By Michelle Andrews | KFF Health News
January 6, 2025
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Health insurance often skips coverage for sex-related prescriptions
Medicare and many private insurers don’t cover drugs that are prescribed to treat problems people have engaging in sex.
February 24, 2019
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Surprise billing law pleases patients, frustrates doctors
"The problem is AB-72 is creating imbalances in the health care marketplace."
December 5, 2019
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The most vulnerable group in New York's measles outbreak
Measles cases in NY have been concentrated among children from Orthodox Jews.
March 11, 2019
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How a broken nose from a boating accident led to a $167,000 plastic surgery bill
“We were panicked.”
May 6, 2019
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How noncompete agreements impact doctors and patients
Contracts with so-called restrictive covenants are now common in medicine.
March 19, 2019
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Employers relying less on high-deductible health plans
A more generous plan with a deductible can be an attractive recruitment tool.
October 29, 2019
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When cancer strikes the young, infertility can result; now states act to help
Treatment for cancer and other serious conditions involves toxic chemotherapy drugs, radiation and surgery that can cause infertility in women and men.
October 17, 2018
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