health insurance

South Carolina has a high percentage of uninsured residents. That's not helping the state's place among the most debt-burdened.

Many trans patients have trouble getting their insurers to cover gender-affirming care. One reason is transphobia within the U.S. health care system, but another involves how medical diagnoses and procedures are coded for insurance companies. Nationwide, health care providers use a list of diagnostic codes provided by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, or ICD-10. And many of those, advocates for transgender people say, haven’t caught up to the needs of patients.

Millions of older adults are having trouble making ends meet, especially during these inflationary times. Yet many don’t realize help is available, and some notable programs that offer financial assistance are underused.

We continue to uncover more doctors’ offices moving toward what has developed as a trend in healthcare over the past several years known as direct primary…

With the new tax law canceling the requirement for individuals to purchase health insurance, it seems the most obvious affected party in the whole…

Connecting with a doctor over a live video feed is becoming more common, but insurance coverage of telehealth varies widely. State Medicaid programs,…