The good news is that quality health care coverage is now more affordable than ever before, thanks to the new and increased financial help from the...
Special enrollment is underway and lasts through December 31. Any eligible Californian can sign up without needing to have a qualifying life event – for example,...
“No one should live in fear of being denied the lifesaving care they are entitled to, especially as our nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely not to have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The voice of working-class and middle-class Americans have been drowned out by lobbyists and special interest groups. This, combined with the astronomical cost...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While Black women get breast cancer at a lower rate than white women, we are 42 percent more likely to die from it....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Census Bureau released this week its annual report on health insurance coverage, showing that while nearly 2 million people nationwide are losing...
FLORIDA COURIER — After a health insurance change forced Bernard Macon to cut ties with his Black doctor, he struggled to find another African American physician online....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A report released Sunday shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the scourge that Republicans make it out to be. In...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the American Cancer Society, Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung cancer. African-American...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In recent times, more and more grandparents, primarily grandmothers, are taking on the responsibility of being the primary caretaker of their grandchildren. In...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The best way to ring in 2019 is by getting the peace of mind that comes with having health insurance for you and...
(Time) – As the number of elderly Americans soars, Medicare is testing improved benefits for seriously ill seniors. Medicare recently announced new rules that may ease...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact...
(Miami Herald) – Consumers with health insurance shouldered more of the expense for their medical care in 2014, but Florida and nearly every other state did little...
(Morning Ticker) – Recently we reported on the FDA’s decision to approve Entresto, a new drug from Novartis that has shown an astonishing 20 percent reduction...
By Manny Otiko, California Black Media In 1998, San Pedro resident Alaina Howard was diagnosed with Takayasu’s arteritis, a disease that narrows and obstructs...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Centene has jumped into the mix of managed-care companies scrambling to bulk up as the health care overhaul changes their business...
By David Sayen People ask me all kinds of questions about Medicare. One of the most frequent concerns is whether they should sign up for...
CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the country, relief was the dominant emotion among consumers who get help from the government to lower...
CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the country, relief was the dominant emotion among consumers who get help from the government to lower...
EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans wanted the Supreme Court to side with the government on whether the federal government could continue subsidizing...
EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans wanted the Supreme Court to side with the government on whether the federal government could continue subsidizing...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — His health care legacy secure, President Barack Obama cast Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare as a historic and...