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In this episode of KHN’s What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call discuss President Donald Trump’s proposals to regulate prescription drug costs and the efforts to sell the plan to lawmakers and the public. Also, Rovner interviews emeritus regulation professor Timothy Jost in regards to the state of the Affordable Care Act. If you are not sure which referencing technique you are required to use, then ask your teacher or examine the relevant course info.

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Comedian Sandy Honig Decided to Barf Outside Of Insurance Company After Treatment Was Denied

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Sandy Honig vomits outside Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s office in Los Angeles.

After repeatedly being denied coverage for treatment that would help symptoms alleviate of the illness that had been causing her to vomit constantly for the last three years—sometimes making it impossible to keep even a cup of water down—Sandy Honig was, in her words, in a “very, very dark place and feeling hopeless.”

“It’s hard to get up in the morning when the first thing you have to do is drink a cup of water, and that makes you sick,” Honig told VICE News.

Honig suffers from gastroparesis, or partial paralysis of the stomach that prevents the stomach from fully emptying. “Anything that I eat or drink makes me really nauseous,” she told VICE News Thursday. “I don’t really eat meals… socially, sometimes that ends up happening, but then I always end up in the bathroom.”

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New insurer in Maine’s ACA marketplace to offer hybrid health insurance

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Starting this fall, Cumberland County residents will have the option of purchasing a new type of health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace that blends traditional insurance and direct primary care.

Taro Health – a new insurer based in Maine – is offering a potentially first-in-the-nation insurance model that is being teed up for next year. The company’s rates are approved, but plan filings have yet to be finalized by the Maine Bureau of Insurance, so the plans are not yet approved to sell insurance for 2023.

The insurer is targeting about 5,000 people who choose to pay their doctors directly and forgo traditional insurance, a model called direct primary care. Under direct primary care, patients pay out of pocket for routine doctor visits and the type of care that can be done in a doctor’s office, such as diagnosing and treating mild illnesses, some screenings, blood tests and

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Only information from the state on retiree health plan is ‘trust us’ | News

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CHAMPAIGN — It will be at least until after Labor Day before the state of Illinois retirees learn more about a pending decision that’s causing anxiety for many.

With six weeks to go before open enrollment begins for health coverage for Medicare-eligible state retirees, few details are available about what coverage the state may be making available.

After undergoing a request for proposals process required every decade, the state chose an Aetna PPO for retirees in every county but is currently in the midst of an appeal filed by UnitedHealthcare — the insurer currently offering a statewide PPO plan to state retirees through the end of this year.

Cathy Kwiatkowski, spokeswoman at the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, responded to an inquiry about the time frame for a decision by saying after Labor Day would be a good time to check back.

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California to protect health benefits for young immigrants

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 40,000 low-income adults living in the country illegally won’t lose their government-funded health insurance over the next year under a new policy announced Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.

California already pays for the health care expenses of low-income adults 25 and younger, regardless of their immigration status. A new law scheduled to take effect in January 2024 would extend those benefits to cover all adults who, but for their immigration status, would qualify for the state’s Medicaid program.

But between now and when that new law takes effect in 2024, about 40,000 young adults who already have Medicaid in California are expected to lose their benefits because they are older than 25. Monday, the state Department of Health Care Services announced it would continue to cover those young adults through the end of 2023 to make sure they won’t lose their benefits.

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