In 2023’s enrollment period, 84% of eHealth customers chose an MA plan with a $0 monthly premium, versus 87% in 2022, eHealth’s annual Medicare Index Report found. This is the first time popularity in $0 premium plans has decreased since eHealth started conducting the report in 2018, when 63% of customers selected a no-premium plan.
With the Democrats leading the Senate and House, and Joe Biden installed as president, the Affordable Care Act will be restored and strengthened over the next four years, an expert from the Kaiser Family Foundation predicts.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Healthcare consumers are increasingly aware of specific therapies in development or on the market that can help treat the diseases they or their loved ones may be suffering from — and this growing awareness is changing the precision medicine arena.
Under health insurance exchanges, patients are bearing the burden of higher costs. More patients are now paying a higher percentage of their premiums than they have in earlier years. Many patients have only been responsible for a copay. However, most of the plans under the new exchanges require a patient to pay a yearly deductible. […]