"And 74% of people, on average, are losing coverage for "paperwork reasons," says Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform at KFF. She described some of those reasons.

"They didn't get the renewal notice in time. They didn't understand what they needed to do," says Tolbert. "Or they submitted the documents, but the state was unable to process those documents before their coverage was ended.""

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/03/1191416312/texas-medicaid-drops-82-percent-of-its-enrollees-since-april

#Medicaid #uninsured #healthinsurance

"In 18 states that began a post-pandemic review of their Medicaid rolls in April, health coverage was continued for about 1 million recipients and terminated for 715,000. Of those dropped, 4 in 5 were for procedural reasons, according to newly released data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."

Read through the end to see Medicaid call center wait times in a few different states.

https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-health-care-coverage-77d715bdb520316820d3cccbfda9cff7

#Medicaid #uninsured #healthinsurance

"If Adcox had developed breast or cervical cancer, she likely would have qualified for insurance coverage under a federal law that extends Medicaid eligibility to lower-income patients diagnosed with those two malignancies. For female patients with other types of cancer, as well as pretty much all male patients, the options are scant, especially in South Carolina and the 11 other states that haven’t yet implemented Medicaid expansion.."

https://khn.org/news/article/cancer-uninsured-barriers-to-care-medicaid/?_hsmi=253670128&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9rFxZ2aziPlre4dTA701P25uHyWf8cByOaMTcghKBxFc2RuMGELZcIvGifOKGhaz1MvK9X7cnXuJpzAE3FRkewr6DpGw

#healthcare #uninsured #Medicaid

#Monetary Tightening and U.S. #BankFragility in 2023: Mark-to-Market Losses and #Uninsured #Depositor Runs? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4387676 "We analyze U.S. banks’ asset exposure to a recent rise in the #InterestRates with implications for #FinancialStability #GlobalFinancialSystem #SystemicRisk #UnisuredDebt #SVB Us #BankingSystem

#SVB #bank #bailout should have a 25% #redemption #fee for #uninsured #losses.
#bailout #bailouts #banking #banks #fdic #fed #treasury #yellin

#SVB grew at a breakneck pace, nearly doubling deposits in just a year; nearly 90% of #SVB ’s deposits were #uninsured, making them more prone to flight in times of trouble since #FDIC doesn’t stand behind them chart @WSJecon https://cutt.ly/a82WYGJ

#SVB #HedgeFunds #Startups #Uninsured #CentsOnTheDollar I'm appalled that our startup community is being taken advantage of in this way! We must continue to protect our entrepreneurs from these unscrupulous hedge funds. We must also work to insure deposits so our entrepreneurs are protected from any future losses. #StartupSupport #SecureDeposits http://www.techmeme.com/230311/p14#a230311p14

Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices after years of outrage https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/eli-lilly-to-match-medicares-35-insulin-cost-cap-after-furor/ "Lilly said that people with commercial #insurance can ... have an automatic cap of $35 per month if they purchase their #insulin at participating retail pharmacies. People without insurance can go to htpps://InsulinAffordability.com and download a Lilly Insulin Value Program savings card to get insulin for $35 per month." Eli Lilly is more progressive than the current US administration. #uninsured #diabetes #diabetic

'Lilly said people without #insurance can find savings cards to receive #insulin for the same amount at its https://InsulinAffordability.com website.' #uninsured

#Lilly plans to slash some #insulin prices, expand cost cap https://apnews.com/article/insulin-diabetes-humalog-humulin-prescription-drugs-eli-lilly-lantus-419db92bfe554894bdc9c7463f2f3183? 'Patient advocates have long called for insulin price cuts to help #uninsured people who would not be affected by price caps tied to #insurance coverage.

'Lilly’s planned cuts “could actually provide some substantial price relief,” said Stacie Dusetzina, a health policy professor at Vanderbilt University who studies drug costs.'

New Online Tool Provides Health Snapshot of All 435 U.S. Congressional Districts #Congress #Healthcare #Data #Race #uninsured #medicare #AffordableCareAct #uninsured #govdocs https://www.bespacific.com/new-online-tool-provides-health-snapshot-of-all-435-u-s-congressional-districts/

#Uninsured rates have fallen since 2019: https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/uninsured-rates-among-americans-have-decreased But will it continue? https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/labor-shortages-and-medicaid-changes-will-lead-to-uneven-inpatient-volumes-moodys.html

The high cost of #ClimateChange. And what is really terrible: the high fraction of the cost that's #uninsured.

“La Niña conditions for the third year in a row increases the likelihood of #hurricanes in North America, #floods in Australia, #drought and #heatwaves in China, and heavier #monsoon rains in parts of South Asia. At the same time, climate change is tending to increase weather extremes, with the result that the effects sometimes complement each other.”

https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2023/natural-disaster-figures-2022.html

Sanders tells Moderna planned COVID vaccine price hike is ‘unacceptable corporate greed’ https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3807435-sanders-tells-moderna-planned-vaccine-price-hike-is-unacceptable-corporate-greed/ "Vaccines will still be **free to people with private insurance** once the public health emergency ends and the federal supply of vaccines runs out, though the cost will likely be reflected in premiums." #Covid #vaccines #greed #privatization #HealthInsurance #uninsured #Moderna

" Including #uninsured losses, the total cost of storms, droughts, earthquakes and fires last year was $270 billion.

Before 2005, , insured losses had never exceeded an annual $50 billion.

Direct losses stemming from [this year's flooding in #Pakistan] are estimated at $15 billion at least, with almost nothing insured."

But tell me again how climate action is so "expensive".

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/insured-losses-by-climate-change-exceeding-100-billion-a-year-report-11673302657361.html

@Tnicholsmd After all that #doctors, #nurses, and #HCW have been through with the #pandemic, the “non-profit” #capitalist #HealthcareCorporations keep squeezing harder. They are bloated with money for shiny new equipment and buildings that only people who can pay out of pocket can afford to use. #Uninsured, under insured, #poor #patients are SOL. So are providers who get pens, pizza parties, and t-shirts instead of #benefits and #CompetitivePay.

#Latinx make up one-third of people who qualify for health #insurance by remain #uninsured. The Inflation Reduction Act expands income requirements to allow more working families to qualify for tax subsidies to lower the amount they pay toward their #health plan: https://bit.ly/3YBErYW

In 2018, 62% of patients seeking abortion at Texas clinics had low incomes. Mean out-of-pocket costs were $634. One in 5 uninsured respondents delayed buying food to pay for abortion care.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35324260

#NICHDImpact #Abortion #LowIncome #Uninsured #Texas

#ActionAlert

From #MomsRising, https://MomsRising.org

The #InflationReductionAct caps #insulin at $35 for #Medicare recipients 65+. But thanks to pols & #BigPharma, millions of people with #diabetes on private insurance must still pay much more for insulin — often more than they can afford. And #uninsured people, forced to pay full price, likely can't afford even discounted care.

Tell #Congress to #savelives by capping insulin's cost. Sign the petition.

https://action.momsrising.org/sign/insulincaps

#activism

#New #report #shows #Texas has #highest #rate of #uninsured #children, other #health #disparities #hunger #poverty #lack of #access #underserved

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/new-report-texas-last-in-uninsured-children-other-health-disparities/269-401dbbd2-7f59-4953-8b71-2984dff5c718