Medicare and Medicaid will pay for any COVID-19 vaccine authorized or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the future, according to a new policy announced Wednesday.
As the country combats the pandemic, millions are struggling with their employment status. There are currently more than a million people in Texas who are struggling with health care over the loss of the employment-based-insurance coverage. Many are awaiting the reopening to find jobs and regain their financial losses. Businesses are hopeful as they slowly open their doors to the public.
People who tend to work in low-income service jobs are the ones possibly exposed to COVID-19, but they don't have health insurance to cover the treatment should they become infected.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders disclosed his “Medicare-for-all” plan, which the Vermont senator says will save the country $6 trillion over the next 10 years.
Medi-Cal enrollees who are Spanish-speakers, Asian-American, ill and the disabled are most likely to face difficulty when searching for a doctor who will accept them as a patient, according to a recently published study.
California's low-income residents are most likely to benefit from Medicaid expansion. While states like Texas, Virginia and Wyoming don't allow qualified immigrants to receive Medicaid.
The Affordable Care Act has had a profound effect on the historically underinsured Latino community, as the percentage of uninsured American Latinos lacking health coverage, ages 19 to 64, dropped from 36 percent to 23 percent between summer 2013 and spring 2014.
With the Affordable Care Act implemented and the direct expansion of Medicaid, hospital emergency rooms have seen an increase in patients seeking medical attention.
March 31 has come and gone, and the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period has concluded. Now there are 8 million newly insured individuals, many of whom are confused about what this means for them.
Despite the recently launched Affordable Care Act providing limited access for undocumented immigrants to Medicaid and private health insurance companies, the federal law prohibits them from those programs.
