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By Wes VenteicherTwo major insurers are charging much more than others for several common HIV and AIDS medications in Illinois, drawing complaints from AIDS advocates that the companies may be trying to discourage high-cost patients from choosing their plans on the federal health insurance marketplace.Several standard treatments cost more than…

By Kim Krisberg"Established by the state." Those are the four words at the center of an upcoming Supreme Court case that could strip affordable health insurance coverage from millions of working families and result in billions of dollars in uncompensated care costs...."The motivation is to undermine the ACA and the…

By Kim Krisberg"Established by the state." Those are the four words at the center of an upcoming Supreme Court case that could strip affordable health insurance coverage from millions of working families and result in billions of dollars in uncompensated care costs....Jane Perkins, legal director for the National Health…

By Ed SilvermanIn a final rule issued last week concerning health benefits provided by the Affordable Care Act, the federal government noted that some health insurers are using "potentially discriminatory practices" against people with certain illnesses. As a result, they are paying more for their medicines.The U.S. Department of Health…

By Tom WilemonNursing home applications got so backed up when TennCare changed its processing system that administrators reported more than half of their patients did not get timely eligibility determinations.Jesse Samples, executive director of Tennessee Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes, told TennCare Director Darin Gordon in an…