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COVID-19ās ālong haulersā ā patients with lingering effects of the disease ā have joined the ranks of Americans with preexisting conditions. For those shopping for health coverage on the individual market, hereās help navigating an uncharted insurance landscape.
It was a surprise even in a family of lawyers. The process called āsubrogationā began with one Nevada familyās health insurer denying their claim for an emergency room visit after 9-year-old fell off his bike.
Experts say President Trumpās claim that COVID deaths are being overcounted is inaccurate. Most agree they are undercounted. Hereās what we know about COVID death numbers so far.
The Affordable Care Actās future is uncertain and thereās no end in sight to the pandemic. Still, the 2021 insurance year is marked by stability.
The presidentās doctors have used HIPAA ā the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ā as a shield to avoid questions about the presidentās COVID-19 diagnosis.
Approval of a vaccine will be an important step in defeating COVID-19. But it wonāt immediately end the pandemic.
The help is real ā but access to it isnāt easy.
Pop-up care facilities bring together a range of specialists to address the needs of patients who survive but continue to wrestle with COVID-19ās physical or mental effects, including lung damage, heart or neurological concerns, anxiety and depression.
The legislation falls short of the big challenge.
A robust sign-up for flu shots could help head off a nightmare scenario in the coming winter of hospitals stuffed with both COVID-19 patients and those suffering from severe effects of influenza. Plus, no one knows how flu and COVID might interact if a patient got both.
The statistic is accurate but experts say other factors make it difficult to say indicators to think about that make it hard to say it's a "huge win."
Criminals are finding ways to reap gains under the guise of this public health intervention.
We gathered tips from experts on what to look for ā masks are a constant theme ā when trying to decide if you will be comfortable visiting various establishments.
Experts say aid from certain veterinary labs could relieve some of the pressure on commercial and hospital-based labs to lessen the current delays in COVID-19 testing and results, but it is unlikely to be a game changer.
Additional guidance issued late last month by the Trump administration added to the confusion. Some consumers may find themselves unexpectedly on the hook for the cost of a test.
Recently, the idea has triggered a lot of conspiracy-theory talk. But itās actually a tried-and-true public health tool being applied to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The speech by the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee was delivered the same day the Trump administration reaffirmed its support of a lawsuit that would invalidate all of the Affordable Care Act, including the law's preexisting condition protections.
Americans who had coronavirus symptoms in March and April are getting big hospital bills ā because they were not sick enough to get then-scarce COVID tests. Some insurers say they are trying to correct these bills, but patients may have to put up a fight.
With stay-at-home orders in place, hospitals experimented with delivering many treatments to patients where they lived. They were a success. As society reopens, the return of old payment practices may prevent the adoption of this new, efficient model of care.
But some of those options, like special enrollment periods, are time-sensitive.
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