Health & Wellness

TL/DR - The Alaska Legislature has passed a bill to legalize subscription-based healthcare, enabling primary care providers to offer services for a monthly fee without involving insurance companies. The bill, which is supported by conservative groups as a way to reduce healthcare costs, is the fifth measure adopted by the Legislature this year…

TL/DR - A study from UC Davis Health’s Department of Emergency Medicine suggests that high-quality emergency care for children may involve fewer CT scans. The study validates intra-abdominal injury (IAI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) prediction rules established by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, aimed at reducing…

TL/DR - The U.S. healthcare system is complicated, expensive, and leaves about 26 million people without coverage, despite improvements made through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. The ACA fell short due to the removal of the so-called public option, a government-run plan meant to compete with private insurance, which still has potential…

TL/DR - Sentara Health Plans, previously known as Optima Health, is under investigation by the U.S. government over allegations that it misleadingly increased premiums in Virginia in 2018 and 2019. The suspect increases occurred after Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield withdrew from the 2018 Affordable Care Act marketplace, leaving Sentara as the sole…