/tags/health-insurance health insurance en-US Copyright Sun, 16 Mar 2025 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-01-21/why-therapist-dropped-insurance More mental healthcare providers are turning away from insurance companies. Here's how to afford your care. Sun, 16 Mar 2025 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-01-21/why-therapist-dropped-insurance /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-08-29/ohio-bill-health-insurance-cost-sharing-copay-accumulators A coalition of patient advocacy groups and health care provider organizations are pushing for passage of an Ohio bill that would reform health insurers' copay policies. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-08-29/ohio-bill-health-insurance-cost-sharing-copay-accumulators /health/2023-05-23/new-kentucky-pilot-programs-test-prescribing-food-as-medicine What if doctors actually prescribed food as medicine, and patients' health insurance covered it? The University of Kentucky's new Food as Health Alliance is testing out ways to do that. Tue, 23 May 2023 16:03:46 GMT /health/2023-05-23/new-kentucky-pilot-programs-test-prescribing-food-as-medicine Morgan Watkins /news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2023-04-17/teen-with-life-threatening-depression-finally-found-hope-then-insurance-cut-her-off Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, Medical Mutual of Ohio stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:00:50 GMT /news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2023-04-17/teen-with-life-threatening-depression-finally-found-hope-then-insurance-cut-her-off Rhitu Chatterjee /news-from-npr/2022-12-12/how-medicare-advantage-plans-dodged-auditors-and-overcharged-taxpayers-by-millions A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:00:46 GMT /news-from-npr/2022-12-12/how-medicare-advantage-plans-dodged-auditors-and-overcharged-taxpayers-by-millions Fred Schulte, Holly K. Hacker /health/2022-08-22/marketplace-plans-deny-in-network-claims-more-than-you-might-think Having health insurance doesn’t always mean the care you need will be covered, even if that care is provided in-network. Consumers have a right to appeal denied claims, but federal data shows very few people do. Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:59:18 GMT /health/2022-08-22/marketplace-plans-deny-in-network-claims-more-than-you-might-think Christine Herman /show/cincinnati-edition/2021-11-30/how-to-pick-health-insurance-plan-affordable-care-act What you need to know about insurers changing their COVID coverage options. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:02:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2021-11-30/how-to-pick-health-insurance-plan-affordable-care-act /ohio-news/2019-12-09/change-to-insurance-process-could-connect-cancer-patients-to-treatment-faster Ohio lawmakers are proposing a bill that would eliminate an insurance provision known as "step therapy" for people diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:41:37 GMT /ohio-news/2019-12-09/change-to-insurance-process-could-connect-cancer-patients-to-treatment-faster Andy Chow /ohio-news/2019-10-31/dewine-says-addressing-increase-in-uninsured-children-is-a-priority There are about 133,000 children in Ohio that do not have health care insurance, according to a report from the Georgetown University Center for... Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:20:47 GMT /ohio-news/2019-10-31/dewine-says-addressing-increase-in-uninsured-children-is-a-priority Andy Chow /health/2017-12-05/affordable-care-act-what-you-need-to-know-about-enrollment Approximately three million people have signed-up for health insurance for 2018 through the Healthcare.gov marketplace since open enrollment began… Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:00:05 GMT /health/2017-12-05/affordable-care-act-what-you-need-to-know-about-enrollment