An estimated 110,000 trans teenagers live in states that ban gender-affirming care for minors. Some travel huge distances every few months to keep getting their treatment out-of-state.
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More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows
Researchers with the Trevor Project analyzed data from 61,000 transgender and nonbinary young people. They found that after states passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws, young people in those states were more like to attempt suicide.
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A new approach to employer health care? Give workers money to buy their own plan
Some companies are trying something new: Instead of offering a group health insurance plan, they’re giving workers a contribution to buy their own individual plans.
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‘I Don’t Want to Die.’ He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would give him access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
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Abortion providers — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting
Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away — and are expanding in response.
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Amid Medicaid’s ‘unwinding,’ many states work to expand health care access
States have been culling their Medicaid rolls since pandemic coverage protections expired last year. But more than a dozen states have also expanded access for lower-income people, including children.
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California tries but fails to fix a major Medicare loophole for seniors
Seniors choosing Medicare Advantage plans for the first time often don’t realize they might get locked out of traditional Medicare for good. But changing this problem must be done state by state.
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Rogue ACA insurance agents could face criminal charges under a proposed law
Consumers, without their consent, are being enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans or their coverage is switched. A powerful U.S. senator has introduced legislation to curb the growing problem.
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Misleading ads part of schemes to gin up unauthorized ACA sign-ups, lawsuit alleges
Online ads touted free money for groceries to help lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in health insurance or unknowingly switched from their plans, a new lawsuit alleges.
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Medicare explores a new way to support caregivers of dementia patients
The government is launching an experimental program to ease the burden on caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s. The idea is to keep patients healthier without exhausting their families.
