Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts President and CEO Andrew Dreyfus published an opinion article in The Hill calling for all healthcare stakeholders to collaborate for universal coverage.
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New York City-based Fordham University is requiring all undergraduates to enroll in a health plan provided by the university or prove they have adequate health coverage to attend classes, according to The Observer.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched an initiative to address the state's low number of mental health providers.
California is set to become the first state to offer healthcare coverage to some adults living illegally in the country, according to USA Today.
The ACA has helped eliminate disparities in cancer care and connect patients to treatment earlier, according to two new studies cited by Newsweek.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) Opioid Task Force released recommendations on May 30th, 2019 calling on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.
Gold Coast Health Plan, which administers Medicaid benefits in California, is looking into providing more board meeting information in Spanish and English after facing allegations of discrimination, according to the Ventura County Star.
HCSC Ventures, the wholly owned investment firm of Blues parent Health Care Service Corp., led a $42 million funding round for Solera Health, a social determinants of health startup.
The Mississippi Hospital Association proposed offering residents who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to receive subsidies on the ACA individual market a health plan similar to Medicaid for $20 a month, according to local NBC…
About 30.4 million Americans were uninsured in 2018, roughly 1.1 million more than recorded the previous year, according to the CDC.