Premiums in employer plans still edging up, national survey finds
Employer premiums for family health insurance rose by a modest 5 percent this year, a rate that still exceeds the increases in wages and...
Many Georgia kids face barriers to health insurance, medical care
More than 80 percent of uninsured Georgia children were eligible for coverage in government health insurance programs in 2016, but were not enrolled, a...
Medicaid expansion would benefit rural areas the most, report says
The potential impact from Medicaid expansion would be bigger in rural Georgia than in urban areas of the state, according to a new report...
Where people live longer — and where they don’t
Life expectancy at an English Avenue neighborhood address, in a low-income section of Atlanta, is 63.6 years.
But less than 10 miles away, an address...
Abrams health plan focuses on premiums, access; Kemp fires back
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams rolled out a multi-pronged approach to improving Georgia health care Monday, including a familiar push for Medicaid expansion and...
New Medicare cards are arriving: How to protect them, avoid scams
We often get new cards in the mail, from credit to retail to random discounts, many of them unwanted. But there’s a very important card...
Pre-existing conditions: Prevalence and insurance protections
A new analysis finds major variations between the estimates of people with pre-existing conditions in U.S. metropolitan areas – even within a state.
Those disparities...
Unusual but welcome: Two health insurers opt to cut exchange rates
Two of the four health insurers in the 2019 Georgia insurance exchange, in a surprising move, are set to make reductions in monthly premiums...
Blue Cross of Georgia changing its name
The largest health insurer in Georgia is changing its name. But it’s not a total revamp.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia is going...
Georgia Tech teams with ‘big data’ experts to study medical imaging
“Big data’’ health care analytics are the focus of a new program at Georgia Tech.
Last week, the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman...
Personal health: Hippocrates never heard of it, but I got it
Text neck?
That was the initial diagnosis from my chiropractor. And after momentary confusion, I figured it out.
“Text neck” is what she called the stiffness...
Cancer report ranks Georgia low, cites state’s tobacco tax, funding
Georgia earned high marks in just two of nine categories related to fighting cancer, according to a recent report.
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action...