The drugmaker has the best-selling vaccine to prevent covid and the most effective drug to treat it. Its success has overshadowed the government’s covid-fighting strategy.
Across the nation, states are reacting to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, overturning Roe v. Wade, by implementing bans or protecting access to abortion. It is now up to each state to establish laws protecting or restricting abortion in the absence of a federal standard.
This analysis of transparency data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that 18% of in-network claims were denied by healthcare.gov marketplace insurers in 2020, with denial rates varying widely from less than 1% to more than 80%. Consumers appealed just over one-tenth of 1% of those denied claims.
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“There’s a long history of abortion being a contentious element of debates over health care coverage and financing, and that’s likely to be even more true going forward," said Larry Levitt, KFF's executive vice president for health policy.
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