18+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1140+ words) For months, Medicare patients in Washington have struggled with delays and denials for medical treatments due to a new program that uses artificial intelligence to review care. Now, patients and their doctors are fed up and demanding changes. Lawmakers scrutinizing…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (479+ words) For the third year in a row, Washington insurance companies requested a double-digit rate increase for their individual health plans, reviving worries that the cost of coverage is becoming untenable. Health insurers are asking the state insurance commissioner to approve…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (878+ words) WASHINGTON " A federal pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to crack down on "wasteful" medical procedures is slowing and denying health care for senior citizens in Washington state who rely on Medicare, a Democratic senator told Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1736+ words) Ten years ago, Keith Magnuson could easily walk 6 miles a day. Today, he can barely manage 100 yards. The 83-year-old living in Seattle's Cedar Park neighborhood has a condition called lumbar spinal stenosis. Put simply, the lower part of his spinal…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (147+ words) After a monthlong impasse, Kootenai Health and Regence Blue Shield have come to an agreement to keep North Idaho patients in-network. Approximately 23, 000 people with Regence insurance have received care at a Kootenai Health facility in the past 12 months and are…...