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Winners And Losers In The Health Care Messaging War
The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism says that opponents of the health law prevailed at least in part because their positions were sharper and easier to understand.
HHS Reports 3.1 Million Young Adults Gained Coverage Under Health Law
The law’s provision requiring that insurers allow many adults under the age of 26 to stay on their parents’ plans is popular.
Congress Considers Medicare, FDA Proposals
The Senate Finance Committee is once again talking deficit reduction and Medicare as both houses are “poised” to pass an FDA bill.
Minn. AG Seeks To Expand Complaint Against Hospital Collection Company
In court papers, Minn. Attorney General Lori Swanson alleges a dozen new instances in which patients were “hustled with bedside collection visits” and led to believe “they had to pay before receiving care.”
Viewpoints: Health Law Can Be Intensely Personal; Insurers’ Promises Miss The Mark
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care policy from around the country.
Report: Sexual Orientation Still Affecting Access To Health Care
The Human Rights Campaign issued its annual evaluation of how hospitals and other health care facilities score on care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a new Associated Press poll that finds Americans want the president and Congress to work on another health overhaul package if the Supreme Court overturns the health law.
Obama Administration Finds 3.1 Million Young Adults Gained Coverage Under Law
More than 3 million young adults have gained insurance coverage under the health law, according to the latest government estimate. Obama administration officials touted the benefit Tuesday as an example of how the law is making a difference. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on its fate this month. “3.1 million [young adults] now […]
What’s At Stake For Medicare Beneficiaries In Supreme Court Decision
If the Supreme Court strikes down the health law, 49 million Medicare beneficiaries could lose a variety of benefits that have already kicked in.
What’s At Stake For Women If SCOTUS Overturns The Health Law
A provision in the health law requiring free contraceptive coverage has gotten most of the press, but much more is at stake for women if the Supreme Court strikes down the law.
Catholic Hospital Leader Defends Split With Obama Administration On Contraceptives
Catholic Health Association chief Sister Carol Keehan, a key ally of President Obama on the health law, said last week that the organization could not support a compromise on the free birth control provision of the law.
LGBT Community Still Has Hurdles In Health Care Equality
This year the Healthcare Equality Index, a report produced by the Human Rights Campaign that shows which hospitals and health care facilities score best on measures relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients, visitors and employees, is flashing some big numbers: A 40 percent increase in the number of health care facilities volunteering to participate in […]
Obama Administration Finds 3.1 Million Young Adults Gained Coverage Under Law
Obama administration officials touted the benefit as an example of how the health law is making a difference.
LGBT Community Still Has Hurdles In Health Care Equality
A new report also shows a 162 percent increase in the number of health care facility ‘leaders’ in LGBT care equality.
Some Health System Changes Will Stay, No Matter How SCOTUS Rules
Soaring costs, tight budgets, better technology and industry consolidation ensure health care won’t go back to 2009, no matter what the Supreme Court or Congress do.
Insurance Plan Cuts Waiting List for HIV Drugs
This story comes from Georgia Health News, an independent, nonprofit news service. In January, Georgia had the longest waiting list in the nation for people with HIV to receive government drug assistance. At that time, the state had 1,348 people waiting to join the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). Now, less than six months later, it’s […]
Today’s Headlines – June 19, 2012
Good morning! Here are your Tuesday morning headlines: The Associated Press/Washington Post: AP Sources: Obama Administration Would Move Ahead On Parts Of Health Law Left Intact By Ruling Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president’s health care law […]
Politics And Policies: What Scenarios Might Play Out If Court Topples Mandate Or Entire Law
News outlets offer predictions on everything from when the high court might rule to what the White House and congressional leaders are planning in response.
Examining The Decision’s Possible Impact On Voters, Access To Insurance Coverage
A new poll finds that regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, less than a majority of Americans will be happy with the outcome. Republican voters, however, are more open to the idea of the court nullifying part of the law. Meanwhile, even if the law is upheld, an estimated 26 million people will still go without insurance, including illegal immigrants and those eligible for Medicaid but who don’t enroll.
Wording In Contraception Conversations Marks Ideological Divides
Fighting over semantics prevails in conversations over both the FDA’s definition of what the “morning-after pill” does as well as the Obama administration’s rule that employers and insurers provide no cost contraception to their covered employees.