Allynne Noelle: Ballerina Gets Insured
Ballerinas risk injury and high health care costs every time they perform. Allynne Noelle, 32, principal ballerina with the Los Angeles Ballet, says the new health care law offers some relief.
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Restaurant Owner Struggles To Afford Health Insurance
Sandra Lopez, 41, owns Las Fajitas, a popular Mexican restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. She has to make decisions about health insurance coverage for her family and her business under the Affordable Care Act.
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Florida’s Largest Health Insurer Is Raising Exchange Rates An Average Of 17.6 Percent
Florida Blue cites cost impact of older and less healthy adults who use more services.
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Good News On California ACA Rates. But Why?
Two top insurance officials in California have competing theories on what's keeping prices in check for 2015.
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A Reader Asks: With Job-Based Coverage, Can I Still Qualify For Cost-Sharing Subsidies
KHN's consumer columnist Michelle Andrews explains that if the insurance offered through an employer is considered affordable, you can't qualify for the health law's program to provide financial help to cover costs such as deductibles and co-payments.
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House Panel Focuses ‘Microscope’ On Marketplace Open Enrollment
House members examined concerns raised in a GAO report about the healthcare.gov website during a subcommittee hearing Thursday. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and CQ Roll Call's Melissa Attias discuss.
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Consumers asked to verify income, other information – or risk losing government subsidies for health insurance
The HHS is contacting hundreds of thousands of people with subsidized health plans bought under the ACA to verify their eligibility,
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Report Touches Off Fight Over Future Of Doctor Training Program
Lawmakers may split over the Institute of Medicine's proposals to redirect funding.
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As Ballet Stretches Her Body’s Limits, Insurance Brings Peace of Mind
When you pirouette for a living, injury is nearly certain. But one veteran says coverage under the nation's health law provided some relief.
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California Makes Significant Progress In Enrolling Previously Uninsured, Survey Finds
But more than 40 percent of those who lacked coverage last fall still don't have insurance.
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Expert Panel Recommends Sweeping Changes To Doctor Training System
Overhauling financing is seen as key to reforms.
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Medicare Experiment Could Signal Sea Change For Hospice
What happens when hospice patients can keep getting life-extending treatment? Palliative care expert Diane Meier discusses the new program.
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Good News For Boomers: Medicare’s Hospital Trust Fund Appears Flush Until 2030
But the fund that pays disability benefits needs help fast.
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Limitations Of New Health Plans Rankle Some Enrollees
Consumer groups complain people have been misled about the narrow networks of hospitals and doctors in their plans. Insurers say they are trying to hold down prices.