A Single Insurer Holds Obamacare Fate In Two States
Where did the insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act struggle the most? The answer lies in commerce, not politics.
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Where did the insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act struggle the most? The answer lies in commerce, not politics.
Surveys show Americans would prefer not to die in a hospital. Yet, in New York City, the majority of people do. But the "why" is not simple - a variety of of factors create this culture.
As the Florida county negotiates health insurance changes with labor unions, it isn't allowed to know the prices its own insurance plan administrator negotiates with providers, even though it's self-insured and the claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
Although efforts by the federal and state governments are forcing insurers to cover costly treatments, patients who turn 21 "fall off a cliff."
Price transparency efforts in the Granite State help consumers and employers ask smarter questions.
After Vidant Pungo Hospital was shuttered this summer, physicians and patients in this rural North Carolina town fear for their future.
Comprehensive report on end-of-life care says both medicine and society need to change "to make those final days better."
Insurers try to avoid conflict with church positions on contraception by using third parties to provide coverage.
Hollywood center taps medical authorities to answer producers' questions on everything from autism to tuberculosis.
The federal-state program, called CHIP, is funded only for another year under the law, and advocates worry that without it, some kids may suffer.
The price a consumer pays for a medical procedure can vary significantly -- often with little difference in quality.
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act seek to curb individual states from setting new mandates requiring insurers to cover specific care but many local legislators are trying to work around that.
Like many employers across the country, Miami-Dade County isn't allowed to know the prices its own insurance administrators negotiate with healthcare providers, even though the county is self-insured and workers' claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
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