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One of the most successful initiatives in the Affordable Care Act has been the effort to sign up patients to be covered by Medicaid under an expanded program. Now comes the hard part: facing up to challenges brought on by having so many more people in the program.
KHN's consumer columnist says details about reporting insurance status have yet to be released by the government but will be part of federal tax returns next year.
President says others have been denied the law's benefits because many states haven't expanded Medicaid.
The president also announced that 35 percent of people who enrolled on the federally run healthcare.gov marketplace are under age 35.
A 39-year-old Philadelphia day care teacher, made three monthly premium payments at more than three times the subsidized rate just to make sure she was covered. And her insurance has still been canceled three times
Expert panels suggest those with less serious liver disease wait for drugs in development.
Some of Missouri's working poor have had no dental coverage since benefits were cut in 2005.
With a climate especially bad for asthmatics, Missouri has been a pioneer in fighting the disease.
The federal government hasn't been counting the number of people who buy non-exchange plans directly from insurance carriers -- and that number could be substantial.
Both opponents and supporters complain that consumers cannot easily see whether the policies will pay for abortion services.
The health law set national rules for appealing a denied claim, and advocates say consumers should take advantage of them.
In the "Choosing Wisely" campaign, medical specialty societies have published lists of procedures that doctors and patients should consider skeptically. But some groups overlooked their own dubious, but profitable procedures.
Mary Chiu complained in 2011 that her elderly mother suffered terribly from poor care in a nursing home. Hers is among hundreds of cases that remain unresolved due to a backlog of investigations in Los Angeles County.
The cabinet member who shepherded the implementation of the health law told the president last month that she wanted to leave after open enrollment was finished, a White House official says.
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