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As of April 1, base health insurance rates for small businesses will increase, on average, just 1.8 percent. Four prominent economists discuss why the state is having success keeping premium costs down.
Seven organizations will receive a total of $639 million in federal low-interest loans to launch new health insurance plans in eight states, the federal government announced Tuesday.
Dr. Nortin Hadler argues in a new book that older Americans need to be more aggressive about challenging doctors on prescribed procedures. "People should want to know the likelihood that death will be postponed by doing something," he says.
Long-acting methods such as the IUD and the hormonal implant are nearly 100 percent effective and require no effort after insertion. But birth control pills are about 92 percent effective.
Proponents say the policy saves time and money, but critics fear people will be discouraged from seeking emergency room care when they need it.
In part two of analysis of the Supreme Court's upcoming decision on the health law, Stuart Taylor talks with Jackie Judd about the arguments each side is likely to make defending or against the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the agreement Senate and House negotiators reached today on the "doc fix," which avoids a cut in Medicare physician payment rates for the rest of the year.
In just over 5 weeks, the Supreme Court will hear challenges and defenses of the 2010 Affordable Care Act
Latest WBUR poll shows that 62 percent of residents support Massachusetts' health reform law, despite the drubbing it's taken during the Republican presidential primaries.
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