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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said at a Senate hearing Wednesday that officials were advised to keep healthcare.gov open while fixing problems and also fielded criticism of President Obama's promise that if Americans like their old health plans they can keep it. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and CQ HealthBeat's Rebecca Adams discuss.
Barring insurers from rejecting people with medical problems or charging them more is the biggest of several factors affecting premiums.
A Stateline survey indicates at least 1.5 million people have already signed up or have been pre-qualified for expanded Medicaid in the 19 states that have provided counts.
Unions want their plans exempted from the reinsurance tax, but the Obama administration may not do so until 2015.
Threatened with a legal action from the state, company says 80,000 customers can keep their plans through March 31.
The contractor running Connecticut's call center for its health insurance marketplace doesn't have to reveal how its pricing works.
Not a single person is enrolled yet in Oregon, where 7,300 applications have been filed, all on paper.
Fall is generally the time when many people who get insurance through their job re-enroll. Higher deductibles and dependent care costs, and financial incentives for wellness activities, lead trends.
Many health plans being offered on the New York State insurance marketplace do not include some of New York City's biggest hospitals in their networks. And across the state, many doctors say they are not yet participating in exchange plans at all.
Health officials are counting on physicians to help educate patients about new insurance options under the health law. But like everyone else, doctors have differing opinions about Obamacare.
With the federal exchanges still not working well, some uninsured people are turning to local groups to figure what to do. In Florida, a lack of coordination among different agencies is leaving room for dubious outfits to enter the scene.
The health law is being blamed for policy cancellations and replacement rate shock. But in Alabama, some say a lack of competition among insurance companies is a big part of the problem.
A study finds missing and inadequately reported information about adverse events.
IHS services don't meet the requirements of the law, but many Native Americans and Alaska natives are exempted from the individual mandate.
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