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Say What? Many Patients Struggling To Learn The Foreign Language Of Health Insurance
Decoding premiums, co-insurance, co-pays and deductibles has some people reeling
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What’s At Stake For Birth Control In Upcoming SCOTUS Decision
Many health plans could be affected by the coming high court ruling on cases challenging the mandate to provide specific types of contraception.
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A Reader Asks: As An Immigrant In The U.S. Illegally, Can I Buy Insurance?
KHN's consumer columnist explains that the health law's online marketplaces are not an option, but other private insurance may be.
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For Women Just Out Of Jail, Health Care Could Be Key To Better Life
Sheriff in San Francisco wants to make sure the 30,000 prisoners who come through the jail system every year have health insurance on the day they're released.
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Michigan To Reward Medicaid Enrollees Who Take ‘Personal Responsibility’
The state is among the first to use financial incentives to encourage enrollees to boost their health.
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Mass. Inches Toward Health Insurance For All
The latest analysis shows that Massachusetts is close to having most of its eligible residents insured, some eight years after Gov. Mitt Romney signed its landmark state law. But a failed website has delayed the processing of applications, and some of those waiting may yet decide not to buy health plans.
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School Nurses’ Role Expands With Access To Students’ Online Health Records
In a few districts, doctors and hospitals are making their records available to school health officials to help provide better care for children with chronic conditions.
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Budget Referees Make It Harder To Evaluate Obamacare Costs
The Congressional Budget Office will no longer evaluate the fiscal implications of some parts of the Affordable Care Act, partly because of all the changes made during implementation. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and The Fiscal Times' Eric Pianin discuss.
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Coast-to-Coast Health Care Woe: Cost
On a reporter's cross country road trip, Americans talk about all the health policy highlights
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More Than 1.7 Million Consumers Still Wait For Medicaid Decisions
Technological glitches at the federal and state levels and inadequate staffing have delayed eligibility determinations.
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A Reader Asks: Where Can My Daughter Who Turns 26 Mid-Year Get Coverage?
KHN's consumer columnist offers several suggestions to a mother worried about her adult child "aging off" the family's work-based insurance.
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Letters To The Editor: The 15-Minute Doctor-Patient Relationship; Issues Of Costs, Medical Debts And Unnecessary Procedures; Physicians’ Examination Skills; And Other Thoughts
This periodic KHN feature highlights readers' thoughts and reactions to KHN original stories.
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