Obamacare Insurance Co-ops At The Starting Gate
The health law created 24 nonprofit, insurance company startups that will compete with long established companies starting next month.
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Two Types of Subsidies To Help Cover Costs Will Be Available
Lower-income buyers may get help paying the premium and help on covering expenses such as deductibles and co-payments.
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A Road To Health? Rural Alaska Town Argues For Access
A road in King Cove, Alaska would give 1,000 residents better access to emergency health care, but it would slice through a wildlife refuge. The decision rests with new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who toured the town in late August.
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Pennsylvania Governor Weighing Medicaid Expansion If Tied To Changes
Corbett's spokeswoman indicates he might support the health law's expansion if he could make alterations to how the existing program works.
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‘Peers’ Seen Easing Mental Health Worker Shortage
Peer programs such as Georgia's "certified peer specialist" licenses could become especially important once the Affordable Care Act takes effect early next year.
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Rural Hospitals in Texas Wary of Proposed Medicare Cuts
A federal proposal to reduce the number of hospitals that carry the 'critical access' designation could cost 60 Texas hospitals that status, along with their enhanced Medicare reimbursements, potentially jeopardizing their survival.
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Applying For Marketplace Coverage Will Also Determine Eligibility For Subsidies
Tax credits to help pay for premiums will be available to people earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $46,000 for an individual.
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One Woman Living Beneath A Georgetown Bridge Finds Her Way Home
Pathways to Housing offers the homeless health care services in addition to housing
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Nurse Practitioner’s Life Story Prepares Him To Work With Homeless
As a primary care clinician at a health care clinic in northeast D.C., Douglas Reed's life growing up in the neighborhood near the clinic prepared him to care for the residents there -- and the special needs they have.
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Pathways To Housing: One Woman’s Story
Two years ago Pathways to Housing helped a homeless Alicia O. find an apartment and get regular medical care, the first steps on her way to changing her circumstances, and improving her life.
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Texas Outbreaks Make a Case for Vaccinations
A recent rash of measles and whooping cough cases has spurred calls for new state legislation to change the immunization consent process.
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Consumers With Serious Medical Problems Need To Carefully Assess Total Plan Costs
The price of premiums isn't the only expense to consider when evaluating policies from the insurance marketplace.
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Checking The Facts Behind Obamacare Claims
FactCheck.org has gotten lots of questions about the law and has found that there's a lot of wrong information out there.
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