FAQ: High Court’s Hobby Lobby Ruling Cuts Into Contraceptive Mandate
The court says closely held corporations may be exempted from the health law's mandate that employer health plans cover certain types of contraception at no cost to the employee.
Search
Filter
9,941 - 9,960 of 15,468 Results
-
-
What The Hobby Lobby Decision Means For Employers
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and legal analyst Stuart Taylor discuss Monday's ruling on the health law's contraception mandate, examining what the decision could mean for future challenges to the law.
By alley -
Supreme Court Limits Contraceptive Mandate For Certain Employers
Critics of the 5-4 decision argued it curbs women's freedom to make appropriate contraceptive decisions.
By Julie Rovner -
-
Retooling Hospitals, One Data Point At A Time
The University of Utah improved quality and reduced costs by tracking each patient's care.
-
-
-
Getting Rural Patients Psychiatric Help Fast
Patients in rural hospitals often have to wait days to see a psychiatrist. South Carolina is a leader in turning that around.
-
A Reader Asks: Can New Employees Be Forced To Wait 90 Days For Coverage?
KHN's consumer columnist says a 90-day delay is allowed by the health law, but employees have other options to get through that time.
-
-
Health Care System Needs To Prepare For Global Warming
Dr. Al Sommer, the former dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who helped produce a new report on climate change, says changes expected this century could lead to many deaths and a strain on hospitals.
-
-
Shortage Of Saline Solution Has Hospitals On Edge
Manufacturers of the essential fluid say they won't be able to catch up with demand until next year.
-
-
ACA Hasn’t Boosted Use Of Mental-Health Care Services In Philly Region
Caregivers blame Pennsylvania's decision not to expand Medicaid, as well as the continued stigma of seeking such care.
-
-
Ohio Amish Reconsider Vaccines Amid Measles Outbreak
County health officials are scrambling to set up immunization clinics for thousands after 341 cases in Ohio have swept through the Amish communities in the central part of the state.
-
Advocates Worry Conn. Decision Could Undermine Autism Coverage
That state has defined autism behavioral therapy as a type of medical benefit not subject to the mental health parity law, a move that allows insurers more latitude to limit the benefits they offer.
-
Drug Discount Program Has Drugmakers Crying Foul
Hospitals and drug makers are waging a pitched battle over the program -- known as 340B -- that requires drug manufacturers to give steep discounts to hospitals that treat a large percentage of poor patients.
-