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A study finds that a third of adult patients discharged from a hospital don't see a physician within 30 days -- and experts say this is a key reason so many of them need to come back in.
Consumer columnist offers caution about the financial implications of that switch.
Census data show that about 25 percent of state residents lack health coverage in a state that has opted against the health law's expansion of Medicaid, the government health program for the poor and disabled.
The Seattle-based insurer and health provider won't cover abortions in plans it will sell in the new online marketplace but says women will be able to get the procedure without paying more.
The former acting administrator of CMS, now running for governor of Massachusetts, explains his "Letter to the People of England," a call for continuous learning to improve quality within Britain's National Health Service.
The National Business Group On Health's annual survey of large employers asked whether they expected various groups currently covered by their plans to choose the health law's new coverage in 2014.
With less than five weeks before the online exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act open for enrollment, insurers are using tools pioneered by political campaigns to identify potential customers and analyze their needs.
In a twist that wasn't intended by the authors of the federal Affordable Care Act, most of Missouri's poorest, working-age residents won't be eligible for government help because state lawmakers opted against expanding Medicaid.
Consumer columnist answers questions about marketplace operations.
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