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Currently, policies provide only skimpy coverage for these services, which are often expensive. But this is an issue that regulators are wrestling with as they determine what conditions should be included in plans under the health law.
Few people have advance directives and even when they do, the documents often don't cover the exact situation, leaving loved ones to make critical decisions in a void.
Leaders of health industry trade groups received big pay packages during 2009 as Congress debated the overhaul law affecting their members.
Millions of Americans might be eligible for rebates starting in 2012 under regulations released Monday detailing the health care law's requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of their revenue on direct medical care.
Pursuing health reforms that transform current health insurance arrangements into aproaches based on defined contributions will set in motion a competitive dynamic from which all Americans would benefit.
In these specialized units for premature infants or babies with special needs, the doctors and other personnel may not be under contract with an insurer's network even though the hospital is covered.
HHS released regulations on the medical loss ratio, a provision in the health law that requires insurers spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars of health care. Meanwhile, before the Senate adjourned for Thanksgiving it passed a one-month 'patch' to prevent physicians who see Medicare patients from having their payments reduced.
Mark Hayes, the former minority chief health counsel on the Senate Finance Committee, reflects on the pressure to find a compromise.
One day after unveiling new minimum medical spending rules for health plans, Obama administration officials took insurers to task for claiming premium increases result from the new law.
The Obama administration's proposed rule would require health insurers to explain in detail any rate increase of 10 percent or more in 2011.
Text of President Obama's proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services.
A new survey from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) finds doctors aren't actually following through on threats to drop seniors from their patient rosters - at least not yet.
The Department of Health and Human Services released regulations Monday dealing with the medical loss ratio, a provision in the health law that requires insurers spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars of health care. Meanwhile, before the Senate adjourned for Thanksgiving the chamber passed a one-month patch to prevent physicians who see Medicare patients from having their payments reduced. The House is expected to approve the measure on Nov. 29 when it returns from the Thanksgiving break.
The new health law appears to threaten the future of many health insurance brokers, but they say the service they provide is worth the money.
In 2011 many new provisions of the health law kick in, providing benefits for many and potential new costs for some others.
For years, the state paid private providers who care for people with disabilities to handle their clients' case management. But an 11th-hour change inserted into the budget last session stripped them of that responsibility, giving it instead to quasi-governmental Mental Retardation Authorities - and potentially creating a conflict of interest.
Given the complexity of these high-cost policies, experts agree it's tough to decide whether they're right for you.
New documents reveal that the drug industry's chief lobbyists, PhRMA, raised and spent at least $101.2 million in 2009 during the contentious health care debate.
KHN interviews Dr. Arthur Garson, Jr., on health care sound bites and myths. He says that the massive amount of confusion plaguing reform efforts confirms just how pervasive such myths can be.
State insurance regulators have defined one of the thorniest provisions of the new health overhaul law: the requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of revenue on direct medical care.
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