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Fully paid up but still no coverage

By Robert Calandra, The Philadelphia Inquirer April 17, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A 39-year-old Philadelphia day care teacher, made three monthly premium payments at more than three times the subsidized rate just to make sure she was covered. And her insurance has still been canceled three times

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Focus On Marketplace Enrollment Overlooks Millions Who Bought Private Insurance

By Annie Feidt, APRN April 15, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The federal government hasn’t been counting the number of people who buy non-exchange plans directly from insurance carriers — and that number could be substantial.

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A Reader Asks: After I Was In The Hospital, Can I Buy Insurance To Cover My Bills?

By Michelle Andrews March 21, 2014 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s consumer columnist says insurance generally doesn’t apply to charges for hospital or doctors services from before you signed up, with one exception.

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Progress, Challenges As Medicaid Rolls Swell in Wash.

By Lisa Stiffler, The Seattle Times April 18, 2014 KFF Health News Original

One of the most successful initiatives in the Affordable Care Act has been the effort to sign up patients to be covered by Medicaid under an expanded program. Now comes the hard part: facing up to challenges brought on by having so many more people in the program.

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Waiting For Medicaid To Kick In

By Anna Gorman April 21, 2014 KFF Health News Original

About 800,000 people in California are presumed to be eligible for the newly expanded program but lack final approval. For a Los Angeles hairdresser and others like her, that means medical appointments are on hold.

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State Exchange Directors Offer Enrollment Snapshots

By Lisa Gillespie April 11, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This post was corrected and updated at 4:50 pm, April 11. The Obama administration is touting the success of the health law’s open enrollment, which signed up  at least 7.5 million Americans for health coverage through the online insurance marketplaces. But the experience varied according to states and Families USA brought together five state exchange […]

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Lawmakers Weigh Changes To Medicare

March 13, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The House this week held a hearing on payment shifts in Medicare Advantage plans and has scheduled a vote Friday on a proposal to revamp the system for paying doctors. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro’s Jennifer Haberkorn discuss the issues.

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Can Congress Put An End To Annual Medicare Payment Ritual?

By Susan Jaffe March 17, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. Congress is still searching for money to avoid a 24 percent cut in pay for doctors who treat Medicare patients. But seniors are already paying their share of the cost in premiums, as if the pay cut — scheduled to kick in on April 1 — […]

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What Surge? Nation’s Primary Care System Holding Up Well So Far Under Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz May 12, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Some say early concerns were exaggerated, though late enrollment and Medicaid problems also have cut demand.

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Adding Dental Care Contrasts With Mo. Legislature’s Opposition To Medicaid Expansion

By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 16, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Some of Missouri’s working poor have had no dental coverage since benefits were cut in 2005.

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Mass. To Weigh Options On Abortion Safeguards; Mo. Gov. Vetoes Bill

July 3, 2014 Morning Briefing

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick says he wants new legislation by the end of the month to strengthen security around clinics. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes a bill that would require women to wait 72 hours for the procedure.

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Missouri House Republican Files Medicaid Expansion Bill

By Virginia Young February 20, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A Republican House member has filed a bill to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program.

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Connecticut Customers Rush To Retail Store To Buy Insurance

By Jeffrey Cohen, WNPR March 24, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Obamacare business is picking up at a storefront in New Haven, where some customers are getting insurance for the first time and others are hoping to lower their premiums.

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When Doctors Need Advice, It Might Not Come From A Fellow Human

By Daniela Hernandez June 2, 2014 KFF Health News Original

At hospitals and clinics around the country, physicians are tapping artificial intelligence systems for warnings and recommendations.

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Tough Road for States Seeking Customized Medicaid Expansion

By Christine Vestal, Stateline March 4, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Each of the states currently weighing expansion of Medicaid has a different idea of what it would look like.

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Waiting And Waiting On The Nursing Home Inspector

By Anna Gorman April 14, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Mary Chiu complained in 2011 that her elderly mother suffered terribly from poor care in a nursing home. Hers is among hundreds of cases that remain unresolved due to a backlog of investigations in Los Angeles County.

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Sebelius Resigns; Obama Names OMB Chief Burwell To Head HHS

By Mary Agnes Carey April 11, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The cabinet member who shepherded the implementation of the health law told the president last month that she wanted to leave after open enrollment was finished, a White House official says.

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For California’s Uninsured, A Rush To The Finish

By Anna Gorman April 1, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Uninsured Californians flocked to shopping malls, beauty salons, clinics and libraries Monday to meet the deadline for enrolling in health coverage. The website of the state-run insurance exchange, coveredca.com, was so inundated that officials directed some consumers who began online applications to return later to complete them. The state was seeing a “huge surge” in […]

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Doctors Say Obamacare Rule Will Stick Them With Unpaid Bills

By Roni Caryn Rabin March 19, 2014 KFF Health News Original

If a patient falls behind on premiums, insurers can hold off paying their doctor bills, and deny them altogether if the patient fails to make good.

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When Connecting With A Dentist Doesn’t Mean An Office Visit

By Daniela Hernandez April 7, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Teledentistry experiment in California aims to bring care to needy patients in schools and nursing homes. Consulting with dentists over the Internet, hygienists and dental assistants offer preventive treatment and education.

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