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Republicans have made it their "holy grail, their number one priority" to deny millions of Americans health insurance coverage through the 2010 health care law, President Obama said today.
But how can a law praised for expanding coverage -- one that includes an "employer mandate" to offer "minimum essential coverage" -- allow companies to offer insurance that might not even cover hospitalization?
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.
The law requires insurance counselors
Officials won't use "nuclear option" for fear of disrupting services to patients.
A novel medical discount plan negotiates lower prices at the doctor's office or hospitals for members who aren't insured.
It took his parents 86 phone calls and six months to get their newborn enrolled in a Pennsylvania program for children.
Gov. "Butch" Otter and employer groups fought to keep control of their health insurance marketplace -- the only GOP-controlled state to run a state-based exchange -
Online fundraising sites are growing in popularity, even among patients who have insurance.
Doctors, hospitals, patients and their advocates complained about disruptions in care and payments after Kentucky moved more than half a million people on Medicaid into private plans.
Partly blaming the health law, United Parcel Service is set to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere.
Mary Agnes Carey speaks with Politico Pro's Jennifer Haberkorn about two House committee meetings on Capitol Hill Thursday where IRS and CMS officials were grilled about implementing a system to verify consumer income under the health law.
Premiums may increase for young people, but the flip side is insurers must take all comers, broaden benefits and cap out-of-pocket costs.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Politico Pro's Paige Winfield Cunningham about the latest Republican effort to delay or repeal Obamacare provisions, including postponing a mandate on individuals to carry health insurance.
The Affordable Care Act says that insurance companies "shall not discriminate" against any state-licensed health provider, which could lead to better coverage of chiropractic, homeopathic and naturopathic care. Alternative medicine is also mentioned in parts of the law on wellness, prevention and research.
Patients face severe limitations on the amount and duration of medicines they take to fight addiction to pain pills.
The New York legislature passed a bill that would make the state the first in the nation requiring doctors to offer the hepatitis C test to anyone born between 1945 and 1965.
Autism advocates expected Obamacare to require insurers to cover treatment. But political pressure from states and insurers yielded a more ambiguous result.
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