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A new study takes the closest look yet at the relationship between Medigap coverage and Medicare spending.
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Readers Ask: Are Premium Subsidies Permanent; Do I Have To Meet An Asset Test For Medicaid?
KHN's consumer columnist answers questions about provisions of the health law.
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Signing Up The Homeless, One At A Time
Skid Row clinics in Los Angeles and other locations around the country are educating and enrolling homeless people in new health coverage, but mental illness and drug addiction pose challenges.
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Coverage Options For Young Adults Who Have A Mental Illness
A reader asks: Where can my son with a mental illness find coverage once he turns 26 and can't be on our family insurance anymore?
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For HIV Patients In Texas, Expanded Coverage Is Elusive
Many people with HIV live below the poverty line and therefore won't qualify for Obamacare subsidies to buy private insurance, or for Medicaid since Texas officials opted against expanding that program under the law.
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Health Law Inspires Hope But Also Worry Among Those With HIV
People with HIV and AIDS can get private insurance, but advocates say that doesn't guarantee access to high quality care.
By Ankita Rao and Anna Gorman -
Obamacare Comes To Skid Row
In Los Angeles, there's a concerted effort to enroll the homeless into Medicaid, as the federal-state health insurance program opens for the first time to all poor adults.
By Sarah Varney -
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Millions Of Lower-Income People Expected To Shift Between Exchanges And Medicaid
"Churning" may cause gaps in coverage and require switching doctors and hospitals.
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Judge’s Medicare Advantage Order Could Have National Impact
UnitedHealthcare will appeal a federal judge's order temporarily blocking the insurer from dropping Connecticut providers, while doctors' groups in Ohio and New York look at bringing similar lawsuits.
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In Miami, Medicare Comes With White-Glove Treatment
More than half of all eligible seniors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties enroll in private managed care, rather than traditional Medicare, in a highly-lucrative and super-competitive marketplace for Medicare Advantage plans.
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UnitedHealthcare Dropping Hundreds Of Doctors From Medicare Advantage Plans
The insurer has been notifying members about the network changes as the Dec. 7 deadline for choosing coverage for next year quickly approaches.
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Mental Health Parity Rule Clarifies Standards For Treatment Limits
Jennifer Mathis of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law talks with KHN's consumer columnist.
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Obamacare Benefits Elusive For Many Working Poor In Northern Florida
In rural panhandle towns, people know little about the health law, and what they know they don't like. Still, many could benefit from the law's subsidies to buy insurance, while others will be left out because the state is not expanding Medicaid.
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Medicaid Expansion To Cover Many Former Prisoners
The Department of Justice estimates former inmates and detainees will comprise about 35 percent of the people who will qualify for Medicaid coverage in the states expanding their programs.
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‘Motor Voter’ Meets The Health Law
New insurance marketplaces around the country are weighing whether to offer voter registration to people signing up for health insurance. The issue could cause political and legal fights across the nation.
By Anna Gorman