My Child Moved Away, Can I Keep Him On My Insurance?
Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about keeping your children on your health plan until they turn 26, even if they move away.
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Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about keeping your children on your health plan until they turn 26, even if they move away.
Blue Shield of California stopped selling individual plans on the state health insurance exchange in about 250 zip codes, leaving nearly 30,000 residents with only one insurer to choose from on the exchange.
Emily Feinstein, the director of health law and policy at the substance abuse and addiction center CASAColumbia, discusses her expectations for a proposed mental health parity rule in Medicaid managed care, and outlines some of the issues in play regarding these proposed regulations.
Most health insurance plans allow you to visit an out-of-network doctor or hospital, though it is very likely to cost you more. KHN's Julie Appleby says you may want to use an online calculator to figure out how much more it will cost you and suggests questions you may want to ask your insurer before you decide what to do.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader who received a bill from an out-of-network radiologist after a routine mammogram at an in-network hospital. The reader asks: What can we citizens do to ensure our rights?
Groups urge women to tell their own abortion stories to helps change the public view of abortion.
Insurers switch to new way to calculate reimbursement that shifts more of the expenses onto patients.
After sitting out the first full year of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, lawmakers in Montana have moved on to arguing -- not about whether -- but about how much federal cash to pull down.
This news analysis examines why consumers should look at more than premiums when shopping for policies.
Nearly half of those eligible for a combined Medi-Cal and Medicare program are opting out.
Consumers who get health insurance through their employers need to pay close attention this year to their enrollment materials.
A 50-state analysis details incidence rates of mental illness and access to care across the country.
The federal government has invested $15 million in a North Carolina experiment that gives community pharmacists a new role in patient care.
"Narrow networks" keep the price of some Obamacare insurance plans low, but they also keep certain hospitals and physicians out of reach for sick patients.
A new study finds that high-risk heart patients in teaching hospitals do better during the times that cardiologists gather for national conventions.
But for those who hover around the poverty line, a slump can put them into the “no help” category in the Carolinas and 21 other states that haven’t expanded Medicaid coverage.
Insurers cap how much they will pay for certain routine procedures, such as knee replacements and lab tests, and if patients opt for an in-network facility that charges more, they must pick up the extra cost.
A patient’s portion of a health care bill is a complicated equation – but it’s simple compared to the deals between insurers and hospitals.
Insurers bet some consumers will choose cheaper plans that restrict their choice of doctors, despite worries about skimpy care and huge bills for out-of-network providers.
The Commonwealth Fund finds cost barriers and limits on care for Medicare beneficiaries consistently places the U.S. low on the list of an 11-nation ranking of how older people fare in industrialized nations.
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