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For the growing campaign to enroll the uninsured in health insurance as part of the monumental health-care overhaul, signing up healthy young adults - the "young invincibles" - is crucial to success.
More than 2 million kids in the US are born with multiple chronic illnesses that often require frequent trips to the hospital, and the number of medically complex kids is growing about 6 percent a year. Medicaid usually steps in to help pay, but that can create logistical problems for families.
The health care model encouraged by the Affordable Care Act rewards physicians for coordinating patient care and controlling costs.
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.
The New York City borough is close to losing two hospitals, prompting fears that their shuttering could overwhelm nearby facilities and hurt care for residents -- and that other closures may not be far behind.
More than 100 organizations receive money to help consumers sign up for coverage in online marketplaces in 34 states.
KHN's "Insuring Your Health" consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question about what to do when you're billed by an out-of-network doctor for an in-network hospital visit.
The health law's expansion of Medicaid is putting a spotlight on how regulators monitor the performance of privately-run plans.
Enroll America kicks off campaign in Florida to get people signed up for health law's insurance plans with a training session organizers.
The health law allows insurers to charge smokers 50 percent higher premiums than nonsmokers but some states have decided not to allow that distinction in plans sold on the new online exchanges.
Enroll America volunteers use census data and telephone surveys to identify people without coverage but finding them can still be challenging.
New York is one of five states that required insurers to sell to everyone prior to passage of the health law but did not require consumers to buy coverage, leading to some of the nation's highest premiums.
The Red Sox helped get the word out about Massachusetts' health reform in 2007, and in Colorado at least, the state is marketing its new insurance exchange to fans of the Rockies.
Christian Hospital's struggle to serve the disadvantaged is not likely to get easier under the Affordable Care Act.
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