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For Workers Leaving Their Jobs, Health Exchanges Offer Insurance Choices Beyond COBRA

By Michelle Andrews September 16, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The health law’s new online insurance marketplaces will create new opportunities for people who lose their jobs and their employer-based health coverage, but consumer advocates worry they may not realize this and lock themselves into pricier coverage than they need.

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Univision Obamacare Deal Could Put WellPoint, Blues Ahead Of Competitors

By Jenny Gold August 2, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The partnerships with the Spanish-language media giant are among the most concrete ways to date that insurers have invested in the marketing of Obamacare, but they also could skirt a key principle of the Affordable Care Act: that it should foster insurer competition and consumer choice.

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Health Insurers Tune In To Twitter For Customer Service

By Ankita Rao August 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Companies are amping up their social media presence in an effort to help patients and do quick damage control on complaints aired in this public sphere.

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Despite Additional Dollars, Texas Doc Shortage Is Hard to Fix

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune August 23, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The medical community is concerned the state’s plans to produce more physicians to treat a surging population are insufficient.

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Letters To The Editor: The Health Law And Alternative Medicine; Understanding Premium Rates; More On Hospital Readmissions

August 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Letters to the Editor is a periodic KHN feature that details readers responses to recent KHN stories.

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Average Obamacare Premiums Will Be Lower Than Projected

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz September 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Report shows wide variation across the country, with some states that opposed implementation of the health law boasting lower-than-average rates.

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Across The Country, Consumers Carefully Weigh Rollout Of Marketplaces

October 2, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Many people encountered obstacles when trying to sign on to the online insurance marketplaces Tuesday; others are holding out for later.

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Americans Hear More About Health Law, But Not From Most-Trusted Sources

By Jordan Rau August 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The public’s awareness of new marketplaces is growing, but potential customers are getting much of their information about the health law from sources they don’t trust very much,  according to a poll released Wednesday. Starting Oct. 1, people lacking insurance can begin enrolling in plans through online marketplaces, also called exchanges, which will be run by the […]

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Pennsylvania Blues Plan Pinpoints Potential Customers Using Data

By Robert Calandra, Philadelphia Inquirer August 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

With less than five weeks before the online exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act open for enrollment, insurers are using tools pioneered by political campaigns to identify potential customers and analyze their needs.

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Mapping A Strategy To Reach Uninsured In King County, Wash.

By Lisa Stiffler, Seattle Times August 9, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Maps that show where the highest levels of uninsured live will help them target these areas for education and outreach in order to boost insurance coverage as required by the federal Affordable Care Act.

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Report: Mass. Residents Paying More, Getting Less From Health Insurance

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR August 14, 2013 KFF Health News Original

If Massachusetts residents have the feeling they’re getting less coverage from their health insurance even though it’s costing more, there’s now evidence that they’re right. A state report says Bay State premiums rose 9.7 percent between 2009 and 2011, while the value of that coverage shrank 5.1 percent. “What we’ve seen over the last couple of years […]

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Kentucky’s Rush Into Medicaid Managed Care: A Cautionary Tale For Other States

By Jenni Bergal July 15, 2013 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Some States Will Rate Health Plans On Quality This Fall

By Julie Appleby February 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Beginning in October, some states will score health plans on cancer screening rates and flu shot delivery, among other measures, to help consumers make smarter buying decisions.

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Taking A New Tack To Persuade ‘Young Invincibles’ To Buy Health Insurance

By Elizabeth Stawicki, Minnesota Public Radio News August 19, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The health insurance premiums of younger, healthier adults will be important to balancing the cost of covering older, sicker Americans, but the challenge is to convince them they need the coverage.

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Florida Providers Jump On ACO Bandwagon

By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald July 24, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The health care model encouraged by the Affordable Care Act rewards physicians for coordinating patient care and controlling costs.

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Enrolling Healthy, Young Adults Crucial To Success Of New Health-Care Law

By Carol M. Ostrom, Seattle Times July 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

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.

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The Overlooked Obamacare Sales Force: Hospitals

By Jay Hancock September 13, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Nobody has a bigger financial stake in the success of Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges than hospitals. And few may work harder to sign up consumers than hospitals themselves.

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When An Employer Drops Coverage, Workers Lose Their Tax Advantages

By Michelle Andrews January 7, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Insurance columnist answers readers’ questions, including how alternative medicine might be treated under the health law, and offers more details about coverage for adult children.

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Cascading Hospital Closures Loom Over Brooklyn

By Fred Mogul, WNYC August 5, 2013 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Kids With Costly Medical Issues Get Help, But Not Enough

By Jenny Gold August 26, 2013 KFF Health News Original

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.

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