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The state timed the release of this year’s report cards to coincide with the second round of open enrollment in Covered California, the state’s online health exchange, which kicks off Nov. 15. Several plans included in the report cards are offered on the exchange.
Gary Cohen, a former deputy administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says the challenge for regulators and insurers is to create networks that not only save money but also deliver better patient outcomes.
Those who held onto plans that didn't comply with the health law may have to choose new ones for 2015, and they could cost more.
The powerful California Nurses Association is threatening to strike as it begins negotiations with Kaiser Permanente on a new four-year contract.
Proposition 45 would give the state insurance commissioner authority to reject rate hikes, but some experts suggest this could complicate the online insurance marketplace.
Several experts, however, credited the exchange with one big win: Creating more options for shoppers.
Florida Blue cites cost impact of older and less healthy adults who use more services.
When you pirouette for a living, injury is nearly certain. But one veteran says coverage under the nation's health law provided some relief.
But more than 40 percent of those who lacked coverage last fall still don't have insurance.
KHN's consumer columnist looks into issues raised by readers about health law coverage.
The program, which provides subsidies to businesses with fewer than 25 employees, has been beset by delays and technical problems. "It's absolutely making me crazy," says one frustrated business owner.
The SEIU is gathering signatures to put two hospital questions to voters in November. The union wants hospital charges capped at 25 percent above costs and CEO salaries at nonprofit hospitals capped at $450,000 per year.
Colorado officials on both sides of the aisle are arguing over the effectiveness of the $8 million marketing spend the state's insurance marketplace.
KHN's consumer columnist answers questions about how the health law and online exchanges work.
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