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Lawmakers Challenge Healthcare.gov Contractors On Website Problems

October 24, 2013 KFF Health News Original

For more than four hours in a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, House Energy and Commerce Committee members grilled contractors who helped build the health law’s problem-plagued online insurance marketplace. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro’s Jennifer Haberkorn discuss the next steps.

Wellness Apps And Websites Go For New Clients: Insurance Companies

By Ankita Rao October 30, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Cigna’s partnership with MyFitnessPal is part of a trend, as insurers pair up with online weight-loss and wellness platforms to try to encourage healthy behavior.

California Doctors Among Those Charging Medicare The Most For Office Visits

By Lisa Pickoff-White and Lisa Aliferis and April Dembosky May 21, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Billing data show that some doctors charge the government much more than their peers in the same specialty by deeming almost all office visits “complex.”

Oregon To Feds: Give Tax Credits To Shoppers Who Bypassed Troubled Exchange

By Marissa Evans and Mary Agnes Carey January 15, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Two officials from the Oregon governor’s office were on a mission in D.C. Tuesday — trying to get a federal go-ahead to compensate individuals who purchased insurance on their own because of the breakdown of the state’s health care exchange. Sean Kolmer, the governor’s health policy adviser, and Dan Carol, director of multi-state and strategic […]

Missouri Pulls Out Stops, But Lags Better-Funded Illinois Effort

By Tara Kulash, St. Louis Post-Dispatch March 11, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Free food and music are notorious for attracting young people; at least that’s the hope of Missouri insurance enrollment counselors. Before the March 31 deadline under the Affordable Care Act, groups are beefing up their campaigns to bring last-minute customers to the federal health insurance marketplace—especially young people. Cover Missouri — a coalition of 400 […]

Despite Signing Up And Paying Premiums, Some People Still Aren’t Covered

July 8, 2014 Morning Briefing

News outlets report that difficulties resulting from health exchange websites and enrollment systems continue to impact insurance coverage. News outlets also report on related developments from D.C., Colorado, Wisconsin and Missouri.

Thousands Waiting For Medicaid Coverage Are Stuck In Limbo

By Phil Galewitz January 6, 2014 KFF Health News Original

State Medicaid programs have not received data on many applicants because of healthcare.gov’s software problems.

California Marketplace Still Lags in Signing Up Latinos and Young Adults

By Anna Gorman March 14, 2014 KFF Health News Original

With just a few weeks remaining before the March 31 enrollment deadline, California has signed up more than 923,000 people in its new insurance marketplace—more than a fifth of the national tally, officials announced Wednesday. But the state’s success story continues to be marred by slow progress in reaching Latinos and young people in general, […]

New Customer Service Data Available On California Medical Groups

By Anna Gorman January 9, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Californians looking for more information about their doctors can now turn to a statewide website that includes new data on 170 physician groups. The website rates medical groups based on patients’ survey responses on access, care and customer service. Patients can compare doctor groups on such criteria as how easy it was to get appointments, […]

Washington State’s Insurance Ads: Quirky And Hip Or Offensive?

By Lisa Stiffler, Seattle Times March 4, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This story was produced in partnership with Are the new ads promoting health insurance for Washington state’s young people quirky, hip and funny — or are they insulting and offensive? Michael Marchand says it doesn’t matter. “I don’t care if people like or hate what I’m doing, so long as they get the URL right,” said […]

Adding Dental Care Contrasts With Mo. Legislature’s Opposition To Medicaid Expansion

By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 16, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Some of Missouri’s working poor have had no dental coverage since benefits were cut in 2005.

Skipping Health Insurance Could Cost A Lot More Than $95

By Julie Rovner, NPR News March 12, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. 2014 is the first year most Americans will have to either have health insurance or face a tax penalty. But most people who are aware of the penalty think it’s pretty small, at least for this first year. And that could turn into an expensive mistake. “I’d […]

Medicare Records Provide Tantalizing New Details Of Payments To Doctors

By Jordan Rau April 9, 2014 KFF Health News Original

But physicians and database experts caution that the information can be easily misconstrued or misunderstood.

Libraries Serve As Health Insurance Info Hubs

By Elana Gordon, WHYY February 14, 2014 KFF Health News Original

In Philadelphia and across the country, librarians are digging into the details of the Affordable Care Act to help patrons sign up for health insurance.

UnitedHealth, HCA See Profits From Obamacare

July 17, 2014 Morning Briefing

The giant insurer saw revenue growth from its Optum unit, which helped fix the federal health insurance website and has since been hired by several states. Meanwhile, the hospital company HCA Holdings Inc. said the health-care reform law contributed to sharply stronger results.

Local Control Key To Colorado Exchange’s (Moderate) Success

By Eric Whitney March 18, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Being an early adopter can be rewarding. Remember how amazing it was to have the first iPhone? But then, sometimes early adopters pay a price, like that early version of the Apple map tool that led to some wrong turns. Colorado is one of 14 states going through their own version of this with the […]

KFF Health News Staff

May 29, 2014 Page

Elisabeth Rosenthal, Editor-in-Chief, joined KFF Health News in September 2016 after 22 years as a correspondent with The New York Times, where she covered a variety of beats from health care to environment and did a stint in the Beijing bureau. While in China, she covered SARS, bird flu, and the emergence of HIV/AIDS in […]

IG Report Findings Could Strengthen Nursing Home Inspections

By Susan Jaffe March 7, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Nursing home oversight may be moving toward more effective ways to detect poor care.

State Snapshots Of Obamacare Enrollment Numbers

By KFF Health News Editors January 16, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Enrollment in the health law’s marketplaces surged in December, and the administration’s report on the numbers made headlines on Monday — but the national story isn’t the whole story. Health care is delivered in 50 different state markets, and each state is implementing the health law with varying degrees of success and failure, enthusiasm and […]

Insurance Rate Hikes Could Be Issue In Key States

August 13, 2014 Morning Briefing

Although rate hikes average 7.5 percent nationally for the individual health insurance market, consumers in politically key states such as Florida and North Carolina may see higher increases– and insurers are partly blaming the administration’s decision to allow consumers to hold onto their old policies. Other stories look at the long-term challenges faced by for-profit hospitals and insurers under the health law and the tech issues plaguing the website designed to show how much drugmakers give to doctors.

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