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Small Business Health Insurance Exchanges Are Off To A Rocky Start

By Jordan Shapiro, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 10, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Only 10,700 employers nationwide have enrolled their workers in coverage through the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP exchanges.

Health Care Spending In Massachusetts Rises Faster Than State’s Goal

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR September 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Massachusetts spent $632 million more on health care last year than it aimed to, according to a report from the state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis.

Consumers Drawn To Low Prices Of Temporary Health Plans Despite Risks

By Julie Appleby June 3, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The policies offer a stopgap for people between jobs, but enrollees still pay a federal tax penalty because the policies fall short of health law standards.

How Much Does It Cost To Have A Baby? Hospital Study Finds Huge Price Range

By Michelle Andrews July 17, 2015 KFF Health News Original

According to a recent Health Affairs study, the price tag for low-risk births varies widely among hospitals and high-cost maternity care doesn’t necessarily lead to better outcomes.

Calif. Website Will Help Consumers With Health Care Comparison Shopping

September 22, 2015 Morning Briefing

The site, created by UC-San Francisco researchers and Consumer Reports for the state insurance agency, provides information on average costs for common conditions and procedures, as well as quality scores for providers.

Understanding This Map

By Kathleen Hayden June 15, 2015 Page

The federal government is handling almost everything for health law marketplaces in a majority of states, but there are other configurations, too. Here is more information on each of our map categories: Federal marketplaces: These 27 states chose to let the federal government set up their marketplaces. They all use healthcare.gov. A Supreme Court ruling […]

Having Survived Court Ruling, Insurance Markets Still Face Economic Threats

By Jordan Rau June 25, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Among the challenges for these online exchanges set up by the health law are attracting more customers, keeping consumers’ health costs affordable and quality high, and finding enough financing.

Why Your Doctor Won’t Friend You On Facebook

By Shefali Luthra August 24, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Facebook is a part of everyday life – both professionally and personally – and doctors and patients are wondering how it best works between them.

Health Law Experiment Failed To Show Savings

By Jay Hancock July 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

An ambitious demonstration to transform clinics into “medical homes” treating patients in the community instead of the hospital didn’t save money. Some blame the test, not the idea.

Workplace Wellness Programs Put Employee Privacy At Risk

By Jay Hancock September 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A large variety of information may be collected by wellness programs and shared with others, including businesses eager to make a buck off of it.

Oscar Wants To ‘Revolutionize’ Health Care. But Will It Even Survive Covered California?

By Dan Diamond, California Healthline August 10, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Covered California made it official last week: After two years in the wilderness, UnitedHealthcare will return to the state’s individual insurance market and begin selling health plans on California’s exchange later this year. Not much can overshadow news about the nation’s largest insurer — except maybe a story about one of the smallest. Hi, Oscar. […]

More Health Plan Choices At Work. What’s The Catch?

By Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio July 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Despite the benefits to a company’s bottom line, and more choices for employees, John Henry Foster is one of relatively few businesses using a private health insurance exchange.

Your Colonoscopy Is Covered, But Surprise! The Prep Kit May Not Be

By Michelle Andrews June 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers questions from readers about the coverage of bowel prep kits for a colonoscopy, how travel insurance handles pre-existing conditions and prenatal screening coverage for tobacco, drugs and alcohol.

Healthcare.gov Problems Still Plague Some Trying To Enroll

November 5, 2015 Morning Briefing

Some people in Florida may be going without insurance because of technical problems with the federal health insurance exchange website. In Minnesota, a lawmaker says the exchange there, MNsure, is misleading him about its r budget. Also, MNsure names a finalist for the open CEO job.

Bugs In Healthcare.gov Upgrades Still Being Fixed; Some Features May Be Delayed

October 20, 2015 Morning Briefing

With open enrollment two weeks away, federal officials race to finalize improvements to the government’s health insurance website. Meanwhile, many employers are reporting that few of their low-income employees are taking advantage of offered health insurance, due primarily to cost.

Home Health Agencies Get Medicare’s Star Treatment

By Jordan Rau July 16, 2015 KFF Health News Original

For the first time, the government is assigning one to five stars to the agencies that care for seniors in their homes. Nearly half of 9,000 agencies rated captured average scores.

Government To Grade Nursing Homes On Tougher Scale

By Julie Appleby February 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Nursing homes now will be graded on their use of anti-psychotic drugs and will have to do more to get top ratings on the federal website Nursing Home Compare.

Looming Decision Could Cripple Part Of N.C. Health Insurance Market

By Michael Tomsic, WFAE June 22, 2015 KFF Health News Original

If the Supreme Court invalidates some Obamacare tax subsidies, individual health insurance marketplaces in places like North Carolina could be hurt by the remaining deluge of sick people who keep coverage — and the higher insurance premiums their presence demands.

Federal Marketplace More Adept Than States At Enrolling Customers, Study Finds

By Michelle Andrews April 10, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The research by Avelere Health shows that the exchange the federal government runs in three dozen states had a higher percentage of new and returning enrollees than the other marketplaces run by individual states.

ER Wait Times, Penalties, Noise Levels: Now Yelp Pairs Data On Providers With User Reviews

August 6, 2015 Morning Briefing

ProPublica teams up with Yelp to help consumers make informed health care choices by adding objective government information and ratings on hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis clinics to the website’s existing, more subjective, user-driven reviews.

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