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Groups file complaint with federal officials saying four Florida insurers discriminated against people with HIV in setting up pricing structure for drugs, and another analysis finds that many silver plans place medications for costly diseases in highest formulary tier.
Chattanooga’s success in achieving bargain-priced policies offers valuable lessons for other parts of the country as they seek to satisfy consumers with insurance networks that limit their choices of doctors and hospitals.
The health law seeks to reduce health care costs by spending more money on prevention and wellness efforts.
It offers a plan geared to people with serious mental illnesses that will coordinate physical and behavioral services.
Hospitals around the country are allowing patients to wait at home rather than endure hours in crowded emergency rooms. Warning: It’s not for life-threatening cases, and you could be bumped for someone sicker.
Advocates on both sides of the debate think the Hobby Lobby ruling could help their causes.
It’s hard to pin down why applicants are waiting so long for approval, and when the problem will be resolved. Meanwhile, some people are putting off treatment.
Advocates say the plans could expose consumers to unacceptably high out-of-pocket costs if they get sick.
State laws and an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling may come into play.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the majority, favors a tight definition for businesses that can be exempted from the health law’s contraceptive mandate. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggests the consequences may be farther reaching.
The court says closely held corporations may be exempted from the health law’s mandate that employer health plans cover certain types of contraception at no cost to the employee.
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and legal analyst Stuart Taylor discuss Monday’s ruling on the health law’s contraception mandate, examining what the decision could mean for future challenges to the law.
Critics of the 5-4 decision argued it curbs women’s freedom to make appropriate contraceptive decisions.
The University of Utah improved quality and reduced costs by tracking each patient’s care.
