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Videotaped comments by a former consultant on the Affordable Care Act has created serious political blowback for the Obama administration, just as the administration seeks to focus attention on the health law’s second open-enrollment season.
Five states have approved the measures this year, but critics note that they don’t address the issues of patient costs and don’t mean the drug makers will necessarily make the medications available.
Previous enrollees in the program for low-income residents must reapply and many are finding the new applications too onerous to complete, advocates say.
The ACA’s coverage mandate spurs growth in health-care sharing ministries, in which members agree to abide by Christian principles and contribute to each other’s medical expenses.
More than 100,000 apply for coverage of federal marketplace as year-two health law enrollment period begins.
A patient’s portion of a health care bill is a complicated equation – but it’s simple compared to the deals between insurers and hospitals.
Each state may have different options and regulations.
The online marketplaces open Saturday and officials say they will work better than at last year’s debut.
Among the tools: penalties for admitting patients too soon after they were discharged and a focus on reducing hospital-acquired infections.
Panel recommends that the state negotiate a Texas-specific agreement with the federal government to expand health coverage to the poor.
Federal funding cuts made by the ACA and other programs will hit safety net hospitals hard.
In the second of two installments, KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and health policy analyst Susan Dentzer joined Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour Wednesday to answer questions from consumers about health insurance enrollment and the health care law.
What was once considered a ground-breaking U.S. study to track the health of children from birth to adulthood may be stopped before its official start, causing alarm for researchers who say its findings are crucial to developing prevention strategies for a range of childhood illnesses.
Though not a part of the health law’s open enrollment period, Medicare’s enrollment period runs during some of the same time period. Changes to Medicare advantage and the so-called Medicare prescription drug “doughnut hole” are taking center stage.
Administration improves screening rates, but needs to do more to ensure that poor children get recommended health care, says HHS inspector general.
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and health policy analyst Susan Dentzer joined Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour Tuesday to answer questions from consumers about enrollment and the health care law.
Idaho will have the only new state marketplace this year, while Oregon and Nevada abandon failed state exchanges and go with healthcare.gov instead.
Texas and Florida, with their large uninsured populations, are not expected to offer coverage to many low-income patients.
Even when using hospitals in their insurance network, people often find that the doctors are not covered and they are responsible for those charges.
