Maine May Warm To ‘Obamacare’ After Democratic Sweep
Newly elected lawmakers pledge to push ahead with health law implementation despite the Republican governor’s opposition.
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Hospitals Gamble On Urgent Care Clinics To Keep Patients Healthy
Urgent care clinics are part of a growth strategy for some hospital chains. But some analysts wonder if hospitals will be able to provide good customer service at the clinics.
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Electoral Politics End; Legislative Season Begins
Jackie Judd talks to KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Richard E. Cohen about what the new political landscape means for the health law and for federal budget negotiations.
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Democrats’ Medicare Offensive Falls Flat Against GOP
But the status quo on Capitol Hill doesn’t mean that the parties are unwilling to work on health care issues.
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President’s Win Is Reprieve For ‘Obamacare’
The president’s victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it.
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Federal Deficit Talks Could Impact Obama’s Moves On Health Law
Mounting pressures to reduce spending could lead the administration to change several key provisions of the health overhaul.
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Obama Win Boosts Health Law, But States Still Control Its Destiny
State lawmakers will control big coverage decisions, including whether to expand Medicaid to cover millions of uninsured.
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Election Will Decide Health Law’s Future
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture to today’s contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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Employers Expected To Keep Some Of Health Law’s Popular Provisions, Even If Obama Loses
But election results could affect the rollout of insurance marketplaces, and the availability of federal subsidies to buy coverage.
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Dispelling Some Rumors About Medicare And The Health Law Limiting Care
Insurance columnist answers readers’ questions, including two about whether some older seniors are denied access to surgeries and whether the health law restricts the number of prescription drugs for patients.
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Medicare Targets Health Plans With Low Ratings
Medicare officials are encouraging 525,000 beneficiaries to switch out of these 26 Medicare Advantage and drug plans that have received low ratings for three consecutive years.
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Medicare Trying To Nudge Seniors Out Of Plans With Low Ratings
Government is sending letters to a half million beneficiaries to alert them to their plans’ poor performance.
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Health Care Stakes Are High In California
More than any other state, California has wagered heavily on the Affordable Care Act. If a Romney administration follows through with its vow to undo the health law, the state’s early expansion of Medicaid, its online insurance marketplace and other reforms will have an uncertain future.
