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Testifying before a House subcommittee, a key Obama administration official lays out the updates that HHS is making to the online marketplaces before enrollment begins in November. Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro’s Jennifer Haberkorn discuss.
Employer-sponsored insurance was largely stable in 2014, with no significant change in the percentage of firms offering health benefits.
Kaiser Health News consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers readers’ questions.
State Obamacare decisions are key factors in how outreach strategies are taking shape for the next open enrollment period.
The number of osteopathic doctors is increasing sharply, helping to meet the demand for primary care.
There’s nothing like an ambulance when you really need one, but they’re expensive, and a lot of people who call an ambulance could be better served with a different, cheaper kind of care.
Although the Obama administration has given insurers extra time to bring their plans into compliance with the health law, some may opt to drop substandard coverage this fall.
In one Olympic Peninsula community, a clinic turns away 250 callers a week.
Gov. LePage’s decision to shrink, rather than expand, Medicaid has put strains on health providers as well as the poor.
Federal actuaries say the economic rebound and increasing number of people with insurance will push up spending.
State taxpayers could spend more than $10 billion by 2022 to provide medical coverage for low-income residents of other states while getting nothing in return.
Call center wait times climb even as the application backlog mounts and the state reports the single largest monthly drop in Medicaid enrollment in June.
An agency that ministers to immigrant and Arab-American community in Dearborn, Michigan, faces challenges enrolling some people in health coverage.
