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Federal law allows states to seize assets, such as homes, after a Medicaid enrollee has died to help cover the costs of the program’s spending on basic health services for people 55 years and older.
Jackson Health System offers free and reduced-cost treatment for those who qualify, but advocacy groups complain it fails to meet requirements for charity care.
Special online markets weren’t widely available in Obamacare’s first year.
Freestanding emergency departments have been proposed in Georgia as a potential solution for struggling rural hospitals.
The Cures Acceleration Network’s mission is to fund research that can be speedily transformed into treatments and to streamline the drug-approval process.
The state has one of the largest numbers of children who are Medicaid-eligible but still uninsured.
Fear keeps many patients and doctors from talking to each other about end-of-life care. One company, hired by insurers, has made a rather unusual business fostering those conversations.
Exemptions allow medical bill-sharing groups to help members pay costs – without Affordable Care Act insurance.
Kevin Counihan, the head of Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, will be the new CEO of healthcare.gov, the website that 36 states use to sell insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the administration announced at noon Tuesday.
Advocates applaud the move, but some states are concerned about the costs of providing such therapy.
But some critics complain that the rules don’t broaden the religious employer exemption.
After being uninsured, Palm Springs resident Devin Payne signed up for a Covered California plan under the health law. In May, the 43-year-old single parent underwent gender reassignment surgery and is looking forward to being reimbursed by her insurance company.
The nation’s health law opens the door for transgender people to gain coverage for gender reassignment surgeries they previously could not afford.
Rather than simply calling for repeal, Republicans argue the law is hurting consumers, taxpayers.
A possible resolution of a lawsuit against Florida health and child-welfare officials could mean that physicians will receive what they consider to be adequate compensation.
Most plans must cover all FDA-approved birth control methods, but consumer advocates say it is still common for women to face rejection for some forms.
Officials seek to increase access to services since the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the health law’s birth control mandate for some employers.
