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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.
Beneficiaries who have a 30-year, pack-a-day smoking history would be eligible for this screening test.
Some large employers will face penalties if they don’t offer workers health insurance in 2015. In addition, workers can expect to see increased cost-sharing and employers pushing them to “private exchanges” to save money.
Consumers can sign up on the health insurance marketplace from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15 but waiting can leave them exposed to not only medical bills but also the health law’s penalties.
Starting Nov. 15, consumers can sign up for health insurance on the federal or state health exchanges. Officials say they have worked out many of the technical problems that plagued last year’s enrollment.
DaVita HealthCare Partners, a kidney dialysis company, is picking up on a new way insurers and the government are paying for health care — by keeping people healthy through primary care.
The health insurer signs a consent agreement saying it would cap the amount consumers must pay for four popular HIV drugs.
Two staffers accuse the county of altering the dates when complaints were received amid rising concern over the pace of investigations.
But those who fail to enroll in insurance can face penalties and the loss of subsidies to help pay premiums.
At issue is whether the federal government can pay subsidies to people living in states that use healthcare.gov, the federal exchange.
Once again, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Affordable Care Act lives or dies.
The health care law boosted payments for two years to primary care doctors who treat Medicaid patients. But that boost is set to expire, leaving some providers and their patients in a tough spot.
Medicare announced Thursday it would continue covering devices that patients themselves can upgrade.
March of Dimes official says one key factor was early implementation of the Medicaid expansion in some states.
