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Like many employers across the country, Miami-Dade County isn’t allowed to know the prices its own insurance administrators negotiate with healthcare providers, even though the county is self-insured and workers’ claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
Unlike Medicare, private insurers do not publish their payments, and experts say the prices they pay hospitals for the same procedure vary widely.
A South Los Angeles family illustrates the opportunities and challenges as the state takes its first steps toward expanding behavioral treatment for poor children.
Federal judges will decide whether 11 clinics must close to comply with state law. If they do close, some women in the state will be more than 200 miles from a clinic that performs abortions.
Problems with a government calculator that companies use to prove that their insurance meets health law standards could allow substandard policies, consumer advocates say.
Yet many uninsured kids would be eligible for coverage under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Health and social spending as measured by the Census Bureau grew by only 3.7 percent from the second quarter of 2013 to the same quarter of 2014.
Among the most significant difference is that patient with their own insurance don’t face the same danger of losing nursing home coverage.
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.
