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This long-awaited regulation — designed to boost benefits offered by student health insurance plans — could affect plan costs and, in some instances, the cost of attending college.
The state’s largest employer group and a coalition of congregations are putting pressure on state legislators to curb spending dramatically.
Even as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the historic lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, consumers are already seeing some changes. Jackie Judd talks with KHN’s “Insuring Your Health” columnist Michelle Andrews about insurance rebates, flexible spending accounts, preventive care (including contraceptives) and easy-to-read insurance labels.
Mississippi, a deeply red Southern state that is part of the Supreme Court case against the health law, is moving full speed ahead with one of the key provisions of that law: an online health insurance exchange.
Gov. Malloy has proposed letting supervised home health aides give medication to Medicaid patients.
Despite deep political division about the health overhaul, implementation marches on.
The expensive medications, designed for people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders, are being prescribed regularly for common problems such as anxiety and attention-deficit disorder and are being used on children and the elderly.
The long-awaited rules may disappoint consumer groups which had sought to reduce the clout of insurers on the governing boards.
