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The work day for doctors in their first year out of medical school was cut to 16 hours to reduce fatigue and medical errors. But recent studies suggest it may be making the situation worse.
Although much has been made about the tax credits that will help people afford to pay insurance premiums, the cost-sharing assistance can substantially reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses.
The Red Sox helped get the word out about Massachusetts’ health reform in 2007, and in Colorado at least, the state is marketing its new insurance exchange to fans of the Rockies.
It took his parents 86 phone calls and six months to get their newborn enrolled in a Pennsylvania program for children.
The federal health law requires two plans in every state, but few insurers are lining up to play.
The health law’s expansion of Medicaid is putting a spotlight on how regulators monitor the performance of privately-run plans.
After 20 years as a busy ER doctor, Linda Smith now finds satisfaction guiding patients through treatment for life-threatening illnesses.
Companies with at least 50 workers now have until 2015 to provide coverage. Here’s what that change means – and doesn’t mean – for employees and employers.
The New York legislature passed a bill that would make the state the first in the nation requiring doctors to offer the hepatitis C test to anyone born between 1945 and 1965.
The decision to give large employers an extra year to cover their workers was praised by business leaders but complicates the implementation.
Opponents of the federal health law, especially business groups and conservatives, were quick to praise the decision by the Obama administration to delay enforcing the employer mandate provision by one year. Some supporters said the decision would not create major problems.
In announcing the delay, the administration says it will give businesses time to comply and allow the government to consider simpler solutions.
KHN’s insurance columnist answers readers’ questions about qualifying for help paying premiums under the health law and how student health plans will be treated.
Online fundraising sites are growing in popularity, even among patients who have insurance.
