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John Castellani, the head of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, notes support for health overhaul but says efforts to change Medicare Part D program and companies' control of biologic drugs "would do serious harm to our industry."
The health law allows insurers to charge smokers 50 percent higher premiums than nonsmokers but some states have decided not to allow that distinction in plans sold on the new online exchanges.
Doctors, hospitals, patients and their advocates complained about disruptions in care and payments after Kentucky moved more than half a million people on Medicaid into private plans.
One-in-eight Minnesota Latinos is uninsured. As the health law rolls out, community clinics in the state will be connecting Latinos to their new insurance options.
Enroll America kicks off campaign in Florida to get people signed up for health law's insurance plans with a training session organizers.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Politico Pro's Paige Winfield Cunningham about the latest Republican effort to delay or repeal Obamacare provisions, including postponing a mandate on individuals to carry health insurance.
The state is trying to reduce health care costs by encouraging those who constantly turn up at the ER to get their health care from regular doctors instead.
Some of the nation's unhealthiest people aren't likely to receive those benefits, because the requirements in the law pertain only to private insurers, Medicare and Medicaid expansion programs.
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.
The federal health law requires two plans in every state, but few insurers are lining up to play.
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 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.
Thirty-six of Mississippi's 82 counties may lack a subsidized health insurance option when a new marketplace opens this fall. Humana and Centene's Magnolia Health Plan are expected to be available the remaining counties, noted by the dots on the map.
The commission, set up by Congress to offer recommendations on paying for services to help seniors and disabled people, has only a few months left to do its work.
Consumers can call on "navigators," trained people who will provide face-to-face assistance. Or, it is hoped, the navigators will call on them.
The administration is making a strong push to entice Hispanic Americans and legal residents to get insurance through the online insurance exchanges.
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