A Doctor’s Perspective On Obamacare Plans
Low reimbursement rates cause one doctor to reject two out of three companies selling Affordable Care Act insurance in his state.
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Low reimbursement rates cause one doctor to reject two out of three companies selling Affordable Care Act insurance in his state.
Ballerinas risk injury and high health care costs every time they perform. Allynne Noelle, 32, principal ballerina with the Los Angeles Ballet, says the new health care law offers some relief.
Sandra Lopez, 41, owns Las Fajitas, a popular Mexican restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. She has to make decisions about health insurance coverage for her family and her business under the Affordable Care Act.
Two top insurance officials in California have competing theories on what's keeping prices in check for 2015.
KHN's consumer columnist Michelle Andrews explains that if the insurance offered through an employer is considered affordable, you can't qualify for the health law's program to provide financial help to cover costs such as deductibles and co-payments.
House members examined concerns raised in a GAO report about the healthcare.gov website during a subcommittee hearing Thursday. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and CQ Roll Call's Melissa Attias discuss.
The HHS is contacting hundreds of thousands of people with subsidized health plans bought under the ACA to verify their eligibility,
When you pirouette for a living, injury is nearly certain. But one veteran says coverage under the nation's health law provided some relief.
But more than 40 percent of those who lacked coverage last fall still don't have insurance.
Automatically renewing your Obamacare policy could cost you thousands.
Analysts say it's hard to see either party broadly benefiting in the fall elections.
The D.C. circuit struck down the administration's decision to offer financial help for lower-income consumers buying coverage on the federal insurance marketplace. But the 4th Circuit court in Richmond, Va., said the subsidies were valid.
High demand for care and a larger-than-expected number of older, sicker enrollees are key factors.
KHN consumer columnist Michelle Andrews points out that standards for eligibility to buy a plan off the exchange is different than eligibility for subsidies.
"Narrow networks" keep the price of some Obamacare insurance plans low, but they also keep certain hospitals and physicians out of reach for sick patients.
With thousands more people newly insured under the Affordable Care Act in Washington, medical providers have been braced to deal with more patients. So far - in the Seattle area, at least - they appear to be keeping up with the influx. But that doesn't mean the concern has abated.
As the federal government demands more accountability, other states are working on plans to fix delays and glitches in their systems as well.
But the bill that would reverse the Hobby Lobby court ruling is not expected to pass a crucial voting test Wednesday.
Initially, the restaurateur was frustrated in trying to find health insurance for her family, but her effort was ultimately successful. Now she hopes to insure her 'work family.'
Even though the state did not expand eligibility under the health law, experts say publicity about the law spurred greater awareness of the program.
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