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Chattanooga's success in achieving bargain-priced policies offers valuable lessons for other parts of the country as they seek to satisfy consumers with insurance networks that limit their choices of doctors and hospitals.
The health law seeks to reduce health care costs by spending more money on prevention and wellness efforts.
Advocates on both sides of the debate think the Hobby Lobby ruling could help their causes.
Advocates say the plans could expose consumers to unacceptably high out-of-pocket costs if they get sick.
State laws and an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling may come into play.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the majority, favors a tight definition for businesses that can be exempted from the health law's contraceptive mandate. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggests the consequences may be farther reaching.
The court says closely held corporations may be exempted from the health law's mandate that employer health plans cover certain types of contraception at no cost to the employee.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and legal analyst Stuart Taylor discuss Monday's ruling on the health law's contraception mandate, examining what the decision could mean for future challenges to the law.
Critics of the 5-4 decision argued it curbs women's freedom to make appropriate contraceptive decisions.
KHN's consumer columnist says a 90-day delay is allowed by the health law, but employees have other options to get through that time.
Caregivers blame Pennsylvania's decision not to expand Medicaid, as well as the continued stigma of seeking such care.
That state has defined autism behavioral therapy as a type of medical benefit not subject to the mental health parity law, a move that allows insurers more latitude to limit the benefits they offer.
KHN's consumer columnist says the health law initially allowed some plans to do that, but that provision is no longer valid.
The most satisfied were those who received subsidies; the least satisfied had their previous plans canceled.
KHN's consumer columnist answers inquiries from readers.
Decoding premiums, co-insurance, co-pays and deductibles has some people reeling
Many health plans could be affected by the coming high court ruling on cases challenging the mandate to provide specific types of contraception.
The latest analysis shows that Massachusetts is close to having most of its eligible residents insured, some eight years after Gov. Mitt Romney signed its landmark state law. But a failed website has delayed the processing of applications, and some of those waiting may yet decide not to buy health plans.
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