Defining What ‘Defined Contributions’ Mean For Work-Based Health Insurance
KHN's consumer columnist examines the pros and cons of this trend, which could give employees more responsibility for their health coverage.
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KHN's consumer columnist examines the pros and cons of this trend, which could give employees more responsibility for their health coverage.
Some say early concerns were exaggerated, though late enrollment and Medicaid problems also have cut demand.
All insurers that sell health-related policies would be required to pay the assessment, even those whose products aren't sold on the exchange.
Despite the warm reception from members of the Senate HELP panel, Republican senators had tough questions for Sylvia Mathews Burwell about implementation of the health law. Mary Agnes Carey and CQ Roll Call's Melissa Attias discuss what's next for the nomination.
The program, which provides subsidies to businesses with fewer than 25 employees, has been beset by delays and technical problems. "It's absolutely making me crazy," says one frustrated business owner.
Readmissions and patient injuries decrease as new government programs take effect.
The idea, which could save companies big money, is stirring interest and concern.
In navigating the health law, Asian immigrants in Philadelphia, find that the obstacles can be both cultural and political.
Patients say they drive across the border because costs are lower, waits are shorter and doctors speak their language.
Despite the procedural victory, even a GOP supporter of the bill does not expect passage of the Medicaid expansion plan during this legislative session.
One man's opposition to the health law turned after the self-employed, self-reliant man bought a plan available through the law, which helped him pay his hospital bills when faced with a heart condition.
A study says that up to 1.5 million people -- no longer tied to their jobs because of the affordability of the health insurance that comes with it -- may use the health law to leave their current jobs and start new businesses.
About half of small businesses in Colorado are seeing double-digit premium increases under the ACA.
The former White House adviser talks about his new book and some of his surprising predictions about health care in the next decade and beyond.
Despite a surge in enrollment in the two weeks before the April 15 deadline to enroll for insurance under the health law, many more Californians have not signed up.
KHN's consumer columnist says people who qualified for premium and cost-sharing subsidies but later have earnings that put them over that limit can switch to less expensive plans.
Tight deadlines and technical challenges dampen enthusiasm among states to set up their own online insurance marketplaces.
State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says rules will help consumers see which providers are in-network and ensure they get the coverage they have paid for.
Many of those in Florida who bought insurance plans on the health law's federal marketplace were previously uninsured -- one of the reasons premiums will likely rise in 2015, a senior executive for insurer Florida Blue says.
In Seattle, an unlikely collaboration provides weekend and after-hours care for patients who in the past had turned to hospital emergency rooms for non-emergency treatments.
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