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KHN's consumer columnist explains that people can pick an exchange plan if their individual health insurance policies expire after open enrollment ends. Still, it's smart to start shopping now.
Research shows that certain sales strategies resonate with American Latinos, but California's insurance exchange didn't try any of them initially.
Some consumers will also get more time to keep plans that don't meet all the law's requirements.
With less than four weeks to go before the deadline, ads and direct appeals take aim at young people, Latinos and others without insurance coverage.
The overhaul mandated maternity coverage, but some private insurance plans don't include services.
KHN's consumer columnist explains that parents can get a child-only policy for a dependent living elsewhere while still getting coverage for themselves at home.
Selling Affordable Care Act insurance is going well in Connecticut, so the state is offering "Exchange In A Box" services to other states that are still stumbling.
Chicago-area consumers navigate the health law's new insurance exchanges.
Employees in some Texas practices spend hours on hold trying to verify that patients have new insurance.
Insurers claim the cuts are deeper and are campaigning to stop them, saying they will hurt seniors.
KHN's consumer columnist says that even though many preventive care services are covered without cost to the patient, "evaluation and management services" can be billed separately.
A new Stanford University study shows that patients with critical injuries are less likely to be transferred to trauma centers if they have insurance.
Making health care prices available to the public is difficult and expensive, and Colorado and several other states are in jeopardy of losing funding for their efforts unless Congress intervenes.
Under the health law and 2006 regulations, insurers can't deny medical coverage for an individual's injuries because they resulted from medical condition such as depression, even if it was not diagnosed before the injury.
Consumers who obtain insurance through the health law's marketplaces will now have to figure out their plans' specifics.
KHN's consumer columnist says cheaper deals may be available on the state exchanges, but consumers don't have to ditch their COBRA policies.
In Philadelphia and across the country, librarians are digging into the details of the Affordable Care Act to help patrons sign up for health insurance.
The number of young adults still lags, but the pace of signups has increased.
The administration pressed the pause button on part of the health law again. Here's what the new timeline for the employer mandate means for businesses, workers -- and for politicians.
Being allowed to purchase a family policy is tougher in states that don't recognize gay marriage.
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