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In an effort to reduce costs, Blue Shield sent thousands of cancellation notices informing customers that the company will begin to offer newer, more limited plans at the beginning of the year.
Many people with HIV live below the poverty line and therefore won't qualify for Obamacare subsidies to buy private insurance, or for Medicaid since Texas officials opted against expanding that program under the law.
There is a Dec. 23 enrollment deadline for insurance that starts Jan. 1, and New York is staffing up its call center and smoothing out the rough spots on its application to meet growing demand.
A reader asks: Where can my son with a mental illness find coverage once he turns 26 and can't be on our family insurance anymore?
Insurance companies say information they're getting from MNsure, Minnesota's insurance exchange, is inaccurate and incomplete - and that time is running out to fix the problems.
UnitedHealthcare will appeal a federal judge's order temporarily blocking the insurer from dropping Connecticut providers, while doctors' groups in Ohio and New York look at bringing similar lawsuits.
KHN consumer columnist Michelle Andrews says a reader may have to repay some of the subsidy and describes how this would typically work.
In Kansas, families are worried about three for-profit insurers taking charge of providing all home- and community-based services for 8,500 developmentally disabled people beginning Jan. 1.
Married couples earning over $62,000 are not eligible for subsidies they might have gotten as two single individuals.
The Department of Justice estimates former inmates and detainees will comprise about 35 percent of the people who will qualify for Medicaid coverage in the states expanding their programs.
A growing subspecialty that manages pain and stress for the seriously ill saves money, increases patient satisfaction and lengthens lives.
Jennifer Mathis of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law talks with KHN's consumer columnist.
Insurance marketplace malfunctions have left some eager consumers in limbo as deadline to enroll nears. "I'm praying to God," one says.
Dismal enrollment numbers in October spark cry for action.
The insurer has been notifying members about the network changes as the Dec. 7 deadline for choosing coverage for next year quickly approaches.
Pennsylvania's largest city is partnering with Enroll America, a national nonprofit, to get the word out about new coverage options under the Affordable Care Act.
After initial outrage over insurance cancellation notices, some people are finding better coverage and good deals on the marketplace.
Many of these workers are not offered coverage through work and if they are it might be very limited.
Criticism of limited provider networks is emerging in at least a half a dozen states as consumers realize that their Affordable Care Act insurance may not include the physicians or hospitals they've been seeing.
Several sites are helping consumers compare policies and figure out whether they are eligible for federal subsidies.
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