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The recent ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act didn't address question of tax implications for health care for couples who live in a state that doesn't recognize marriages.
After lobbying from insurance agents, states move to regulate a key to Obamacare's insurance marketplaces.
Gov. "Butch" Otter and employer groups fought to keep control of their health insurance marketplace -- the only GOP-controlled state to run a state-based exchange -
Companies are amping up their social media presence in an effort to help patients and do quick damage control on complaints aired in this public sphere.
Many policy holders are not aware that the plans, which generally have low premiums and can have high out-of-pocket costs, don't meet the standards set in the health overhaul.
KHN is gathering the data from states that have approved and published premiums for the online marketplaces that will open Oct. 1 under the federal health law.
Four companies to offer 31 health plans on new state exchange at a variety of prices.
The partnerships with the Spanish-language media giant are among the most concrete ways to date that insurers have invested in the marketing of Obamacare, but they also could skirt a key principle of the Affordable Care Act: that it should foster insurer competition and consumer choice.
These pointers will help you make sense of contradictory headlines about how much insurance could cost you when the Affordable Care Act marketplaces open for enrollment in October.
State insurance officials unveiled proposed prices for health plans to be sold on the exchanges beginning Oct. 1. But those plans, and the prices, have yet to be approved by the federal government and could change.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about whether the health law requires employer-sponsored insurance to cover maternity benefits for an employee's dependents.
In response to readers' questions, columnist explains that all policies offered on the online exchanges must cover 10 "essential health benefits," but the plans will be classified according to the proportion of costs that consumers will be responsible for paying.
For the growing campaign to enroll the uninsured in health insurance as part of the monumental health-care overhaul, signing up healthy young adults - the "young invincibles" - is crucial to success.
Consumer advocates praise rates that are more affordable, but others question whether they can be sustained.
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Many states had special programs to provide insurance to people with medical problems. Some of those programs will disappear after January when the federal health law offers guarantees of coverage.
Insurers offer less expensive premiums, betting the mandate will attract young and healthy consumers into a market long dominated by the sick.
New York is one of five states that required insurers to sell to everyone prior to passage of the health law but did not require consumers to buy coverage, leading to some of the nation's highest premiums.
State officials have no plans to help educate consumers about new insurance options. Other groups are stepping in, but some worry it won't be enough.
Video: In remarks at the White House Thursday the president touted lower-than-projected premiums that have been announced for health insurance marketplaces in several states.
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