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A new report says federal funding will not cover the insurance needs of all the people who now have trouble getting coverage because of preexisting conditions. But HHS officials disagree with the findings.
College health plans - used by students who aren't covered by family insurance plans or whose parents are uninsured - can offer only limited protection. The new health law may help.
Some parents, hoping that their young adult children could get insurance soon, are finding that many large employers aren't planning to offer the new benefit early.
In a new KHN feature, Michelle Andrews writes about the coming changes to health care. The new law offers relief for people who can't get insurance because they are sick or have been sick. States can set up their own pools, or let the federal government do it.
State and federal officials are wrestling with how to define "unreasonable" premium increases, a thorny issue Congress has handed regulators.
This week featured more legal and political challenges to the new health law as the Obama adminstration issued rules to extend insurance coverage to young adults on their parents' plans.
Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups -- representing doctors, insurers, small businesses and others -- have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.
How many times have you heard President Obama say, "Health insurers won't be able to drop your coverage just because you get sick?" Or Kathleen Sebelius? Or the Democratic leadership in Congress? Or the mainstream news media? You would think that the private health insurance industry was being revolutionized.
The new health law mandates that insurers cannot pay less for emergency care in "out-of-network" hospitals and eases consumer worries about having to pre-authorize an emergency room visit.
Want to understand how the new health law might affect you? Be prepared to spend some time online.
The thinking behind the individual mandate is that, in the absence of a government-run "single payer" insurance program like Canada's, the only way to achieve universal health insurance is to require people to obtain coverage on their own, with government assistance for those who can't afford it. An excerpt from a new book, Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All, by The Washington Post.
A simple rule lies at the heart of the new health law: Starting in 2014, almost every American will need to carry health insurance or pay a fine. An excerpt from a new book, Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All, by The Washington Post.
Companies that provide health insurance to retirees who are too young for Medicare may get some financial relief due to a new $5 billion federal program.
Business and consumer groups are sparring over rules that might allow existing health plans to sidestep some patient protections in new health care law.
Today, we begin a new Friday afternoon feature: a wrap-up of the week's major health policy news coverage.
You might think the fight over mental health parity - the requirement that health insurance plans not handle coverage for mental ailments any differently than coverage for any other disorder - would be over. You would, however, be wrong.
A searing recession that left nearly 10 percent of the American workforce unemployed, plus a time when health care costs continue to soar, equals fertile ground for health insurance swindlers.
In discount health plans, consumers pay a fee for access to a network that offers reduced charges for doctor visits and other care, but the patient is responsible for paying all costs up front. State officials and consumer groups say some of the plans are not legitimate.
The federal government says current law will likely keep it from following the lead of some private insurance companies that will begin offering coverage this year to young adults.
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