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Restaurant Owner Struggles To Afford Health Insurance

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Sandra Lopez, 41, owns Las Fajitas, a popular Mexican restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. She has to make decisions about health insurance coverage for her family and her business under the Affordable Care Act.

A Reader Asks: With Job-Based Coverage, Can I Still Qualify For Cost-Sharing Subsidies

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KHN’s consumer columnist Michelle Andrews explains that if the insurance offered through an employer is considered affordable, you can’t qualify for the health law’s program to provide financial help to cover costs such as deductibles and co-payments.

House Panel Focuses ‘Microscope’ On Marketplace Open Enrollment

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House members examined concerns raised in a GAO report about the healthcare.gov website during a subcommittee hearing Thursday. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and CQ Roll Call’s Melissa Attias discuss.

Appeals Courts Split On Legality Of Subsidies For Affordable Care Act

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The D.C. circuit struck down the administration’s decision to offer financial help for lower-income consumers buying coverage on the federal insurance marketplace. But the 4th Circuit court in Richmond, Va., said the subsidies were valid.

Seattle Providers Mostly Keep Up With More Insured, But Worries Loom

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With thousands more people newly insured under the Affordable Care Act in Washington, medical providers have been braced to deal with more patients. So far – in the Seattle area, at least – they appear to be keeping up with the influx. But that doesn’t mean the concern has abated.