Recently by Julie Appleby
Health Care Without the Doctors Coming to a Walmart Near You
February 20, 2013 | STERLING, Va. - Perched by a computer monitor wedged between shelves of cough drops and the pharmacy in a bustling Walmart, Mohamed Khader taps out answers to questions such as how often he eats vegetables, whether anyone in his...
New Health Reform Rules Revealed by Obama Administration
November 20, 2012 | President Barack Obama's signature on the health care reform law at the White House in 2010. This story was written by Julie Appleby, Jay Hancock and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News. Long-awaited details on how insurers can...
Seven Factors Driving Up Your Health Care Costs
October 24, 2012 | There is no one villain in the battle against rising health care costs. Currently, the United States spends more on health care services than any other country, exceeding $2.6 trillion, or about 18 percent of gross domestic product. Most years,...
How Will the Health Law Impact Coverage for Immigrants?
October 12, 2012 | Student Joanna Cambria takes the pulse of a woman inside of a garage at a flower nursery serving as a health care clinic for migrant farm workers in Cheshire, Conn. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The U.S. is home...
Would Medicare Competition Help Contain Costs?
September 21, 2012 | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire in August. Photo by Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe via Getty Images. This story was written by Julie Appleby and Marilyn Werber Serafini of Kaiser...
Health Premiums Rising More Slowly in Sluggish Economy, Study Finds
September 11, 2012 | Health insurance premiums rose 4 percent for family coverage this year, well below last year's increase and half the 8 percent average of the previous decade -- largely because people used less health care in an uncertain economy. Family...
ANALYSIS: What the Supreme Court Decision Means
June 28, 2012 | Sketch of the Supreme Court justices hearing the health care reform case in March by Bill Hennessy. The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the landmark federal health law, affirming its mandate that nearly all Americans carry coverage and retaining...
What's at Stake for Your Insurance as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform?
June 22, 2012 | The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its ruling on the health care reform law some time next week. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold or strike down the health law could bolster -- or undo -- the...
What's at Stake for Women as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform?
June 19, 2012 | Demonstrators for and against the health care reform law march outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on the morning of one of the hearings in March. A provision in the 2010 health care law requiring contraceptive coverage for women...
Many Businesses Offer Health Benefits To Same-Sex Couples Ahead Of Laws
May 14, 2012 | Photo by Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Obama's pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers' domestic partners, but some advocates believe it could...
Millions Expected To Receive Insurance Rebates Totaling $1.3 Billion
April 26, 2012 | Millions of consumers and small businesses will receive an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates from their health plans this summer under a provision of the health care law that effectively limits what insurers can charge for administration and profits, a...
Minus a Mandate, Health Law Would Still Affect Millions
March 28, 2012 | Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call If the Supreme Court strikes down the requirement that most Americans carry health insurance - along with related provisions that insurers must sell to people with pre-existing conditions and not charge the sick...
Health Insurance Exchange 101
August 2, 2011 | It seems like a simple idea: create new marketplaces called "exchanges" where consumers can comparison shop for health insurance, sort of like shopping online for a hotel room or airline ticket. But, like almost everything else...
