Julie’s Recent Stories
Health Oct 28
Why the health reform law is causing thousands to lose coverageMany Americans are beginning to receive notifications that they will no longer be able to keep their health insurance plans. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images. Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy…
Health Sep 10
Will You Qualify for an Obamacare Subsidy?Many Americans will receive premium tax credits to help offset the costs of insurance under the health care reform law. Do you have questions about how your coverage might change under Obamacare? Share them with us and the PBS…
Health Aug 21
How Quickly Are Health Insurance Premiums Rising?Family insurance premiums have risen by a modest 4 percent for the second year in a row, a new survey finds. But a growing number of workers are feeling the pinch of deductibles of at least $1,000. Photo by John…
Health Aug 20
Obamacare Premiums: Five Things You Should KnowA volunteer organizes materials promoting new insurance options under the Affordable Care Act in a New Jersey neighborhood. How will the law impact premiums? Depends on who you ask. Photo by Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Premiums will skyrocket next…
Health Feb 20
Health Care Without the Doctors Coming to a Walmart Near YouSTERLING, 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…
Health Nov 20
New Health Reform Rules Revealed by Obama AdministrationPresident 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…
Health Oct 12
How Will the Health Law Impact Coverage for Immigrants?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…
Health Sep 21
Would Medicare Competition Help Contain Costs?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 Sep 11
Health Premiums Rising More Slowly in Sluggish Economy, Study FindsHealth 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…
Politics Jun 28
ANALYSIS: What the Supreme Court Decision MeansSketch 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 sweeping…
