Health Jan 01 What to know as the health reform law takes effect Hilda Abraham of Dumfries, Va., receives information about the health care reform law. Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Starting Jan. 1, central provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in, allowing many uninsured Americans to afford…
Health Sep 24 What You Need to Know About the Obamacare Marketplaces Companies including the Trader Joe's grocery store chain will end health benefits for part-time workers next year, directing them instead to new insurance marketplaces. Story by Kaiser Health News and photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images. The…
Health Apr 15 Top Five Ways the President’s Budget Would Change Medicare President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget includes a variety of what he says are "manageable" changes for Medicare's 54 million beneficiaries as well as for the hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that serve them. That…
Health Dec 06 How the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Could Impact Health Care The impending "fiscal cliff" is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. Negotiations to avert the cuts are…
Health Nov 01 How Next President Could Change Health Law On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Mitt Romney has repeatedly called for repeal of the 2010 health law and President Barack Obama has vowed to implement it. Yet both men could face obstacles: Romney may be stymied by the…
Health Aug 17 Primer: How Paul Ryan’s Plan Would Change Medicaid Republican vice presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at a campaign event at Walsh University on Thursday in North Canton, Ohio. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running…
Health Jun 15 A Consumer’s Guide to the Health Care Reform Law A Supreme Court decision is expected within the next two weeks on challenges to the 2010 federal health law. Parts of the law have already been implemented but the bulk of it won't take effect until 2014. Here's a look…
Health Sep 08 Health Reform Supporters Fret Over New Rules Photo by Flickr user seiuhealthcare775nw Publicly, consumer and patient advocates continue to cheer wildly for last year's health care law. Behind the scenes, however, some worry that they are losing a few key battles to the insurance and business communities.