Apr 30 Correcting 5 misconceptions about who pays for health care in the U.S. By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News Full implementation of the health law, and its wider coverage, new taxes and shifting subsidies, has renewed discussions of winners and losers, makers and moochers. Continue reading
Apr 27 Pennsylvania awaits ruling on proposal to link work requirements to Medicaid benefits By Associated Press Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has softened his rhetoric while he awaits a federal decision on his request to link a work requirement to benefits under the Medicaid expansion. It's an issue that has flared up in his hotly contested re-election… Continue reading
Apr 25 Oregon decides to ditch its online health exchange for federal site By Gosia Wozniacka, Associated Press DURHAM, Ore. — After months of trying to get its problem-plagued online health exchange to work, Oregon on Friday officially gave up on the state portal and decided to switch to the federal website — the first state in the… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 8 million Americans have signed up for health care, Obama says By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Affordable Care Act will cost less than expected, CBO reports By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new government report says the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance subsidies will cost a little less than previously thought. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that health insurance subsidies under so-called “Obamacare” will total a little more than… Continue reading
Apr 10 7.5 million Americans have signed up for health care, Sebelius says By Joshua Barajas Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that 7.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Apr 07 Survey: Roughly 3.5 million gained coverage under the new health law By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Released Monday, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index measured the share of adults without health insurance. That shrank from 17.1 percent at the end of last year to 15.6 percent for the first three months of 2014. Continue reading
Apr 04 Medicaid enrollment increased by 3 million under new health law By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News The number of low-income people enrolled in Medicaid rose by 3 million to 62.3 million from October through February as more Americans joined the state-federal insurance program through state and federal online insurance marketplaces, according to a report released Friday… Continue reading
Apr 04 Health insurance isn’t a year-round thing anymore By Connie Cass, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Here's more fallout from the health care law: Until now, customers could walk into an insurance office or go online to buy standard health care coverage any time of year. Not anymore. Many people who didn't sign up… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Obama: 7.1 million Americans have signed up for health care By PBS News Hour Continue watching