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Nov 09

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Higher bar for health law in 2nd sign-up season

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

With a bright look to its rebuilt website, version 2.0 of President Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul represents another chance to win over a skeptical public.

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Nov 07

Obamacare helps reduce dangerous premature births in 27 states

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

Going forward, other health law provisions will likely contribute to further reductions in preterm births, defined as live births at less than 37 full weeks, women’s health advocates suggest.

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Oct 10

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Highly effective, long-acting contraceptives still don’t get full coverage in many health care plans

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

New research suggests that teenagers are more likely to choose long-acting contraceptives when cost is removed from the equation. And free coverage of such methods is required by the health law. But now, a study has found that free coverage…

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Oct 06

Year two enrollment poses big challenge for health care marketplaces

By Julie Appleby and Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News

The second round of enrollment under the nation's Affordable Care Act promises to be tougher than the first. Many of those eager to get covered already did, including those with health conditions that had prevented them from getting insurance in…

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Oct 01

A year after HealthCare.gov rollout, law remains unpopular

By Domenico Montanaro

On the anniversary of the HealthCare.gov launch, it’s worth looking back at how the law has fared with the public. Overall, it has remained unpopular, a notion that solidified with the botched rollout of the website in October 2013.

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Sep 29

Five things Republicans hope to do if they win control of the Senate this fall

By Associated Press

Without a Democratic majority in the way, Republicans in the Senate will likely take on these five items.

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Sep 08

Rural Americans in danger of being left behind by health coverage

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

Though millions of people signed up for private insurance or Medicaid in the first year of the Affordable Care Act, millions of others did not. Many live in rural areas where people “face more barriers,” said Laurie Martin, a RAND…

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Sep 03

First-time health care enrollees often don’t understand how coverage works

By Marissa Evans, Kaiser Health News

Even after signing up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act, advocates find that explaining to clients that they will still have to pay out of their own pockets each time they go to the doctor or get lab tests…

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Aug 18

Hospitals reconsider free healthcare for those who could now be insured

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News

If a patient is eligible to purchase subsidized coverage through the law’s online marketplaces but doesn’t sign up, should hospitals “provide charity care on the same level of generosity as they were previously?” asks Peter Cunningham, a health policy expert…

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Aug 11

Feds spend billions to kickstart health care innovation

By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News

A federal office you’ve probably never heard of is supposed to fix health care for everybody else.

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