Nov 17 Healthcare.gov is back for open enrollment. How’s it doing? By Phil Galewitz, Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News “The vast majority of people coming to the site were able to get on and do what they were intending to do,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylva Burwell said Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press, adding that 500,000 people… Continue reading
Nov 11 Consumer guide on health law enrollment: Is the second time the charm? By Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News Haven’t thought about the health care law for a while? Now’s the time. Passed in 2010, the law requires most Americans to have health insurance or pay a fine. While many Americans get health coverage through their employers, starting Nov. Continue reading
Oct 29 Don’t let your Medicare Advantage plan disappear on you By Philip Moeller If your current Medicare Advantage plan will no longer be offered next year, you should have received a notice to that effect. And you should have read it. Maybe you did and maybe you didn’t. Making Sen$e Medicare Maven Phillip… Continue reading
Sep 22 Why so many people die in hospitals instead of at home By Fred Mogul, WNYC Specialists at the Dartmouth Healthcare Atlas maintain that one of the main drivers of this phenomenon is quantity: people end up in hospitals here so often, they say, because this region simply has a lot of hospital beds. Continue reading
Sep 19 Adults with autism locked out of health coverage due to age limits By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Unfortunately, once someone with autism turns 21, “they fall off a cliff,” says Lorri Unumb, vice president of state government affairs at Autism Speaks, an advocacy organization. “It’s the next big frontier that’s got to be addressed.”… Continue reading
Sep 10 Employer-provided health care costs saw only modest increases in 2014 By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News While both critics and supporters of the Affordable Care Act are likely to find fodder for their positions, the report portrays 2014 as a relatively stable year for employer coverage, with little change in the type of plans offered or… Continue reading
Sep 05 Surprise health insurance cancellation notices on their way to some consumers By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Last year, many consumers who thought their health plans would be canceled because they didn’t meet the standards of the health law got a reprieve. Following stinging criticism for appearing to renege on a promise that people who liked their… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Health care law data discrepancies threaten coverage for 300,000 By PBS News Hour The Obama administration warned that more than 300,000 people could lose health care coverage if they can’t show proof that they are U.S. citizens or legal residents. Judy Woodruff talks to The Wall Street Journal’s Louise Radnofsky about the long-standing… Continue watching
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. Continue reading