Oct 05 Health Reform Profiles: A 6-Month Check-Up More than six months after President Obama signed the health care reform bill, how is the overhaul impacting -- or not impacting -- the American public?… Continue reading
Oct 01 McDonald’s Flap Puts Spotlight on Mini-Med Health Plans Discussions between the Obama administration and McDonald's over how the fast-food giant's health insurance plans will fare in the wake of health care reform are putting the spotlight on "mini-med" plans -- the type of coverage that McDonald's offers… Continue reading
Sep 23 Todd Park Envisions a More Open HHS By Hari Sreenivasan According to the timeline at Healthcare.gov, at least a half dozen new health care laws go into effect Thursday. The fact that there is even such a transparent timeline on a website is one of the cornerstones… Continue reading
Sep 23 Republican ‘Repeal and Replace’ Strategy Faces Legislative Roadblocks As part of their "Pledge to America" released Thursday, Republican lawmakers codified what they have been saying for months: If elected, a Republican-led Congress would aim to "repeal and replace" health care reform. But with a Democratic president in… Continue reading
Sep 22 Obama Touts Health Reform’s Benefits President Obama made a pitch for the benefits of health care reform on the eve of the law's six-month anniversary Wednesday. The president spoke to a small audience in a suburban backyard in Falls Church, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Sep 22 Health Reform Law at 6 Months: What Changes Go Into Effect Now? The health reform law hits its six-month anniversary Thursday, putting a first round of new consumer-protection provisions into effect. Below is a recap of the provisions that are about to go into effect, who they impact, and… Continue reading
Sep 21 Some Insurers to Stop Offering Child-Only Plans Ahead of New Rules Among the health reform provisions that will go into effect Thursday -- on the six-month anniversary of the law's signing -- is a much-touted new rule banning insurers from denying coverage to children because of pre-existing conditions. But this… Continue reading
Sep 08 Health Reform Debate Returns to the Airwaves as Midterms Draw Closer Two months before the midterm elections, there's a bit of deja-vu in the air: a new round of ads are running on health care reform. On Wednesday, former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, held a news conference… Continue reading
Sep 02 Workers Paying More for Health Insurance as Cash-Strapped Companies Shift Costs The majority of Americans get their health insurance coverage through their employers. Now, a new survey finds that employees are paying more of the costs of their coverage than ever before. Workers' health care costs jumped significantly this year even… Continue reading
Sep 01 Early Retirees Get New Help With Health Insurance About 2,000 employers will begin receiving payments this month from a new $5 billion program designed to encourage them to provide health insurance to early retirees who are too young for Medicare. The goal of the program, part of the… Continue reading