Jul 03 Selling Obamacare: Is the White House Ready? By Elizabeth Summers The business mandate within the Affordable Care Act that requires employers to provide coverage is now delayed, and that is prompting reaction from critics who say other parts of the law should be put on hold, too -- if… Continue reading
Jul 03 What the Delay in Health Reform Law Provision Really Means President Barack Obama speaks about Affordable Care Act in San Jose, Calif., in June. Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images. Story by Kaiser Health News. The Obama administration's decision Tuesday to delay a major component of the Affordable Care Act --… Continue reading
Jul 02 Key Provision of Health Reform Law Delayed Until 2015 By News Desk President Obama's signature on the health care reform law at the White House in March 2010. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy. The Obama administration announced Tuesday it is delaying the employer mandate portion of the health care law… Continue reading
Jun 28 Health Reform Brings Heavy Fines for Hospitals With High Readmissions By Sarah Clune Should hospitals be held accountable for what happens to patients once they're discharged? A new policy under the Affordable Care Act says yes. Photos by Jim Petit. The federal government began fining hospitals based on how many Medicare patients were… Continue reading
Jun 24 Austin Musicians Don’t Let Their Babies Grow Up Without Health Care By Jason Kane Get close enough to downtown Austin, Texas, and it’s not hard to hear why it’s called the “Live Music Capital of the World.” Get a little closer, and the musicians themselves tell a quieter story. Take John Pointer. He’s a… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch Some States Have Second Thoughts About Refusing Medicaid Expansion Some States Have Second Thoughts About Refusing Medicaid Expansion… Continue watching
Jun 03 Health Reform’s Uncertain Impact on HIV Patients By Jason Kane In 2014, many HIV patients who receive medication through state-based drug assistance programs will be shifted to other forms of health coverage. It's an uncertain time for most HIV patients in the United States. A full two-thirds of them rely… Continue reading
May 09 Eight Types of Nurses You Never Knew Existed By Hari Sreenivasan There are 3.2 million registered nurses in the U.S., and that will not be nearly enough in coming years as the Affordable Care Act kicks in and baby boomers begin to need more care. According to the Bureau of Labor… Continue reading
May 06 U.S. Health Costs Rising More Slowly, But Will It Last? By Jason Kane Americans still pay more than twice the price for health care than most other developed countries, but the sticker shock has come with a bit of good news in recent years: Costs are rising more slowly. "Exceptionally slowly," as… Continue reading
May 02 What a ‘Private Option’ for Medicaid Expansion Might Look Like The Obama administration wanted Republican states to accept the health law's Medicaid expansion pretty much as is. Republicans wanted Medicaid money in no-strings block grants. Arkansas has broached what could be a deal-making compromise, giving Washington the increased… Continue reading