Dec 06 How the 'Fiscal Cliff' Could Impact Health Care By mcarey The impending "fiscal cliff" is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. Negotiations to avert the cuts are… Continue reading
Nov 20 New Health Reform Rules Revealed by Obama Administration By Julie Appleby President Barack Obama's signature on the health care reform law at the White House in 2010. This story was written by Julie Appleby, Jay Hancock and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News. Long-awaited details on how insurers can… Continue reading
Nov 16 Map: Is Your State Building A Health Exchange? By Kaiser Health News Map by Justin Myers… Continue reading
Nov 15 Health Reform Deadline Looms for States By Phil Galewitz With a federal deadline looming Friday, eight states remained undecided about whether to build state-based online insurance markets designed to help millions of people buy health coverage starting next October. Still wrestling with the decision as of midday Thursday were… Continue reading
Nov 09 Obama Administration Delays Deadline for Key Piece of Health Reform By Phil Galewitz Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius makes her way to a news conference outside of Frager's Hardware on Capitol Hill to announce "a framework on affordable insurance exchanges" in 2011. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call. The Obama… Continue reading
Nov 07 President's Win Is Reprieve For Health Reform Law President Obama stands on stage after his victory speech at McCormick Place Nov. 6 in Chicago. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Barack Obama's victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about… Continue reading
Nov 06 Election Will Likely Decide Future of Affordable Care Act Elizabeth Doran of Orlando, Fla., holds a sign supporting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan outside a voting precinct on Tuesday. Photo by Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel. The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act… Continue reading
Nov 05 A Look at the National Ballot Measures A preview of some of the major questions voters will decide on Election Day 2012. Continue reading
Nov 01 How Next President Could Change Health Law By mcarey On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Mitt Romney has repeatedly called for repeal of the 2010 health law and President Barack Obama has vowed to implement it. Yet both men could face obstacles: Romney may be stymied by the… Continue reading
Oct 22 Health Costs: How the U.S. Compares With Other Countries By Jason Kane How much is good health care worth to you? $8,233 per year? That's how much the U.S. spends per person. Worth it? That figure is more than two-and-a-half times more than most developed nations in the world, including relatively rich… Continue reading