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KHN’s consumer columnist says that even though many preventive care services are covered without cost to the patient, “evaluation and management services” can be billed separately.
Shifting Medicaid enrollees into private plans could mean less money for clinics treating the poor.
The plan by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett would use federal money to buy private insurance for newly eligible Medicaid enrollees and require work searches or job training.
A Republican House member has filed a bill to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program.
Patients face serious challenges, however, including a shortage of dentists and restrictions on treatment options.
A new Stanford University study shows that patients with critical injuries are less likely to be transferred to trauma centers if they have insurance.
Making health care prices available to the public is difficult and expensive, and Colorado and several other states are in jeopardy of losing funding for their efforts unless Congress intervenes.
Under the health law and 2006 regulations, insurers can’t deny medical coverage for an individual’s injuries because they resulted from medical condition such as depression, even if it was not diagnosed before the injury.
Consumers who obtain insurance through the health law’s marketplaces will now have to figure out their plans’ specifics.
KHN’s consumer columnist says cheaper deals may be available on the state exchanges, but consumers don’t have to ditch their COBRA policies.
In Philadelphia and across the country, librarians are digging into the details of the Affordable Care Act to help patrons sign up for health insurance.
Areas that offer the least expensive exchange premiums are marked by robust competition, salaried doctors and health systems that organize care.
Plan seeks to close gaps for more than 30,000 kids in the state’s child welfare system.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Map shows there are 31,600 children eligible for the new specialty plan designed for those in the child welfare system across 11 regions.
