Montana Medicaid Expansion By-The-Numbers
Enrollment is nearly double where the state expected to be at the seven-month mark.
State Exchanges
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Obama Renews Call For A Public Option In Health Law
The president made the proposal as part of a comprehensive look at the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 legacy in an article under his byline in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Inaccurate Provider Lists A Major Barrier To Care, Study Finds
Research published in Health Affairs shows that new patients were able to get an appointment with a primary care doctor less than 30 percent of the time.
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If Zika Concerns Might Derail A Trip, Consider 鈥楥ancel-For-Any-Reason鈥 Plans
Consumers planning a vacation who have worries about health issues may want to look into travel insurance that allows them to cancel the trip for any reason.
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Insurers Quitting Health Law Exchanges May Still Sell Plans To Individuals
KHN's consumer columnist answers readers鈥 questions including whether recent announcements about plans pulling out of the health law鈥檚 exchanges could affect the access to coverage for consumers who don鈥檛 use those exchanges.
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Obamacare Premiums In California May Rise 8 Percent Next Year, State Predicts
The projected 聽increase in premiums is expected to draw national attention in an election year -- especially from foes of the Affordable Care Act.
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Three Changes Consumers Can Expect In Next Year鈥檚 Obamacare Coverage
The Department of Health and Human Services issues new rules designed to simplify health coverage consumers buy through Healthcare.gov.
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Will Healthcare.gov Get A California Makeover?
Feds propose taking a page out of Covered California鈥檚 book and moving to a simplified health insurance marketplace.
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California Marketplace May Require Insurers To Pay Agent Commissions
Covered California鈥檚 Executive Director Peter Lee said the measure is needed to keep insurers from slicing commissions to avoid enrolling the sickest patients.
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A Voter鈥檚 Guide To The Health Law
Candidates -- on both sides -- are bending the facts about the Affordable Care Act.
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Head Of California Exchange Scolds UnitedHealth For Blaming Woes On Obamacare
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, says the giant insurer鈥檚 complaints about ACA exchanges are 鈥渢otal spin and unanchored in reality.鈥
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Buying Supplemental Insurance Can Be Hard For Younger Medicare Beneficiaries
Congress left it to states to determine whether private Medigap plans are sold to the more than 9 million disabled people younger than 65 who qualify for Medicare. The result: rules vary across the country.
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Slipping Between Medicaid And Marketplace Coverage Can Leave Consumers Confused
KHN鈥檚 consumer columnist answers questions about how people can handle moving between the government health plan for low-income residents and the private plans offered on the federal health law鈥檚 exchanges.
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2016 Health Law Exchange Enrollment Tops 11.3M
The government鈥檚 most detailed release of figures shows insurance plan sign-ups beat the Obama administration鈥檚 goal for the year.
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State Obamacare Exchanges ‘Sustainable’ Without Federal Aid, Official Tells Congress
But CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt declines to predict fate of the 13 remaining state exchanges in congressional testimony.
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Kentucky Strategy Will Test Need For State-Run Obamacare Exchanges
Experts say Gov.-elect Matt Bevin鈥檚 plan to drop Kynect and use the federal healthcare.gov marketplace would have little impact on consumers, if it happens.
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鈥楧o The Math鈥 When Shopping For A Health Plan This Open Enrollment Season
Because of the complexity of insurance available through healthcare.gov and state exchanges, and the broad variation in how prescription drugs are covered, experts encourage consumers to compare options to figure out which one best fits their needs.
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Marketplace Plans Covering Out-Of-Network Care Harder To Find
Two studies analyze the decline in PPO plans that provide some coverage when patients seek care from doctors, hospitals and other providers that are not on the plan鈥檚 network.
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Small Businesses Snub Obamacare鈥檚 SHOP Exchange
Software problems, better health insurance options elsewhere are said to hold enrollment well under projections after almost two years.
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Why Nearly Half Of The Obamacare Co-Ops Have Folded
As open enrollment begins for the health exchanges, one development that's turning into a concern is the collapse of a number of alternative insurance plans known as co-ops. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey joins PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff to answer real Americans鈥 questions about shopping for coverage.