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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Cigna Profits As Medicare Softens Penalty Policy
A new policy preserves Cigna鈥檚 access to bonuses while the insurer fixes 鈥渨idespread鈥 failures in its Medicare plans.
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FAQ: What Are The Penalties For Not Getting Insurance?
A consumer鈥檚 guide to the tax penalties for not having insurance.
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N.H., Calif. Seek To Help Consumers Get Details On Health Care Prices
New Hampshire is expanding its website that lists the cost of specific medical procedures to include dental treatments and 65 prescription drugs. California is expanding its report cards on large medical groups to include cost of medical services by an average patient.
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TrumpCare Takes It On The Chin
GOP health policy analysts skewer front-runner鈥檚 health proposal.
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Consumer Choices Have Limited Impact On U.S. Health Care Spending: Study
An analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that less than half of health care costs are for services considered 鈥渟hoppable,鈥 and consumers鈥 out-of-pocket spending on that is just 7 percent of all spending.
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Aetna CEO Answers Burwell鈥檚 Call, Vows Support For Exchanges Amid Losses
But Mark Bertolini wants the country鈥檚 marketplaces to better serve young people, who define
healthy as 鈥渓ooking good in their underwear.鈥By Chad Terhune -
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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Support For Sanders鈥 Single-Payer Plan Fades With Control, Cost Concerns
Although half of Americans favor the idea of a government health insurance system, the popularity drops significantly when negative arguments are presented, poll finds.
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Supreme Court Vacancy Creates Muddle For Future Of Reproductive Rights
Scalia鈥檚 death throws cases on abortion, contraception coverage into doubt.
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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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Delay Of New Health Law Forms May Confuse Some Taxpayers
Employers, insurers and government health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are required to send taxpayers a form showing whether they provided health care but the government has pushed back the deadline for the forms.
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Top Hospitals Likely Are Available On A Marketplace Plan, Study Finds
Many of the hospitals can be found in network on at least one plan, but fewer are participating in more than that, according to the analysis.
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Blue Shield Top Choice On California Exchange
Anthem sign-ups are trailing, and UnitedHealth and newcomer Oscar are playing a minor role in coverage thus far, according to unofficial reports.
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A 401(k) Withdrawal Can Lead To Trouble For Health Plan Subsidies
The retirement savings are considered income, so an unexpected withdrawal may change the level of premium subsidies for which an individual qualifies.
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Narrow Marketplace Plans In Texas Pose Problems For Autistic Children
The move away from policies that allow families to seek out-of-network care is forcing many parents with autistic children to consider covering therapy costs themselves.
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Some Dialysis Patients Give Medicare Failing Grade On Ambulance Trial
A Medicare trial aimed at averting billing fraud and waste in nonemergency ambulance service in eight states is drawing complaints from patients鈥 families and ambulance companies.
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Burwell Says 鈥楤eat Goes On鈥 As HHS Seeks To Expand Health Law鈥檚 Influence
Despite closing the open enrollment just a week ago, the secretary of Health and Human Services says her department is thinking about next year already and hoping to make progress on Medicaid expansion.
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2016 Obamacare Enrollment Tops Expectations At 12.7 Million
About 4 million people signed up for health coverage for the first time, reports the Health and Human Services Department.
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Licking Wounds, Insurers Accelerate Moves To Limit Health-Law Enrollment
Major changes in broker compensation are designed to discourage enrollment of the sickest, say consumer advocates.
By Jay Hancock