Paperwork Inconsistencies Causing Thousands To Lose Obamacare Subsidies
The problems are affecting consumers all over the country, say enrollment agents.
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How Four Words In Huge Health Law Divide The Supreme Court
Here鈥檚 a breakdown of the King v. Burwell arguments that challenge and support whether the health law鈥檚 tax subsidies can be used to buy insurance through the federal government鈥檚 online marketplace.
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Obamacare Ruling Could Kill Coverage For 413,000 In Georgia
No tax credit means no health insurance at all for tens of thousands of Georgians.
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Auditor Slams California鈥檚 Oversight Of Medi-Cal Plans Used By 9 Million
Report finds state health officials had no idea whether managed care plans have sufficient doctors, while an overwhelmed ombudsman鈥檚 office failed to answer 12,500 calls a month on average.
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Even As Obamacare Seeks To Expand Women鈥檚 Coverage, Some Still Face Key Gap
Coverage for labor and delivery for young women who are on their parents鈥 health plan is not guaranteed under key health laws.
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Is The Uninsured Rate The Lowest Ever?
President Obama touts the health law鈥檚 success in driving the uninsured rate 鈥渢o its lowest level ever.鈥 But it鈥檚 hard to prove that.
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Some Insured Patients Still Skip Care Because Of High Costs
Georgia resident Renee Mitchell is generally pleased with her insurance 鈥 a silver-level Obamacare plan. But she still struggles to keep up with her part of the bills.
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Obama, Championing The Health Law, Says It Shows The Country 鈥榃e Want To Be鈥
As he awaits a decision from the Supreme Court on federal subsidies to help cover the cost of premiums in three dozen states, the president points to the millions who have gained insurance and decries efforts by political opponents.
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Consumers In Grandfathered Plans Can Face Higher Costs For Preventive Benefits
The plans, which were in existence when the health law was enacted in 2010 and have not changed significantly, cover about a quarter of insured workers.
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Insurer Uses Patients’ Personal Data To Predict Who Will Get Sick
A Philadelphia health insurance company analyzes its clients' health data and other factors to find the frailest and assign them health coaches. That may improve health, but is it a breach of privacy?
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What Health Law? Many Poor People Still Unaware Of Obamacare Options
State policies are found to have big impact on residents鈥 awareness of the health care law and sign-up rates.
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What鈥檚 At Stake When The Supreme Court Rules On Health Plan Subsidies
A decision in King v. Burwell is expected by the end of the month.
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Growing Pains For State Obamacare Exchanges
Minnesota, Colorado and Connecticut are figuring out how to continue running their health insurance marketplaces as federal start-up funding runs out.
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Florida To Review Proposed Obamacare Rate Hikes For First Time
After two years with its hands tied, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will be able to review proposed rate increases in a market seeing double digit hikes.
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Pennsylvania Governor Plans State Insurance Exchange To Protect Subsidies
It is unclear whether the Republican-dominated General Assembly has to approve Wolf鈥檚 plan, which is designed protect residents鈥 subsidies should the Supreme Court void subsidies in states that rely on the federal exchange.
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More Than 1.3M Floridians May Lose Their Obamacare Subsidies, More Than Any Other State
The subsidies are at the center of a Supreme Court case challenging the health law. In King v. Burwell, the plaintiffs argue that the language of the health law restricts the subsidies to states that established their own exchanges.
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Consumers Drawn To Low Prices Of Temporary Health Plans Despite Risks
The policies offer a stopgap for people between jobs, but enrollees still pay a federal tax penalty because the policies fall short of health law standards.
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When Your Doctor Leaves Your Health Plan, You Likely Can鈥檛 Follow
KHN鈥檚 consumer columnist answers readers鈥 questions about options when physicians leave an insurer鈥檚 network, the lack of coverage for hearing aids and penalties linked to insurance subsidies.
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Missouri Consumer Group To Review Health Plan Rate Hikes
Consumers Council will lead the effort with financial backing from a state foundation.
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EHealth Sees Once-Thriving Business Decline Due To Health Law Exchanges
The nation鈥檚 largest online broker lost thousands of customers, but some analysts suggest that if the Supreme Court strikes down subsidies on the federal exchange, some may return to the company.