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One of two insurers in this tiny state has announced it will not be back in the marketplaces next year, leaving customers concerned about the prices they will pay.
Tom Price defends proposed spending reductions in Medicaid and other HHS programs while demurring on questions about cost-sharing subsidies for the 2018 Obamacare marketplace.
Actions by the Trump administration are putting pressure on the fragile market for individuals who buy their own coverage, but analysts say it should be able to rebound.
A 22-year old man from Orange County, Calif., alleges in a lawsuit that his health insurer stopped paying for a crucial 鈥 and expensive 鈥 immunotherapy drug, leading him to become seriously ill. Treatments for patients with similar conditions are increasingly denied or interrupted, experts and patient advocates say.
In the early stages of the Senate鈥檚 attempts to write a health care bill, a Republican and a Democrat each solicit constituents鈥 Obamacare experiences from opposite ends of the spectrum.
While nearly half of Americans support Obamacare, fewer than a third are in favor of the Republican replacement legislation.
Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging they overbilled Medicare.
Federal officials relaxed their rules this month about how brokers and insurers can work with individuals to apply for health law policies.
鈥淚t鈥檚 unconscionable that such a basic, security 101 flaw could still exist at a major health care provider,鈥 says one cybersecurity expert.
KHN鈥檚 Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Rovner discuss some of the developments that shook up health news this week.
A state Senate panel considering the measure said money for existing public programs could cover half the cost. But the rest might have to come from new taxes 鈥 a serious political obstacle.
In states that take up the bill鈥檚 option to change the essential health benefits, the out-of-pocket spending limits and annual and lifetime caps on coverage in large group plans could fray.
Even the most exalted among us realize health care policy is complicated. Here's a pop quiz to see what you have learned as a regular reader of Kaiser Health News.
The Republican health plan would require insurers to offer coverage to people who have preexisting medical conditions. But if states opt to allow insurers to charge sick people more than healthy ones, people who have been more than 63 days without coverage could see significantly higher insurance costs.
In two interviews, the president reveals some surprising views of health policy.
The larger an area鈥檚 population, the more likely insurers will compete in that market, according to an Urban Institute analysis.
"I'm not going to risk my son's health on the political whims of Jefferson City," says one Missouri father, whose son requires about $20,000 to $30,000 in medical care expenses a year. The new GOP health bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act lets states decide whether or not insurers must cover people with preexisting conditions, such as birth defects.
With limited federal subsidies under the GOP health care bill, experts say states like California and New York would be under pressure to cut costs. That could mean shrinking benefits and dropping the prohibition against charging sicker patients higher premiums.
Some political analysts and community advocates say members of California鈥檚 Republican congressional delegation, which voted unanimously for the House bill, could be haunted at the polls.
A KHN video looks at a Republican plan to establish a federal high-risk insurance pool.
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