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.
Affordable Care Act
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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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TrumpCare Takes It On The Chin
GOP health policy analysts skewer front-runner鈥檚 health proposal.
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Trump Health Plan Recycles GOP Staples And Adds A Populist Wrinkle
Donald Trump drew fire in recent debates for his lack of specifics on how he would change the country's health care system. He released a plan Wednesday that is unlikely to satisfy critics.
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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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With Special Tax Suspended, Medical Device Firms Reap Big Savings
The medical device industry is enjoying a two-year moratorium on a tax that was created to support the Affordable Care Act. Are firms using their savings to create more jobs, as many claim?
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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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Ark. Governor: Feds Back Plan To Preserve Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell 鈥渁ccepts the framework鈥 of his proposals but negotiations are continuing.
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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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Farm Contractors Balk At Obamacare Requirements
The federal health law is putting farmers in a tough spot. Many contractors supplying workers have to offer health coverage. Insurance is costly, and contractors worry about immigration fallout.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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A Last-Minute Reprieve For Some Consumers On California Exchange
Faced with the possibility of a tax penalty, many people scrambled to enroll, and the exchange extended the deadline for those who officially started the process as of Jan. 31. 聽
By Chad Terhune and Barbara Feder Ostrov