CHIP Offers Families With Seriously Ill Kids More Financial Protection Than ACA Plans
Out-of-pocket costs can rise dramatically for children with chronic health issues if a family changes marketplace coverage, according to a new study.
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The Next Obamacare Battleground: Subsidies For Out-Of-Pocket Costs 聽
Exchange enrollees and insurers fret over a lawsuit that could end federal help with copays and deductibles.
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Treating Cancer: Hope Vs. Hype
Sticker Shock Forces Thousands Of Cancer Patients To Skip Drugs, Skimp On Treatment
A growing number of patients fail to fill prescriptions because the cost of cancer drugs is too high.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Americans Not Sold On Cost And Coverage Claims In GOP鈥檚 Health Bill
Nearly half of the people in this month鈥檚 Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll believe the Republican legislation will increase the number of uninsured Americans and increase coverage costs.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Families To Pay Price If Maternity Care Coverage Is Cut By GOP
Before the health law, buying an individual policy that included coverage for pregnancy and labor was extremely difficult.
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Instead Of Trashing A $600 EpiPen, Some Patients Get A Refill
Epinephrine, the active ingredient in EpiPens, expires after 18 months, and the auto-injector device can鈥檛 be refilled or reused. Health professionals are looking for work-arounds they say could save the health system millions.
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Tackling Patients鈥 Social Problems Can Cut Health Costs
Intense, 鈥渉igh touch鈥 care that focuses on housing as well as health care brings down medical costs for the most expensive patients. But it鈥檚 been hard to replicate successful programs.
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Large Employer Health Plans Could Also See Some Impacts From Obamacare Overhaul
With the future of Obamacare on the line, workers might want to consider what benefits they have gained through the landmark law.
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Need Pricey Drugs From An Obamacare Plan? You’ll Shoulder More Of The Cost
A Kaiser Health News analysis finds that the portion of federal marketplace plans requiring people to pay a third or more of the cost of specialty drugs have jumped from 37 to 63 percent since 2014.
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Healthy Customers, And Those With Major Medical Needs, May Want Bronze Plans
The bronze plans鈥 lower premiums -- coupled with the health law鈥檚 out-of-pocket-spending protections -- may make these policies an attractive option.
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Drug Prices, Not The Health Law, Top Voters鈥 Health Priorities For 2017
Majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents support making sure high-cost drugs for chronic conditions are affordable.
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California Aims To Limit Surprise Medical Bills
The problem, known as balance billing, happens when patients are treated by an out-of-network professional at an in-network facility. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign the legislation.
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Studies: Employer Costs Slow As Consumers Use Less Care, Deductibles Soar
Cost pressures may induce patients to forego needed care, some worry.
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EpiPen Controversy Fuels Concerns Over Generic Drug Approval Backlog
Four years after a huge push to speed generics to market, the FDA has more than 4,000 generics waiting for approval.
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鈥楽imple Choice Plans鈥 To Debut In 2017 Marketplace Enrollment
The standardized policy options would provide a way for consumers to make apples-to-apples comparisons.
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People With Obamacare Plans Filled More Prescriptions, But Had Lower Costs
A study explores how coverage gains resulting from the federal health law may have changed people鈥檚 health care habits and spending.
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Insurers May Share Blame For Some Generics鈥 Price Hikes
News reports have led many consumers to blame drugmakers for the rapidly rising costs of some commonly used generic drugs. But changes made by insurers often play a major role, too.
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Majority Of Texans And Floridians Want Medicaid Expansion, Survey Shows
Residents of California, New York and Ohio approve of Medicaid expansion in those states, the survey by a Houston-based think tank found.
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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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Five Health Issues Presidential Candidates Aren鈥檛 Talking About 鈥 But Should Be
The U.S. faces a variety of serious concerns beyond just the future of the federal health law.
By Julie Rovner