Doctors’ Testimony Crucial As Border Children Seek Asylum
Medical-legal partnerships in New York and Los Angeles help some unaccompanied minors navigate immigration hearings.
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Medical-legal partnerships in New York and Los Angeles help some unaccompanied minors navigate immigration hearings.
But for those who hover around the poverty line, a slump can put them into the 鈥渘o help鈥 category in the Carolinas and 21 other states that haven鈥檛 expanded Medicaid coverage.
Even with insurance, high deductibles can put care out of reach.
Proponents of state-based health exchange bill say residents' subsidies are now at risk.
About 10 million people have gained insurance, but there are still several diverse groups of people who won鈥檛 get coverage.
Leaburn Alexander works two jobs and has a monster commute. There鈥檚 no wiggle room in his budget to pay a health insurance premium 鈥 and no time even to meet with an enrollment counselor.
The ACA鈥檚 coverage mandate spurs growth in health-care sharing ministries, in which members agree to abide by Christian principles and contribute to each other鈥檚 medical expenses.
Federal funding cuts made by the ACA and other programs will hit safety net hospitals hard.
The online health insurance marketplaces open on Nov. 15 for three months. Here鈥檚 a checklist of several things to consider.
A young outreach worker for Obamacare is delighted to be eligible for coverage but worries about family members with no such luck.
In the country鈥檚 unhealthiest state, the failure of Obamacare is a group effort.
Almost nine of 10 uninsured Americans 鈥 the group most likely to benefit 鈥 don鈥檛 know that the law鈥檚 second open enrollment period begins Nov. 15, according to a poll released Tuesday.
If people who face English language challenges don鈥檛 understand their coverage, maneuvering the health care system could prove unwieldy.
As many companies provide employees with their coverage details this fall, spousal surcharges and health savings accounts on the rise.
States and the federal government aim to renew coverage for 15.3 million already signed up on exchanges and Medicaid -- and enroll about 10 million more who are currently uninsured.
About three-quarters of the savings will go to hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid.
More than 40 percent of the people who signed up for insurance on Kynect, Kentucky's exchange, used an insurance broker.
In the remote reaches of California, a doctor鈥檚 son says coverage has nearly always eluded him, and his initial efforts to enroll in the state's new insurance exchange were unsuccessful.
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