After Court Victory, Obama Asks GOP To Work With Him To Improve Health Care
In a visit to Nashville, Tenn., the president calls for health law critics to drop their opposition and begin the work of improving the law and health care delivery.
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In a visit to Nashville, Tenn., the president calls for health law critics to drop their opposition and begin the work of improving the law and health care delivery.
He says they鈥檙e better off having some insurance coverage, even if they have high deductibles. But advocates say they lose access to free clinics and can鈥檛 afford to use their coverage because of the deductibles.
KHN鈥檚 consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers questions from readers about the coverage of bowel prep kits for a colonoscopy, how travel insurance handles pre-existing conditions and prenatal screening coverage for tobacco, drugs and alcohol.
By marrying partners with employer health plans, people in same-sex relationships are more likely to gain coverage.
After Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling, the HHS secretary says the administration faces challenges to enroll more people in marketplace plans and expand Medicaid.
More than 40 percent of the plans included less than a quarter of the doctors in the area, University of Pennsylvania researchers found.
The 6-3 ruling stopped a challenge that would have erased subsidies in at least 34 states for individuals and families buying insurance through the federal government鈥檚 online marketplace.
Among the challenges for these online exchanges set up by the health law are attracting more customers, keeping consumers鈥 health costs affordable and quality high, and finding enough financing.
Seniors can opt to stay in their marketplace plans when they become eligible for Medicare, but most lose their access to subsidies and failing to move into Medicare promptly results in premium penalties.
Employer, consumer groups are critical of the administration鈥檚 effort to answer that question.
Once stabilized, you must transfer to an in-network hospital or you may be responsible for the entire cost of your care.
The problems with managed care plans, documented in a recent state audit, stem from meteoric enrollment growth and lack of oversight, experts say.
The legislation would require insurance companies to cover oral cancer meds as favorably as they do intravenous chemotherapy.
Don鈥檛 assume your employer鈥檚 health plan offers comprehensive coverage. Marlene Allen did. Then she got hurt.
The problems are affecting consumers all over the country, say enrollment agents.
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.
No tax credit means no health insurance at all for tens of thousands of Georgians.
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.
Coverage for labor and delivery for young women who are on their parents鈥 health plan is not guaranteed under key health laws.
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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