In Health Insurance Wastelands, Rosier Options Crop Up For 2019
Premiums are lower as choices increase in many parts of the country. But the financial relief is not enough to erase the price hikes that have been imposed in recent years.
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Attention, Marketplace Shoppers: Don鈥檛 Delay On 2019 Enrollment
Plans offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces for 2019 are on sale now. Consumers should check them out soon, because in many states most sales end on Dec. 15.
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Buyers Of Short-Term Health Plans: Wise Or Shortsighted?
Policyholders reason that their health is good 鈥 for now 鈥 and they don鈥檛 see the need for costly comprehensive coverage. Detractors say the plans undermine the Affordable Care Act, and agents advise reading the fine print. 鈥淵ou basically have to be in perfect health,鈥 says one.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Trumpeted New Medicare Advantage Benefits Will Be Hard For Seniors To Find
Federal officials are hailing the introduction of services such as transportation to medical appointments, home-delivered meals and installation of wheelchair ramps as a way to keep beneficiaries healthy and avoid costly hospitalizations. But not many plans are offering the services in 2019.
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California鈥檚 Top Lawyer Sees Election Win As Mandate To Sustain Trump Resistance
Attorney General Xavier Becerra views his resounding Election Day win as a 鈥渃lear signal鈥 from voters to continue his work defending the Affordable Care Act and pushing back against the Trump administration.
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Midterm Election Boosts Medicaid Expansion, But Challenges Remain
Following the vote, nearly 500,000 uninsured adults in five states are poised to gain Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, say advocates. But many conservatives remain opposed to the expansion.
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Midterm Results Show Health Is Important To Voters But No Magic Bullet
Even though they are taking control of the House, Democrats will be unlikely to advance many initiatives on health that don鈥檛 meet Republican approval since the GOP controls the Senate and the White House. But they can block any efforts to weaken the Affordable Care Act or change Medicaid or Medicare.
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California Dreamin鈥? With Newsom鈥檚 Win, Single-Payer Unlikely To Follow Anytime Soon
Even though Democrat Gavin Newsom campaigned for single-payer, it鈥檚 unlikely that he and other lawmakers will completely overhaul the state鈥檚 health care system right away. Instead, they will likely propose incremental steps to provide more Californians with health insurance.
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Hello? It’s I, Robot, And Have I Got An Insurance Plan For You!
An 鈥渆pidemic鈥 of robocalls timed to open-enrollment season are largely illegal, fraudulent or aim to rope you into insurance you don鈥檛 need or can鈥檛 use. They're also really annoying.
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Beyond The Buzz: What Do Americans Mean By ‘Medicare-For-All’?
KHN's news analysis on "Medicare-for-all" sparks a broader conversation.
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Quick: What鈥檚 The Difference Between Medicare-For-All And Single-Payer?
As politicians across the country toss about such health care catchphrases, sometimes interchangeably, many voters say they鈥檙e 鈥渏ust confused.鈥
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The Election鈥檚 Impact On Health Care: Some Bellwether Races To Watch
A number of health issues 鈥 from preexisting conditions to Medicaid expansion to changes to Medicare 鈥 could be at stake when voters head to the polls Tuesday.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Open Enrollment And A Midterm Preview
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the start of open enrollment for individual health insurance plans for 2019 and preview what next week鈥檚 midterm elections might mean for health policy. Plus, Barbara Feder Ostrov of KHN and California Healthline talks to Julie about the latest NPR-KHN 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
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Billions In 鈥楺uestionable Payments鈥 Went To California鈥檚 Medicaid Insurers And Providers
The money was paid on behalf of more than 400,000 people who may have been ineligible for the public program, a state audit found. One had been dead for four years before payments stopped.
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Pricey Precision Medicine Often Financially Toxic For Cancer Patients
Medical treatments targeting the DNA in tumor cells are celebrated, but insurers often won鈥檛 cover the skyrocketing cost.
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In 吃瓜不打烊 Of Insurance Savings, Consumers Can Get Unwittingly Wedged Into Narrow-Network Plans
Restrictive lists of doctors and hospitals expose people to larger out-of-pocket costs, but trend appears to be slowing.
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In Swing Districts, Republicans May Pay For Having Tried To Reverse The Health Law
Though Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) counts himself a moderate, many of his voters heading to the polls are furious about how he aided his party鈥檚 efforts to dismantle Obamacare.
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With One Hand, Administration Boosts ACA Marketplaces, Weakens Them With Another
The Trump administration gives states more flexibility to get around the health law鈥檚 requirements for insurance plans. But at the same time it wants employers to move millions of workers to the insurance exchanges.
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That鈥檚 A Lot Of Scratch: The $48,329 Allergy Test
A California college professor never imagined that trying to figure out what was causing her rash could add up to such a huge bill.