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Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing

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Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing

Workplace discrimination against caregivers is becoming  commonplace as more employees must care for aging parents, a new report from the AARP, an advocacy group of older Americans. The report, “Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination,” identifies workplace discrimination against workers with elder care responsibilities as an emerging trend. The report also highlights the limited legal […]

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Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide

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Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide

By Mary Agnes Carey, KHN Staff Writer– The Supreme Court Thursday, 28 June 2012, upheld the 2010 federal health care reform law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states the right to opt out of a critical provision requiring them to expand Medicaid […]

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California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed

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California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed

By RUSS MITCHELL, KHN Staff Writer– With the health care law upheld by the Supreme Court, the state that boasts the largest number of uninsured is bent on losing that distinction. Peter Lee, charged with creating California’s online state insurance market, says his goal is to make shopping for health insurance as easy “as buying […]

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Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision

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Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision

By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer– Everybody agreed hospitals would be the biggest business losers if the Supreme Court overthrew the health care reform act. But the ruling that preserves most of the law — along with the promise of billions in extra hospital revenue — raises new problems for the industry. Hospital bosses applauded and […]

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Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act

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Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act

By PHIL GALEWITZ and MARILYN WERBER SERAFINI, KHN Staff Writers– The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step. But governors will be under strong pressure to take the […]

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Employer Wellness Programs Tie Rewards, Penalties To Health Tests, Lifestyle Choices

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Employer Wellness Programs Tie Rewards, Penalties To Health Tests, Lifestyle Choices

By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN Staff Writer– Once a year, employees of the Swiss Village Retirement Community in Berne, Ind., have a checkup that will help determine how much they pay for health coverage. Those who don’t smoke, aren’t obese and whose blood pressure and cholesterol fall below specific levels get to shave as much as $2,000 […]

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KHN – Health Care On Trial, Arguments At The Supreme Court, Day 2

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KHN – Health Care On Trial, Arguments At The Supreme Court, Day 2

From the Kaiser Health News service of the Kaiser Family Foundation here are excerpts of Tuesday’s oral arguments in the before the Supreme Court on the validity of the insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act. 27 MARCH 2012  In the arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday on the insurance mandate – sometimes referred to […]

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KHN – Health Care On Trial, Supreme Court Arguments Day 1

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KHN – Health Care On Trial, Supreme Court Arguments Day 1

From the Kasier Health News — A Guide To The Supreme Court Arguments, Day 1 The first day’s arguments focused on the Anti-Injunction Act and whether the court can rule on the case before a penalty is imposed on those who do not have health insurance. KHN’s reporter inside the court, Stuart Taylor, tells Jackie […]

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Analysis – ‘Medical Cost-Shifting’ The Ripple Effect Of Uncompensated Health Care

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Analysis – ‘Medical Cost-Shifting’ The Ripple Effect Of Uncompensated Health Care

By WENDELL POTTER, iWatchNews– If I were trying to persuade the Supreme Court later this month that Obamacare should not be declared unconstitutional, I would tell the story of the woman who was the original named plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, one of the fiercest critics of the […]

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HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer Health Insurance Labels

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HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer Health Insurance Labels

By SUSAN JAFFE, KHN–  This story details of the final regulations for the new health insurance summaries that the federal health law requires plans to give to consumers to help them make informed coverage choices. “For too many Americans today, choosing a health plan means reading through a human resources book usually the size of a small phone book and […]

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