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To Keep Health Care Coverage Older Workers Try To Keep Working

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To Keep Health Care Coverage Older Workers Try To Keep Working

Many people are hoping they can keep working just keep their health care insurance. New research suggests idea may be wishful thinking. More than half of all workers say they intend to work longer than they would like in order to keep their health care insurance at work, according to new research by the nonpartisan […]

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Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits, Insurance Coverage & Uniform Glossary Of Terms

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Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits, Insurance Coverage & Uniform Glossary Of Terms

Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurers and group health care plans will provide the 180 million Americans who have private insurance with clear, consistent and comparable information about their health care plan benefits and coverage. Specifically, the regulations will ensure consumers have access to two forms that will help them understand and evaluate their […]

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B Corporations: Worker-Owned Home Care Coops 1st In Their Industry

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B Corporations: Worker-Owned Home Care Coops 1st In Their Industry

Two home care agencies are taking the lead in publicly committing to the triple bottom line—people, planet, and profits—through their certification as B Corporations. The Bronx-based Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) and Home Care Associates (HCA) of Philadelphia, two worker-owned, cooperative home care agencies, are the nation’s first home care companies to earn B Corporation certification. In United States […]

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New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies

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New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies

By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— Some families with costly job-based health care coverage may be ineligible for federal subsidies to help them buy less expensive coverage through new online insurance markets, under final rules released Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2012, by the Internal Revenue Service. The two rules, published by the Treasury Department here and here, uphold earlier proposals outlining what […]

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‘Olive Garden’ Company Sees Steep Sales Drop After Fighting Obamacare

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‘Olive Garden’ Company Sees Steep Sales Drop After Fighting Obamacare

Darden Restaurants, the company that owns the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, saw its net income plunge by 37% in the wake of bad publicity about its policies regarding the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. According to the Associated Press, “revamped menus and new ad campaigns” fell flat as the corporate giant […]

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Patients’ Share Of Health Care Spending Is Shrinking

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Patients’ Share Of Health Care Spending Is Shrinking

By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer— Consumer-driven medical spending may be the second-biggest story in health care, after the Affordable Care Act. As employers give workers more “skin in the game” through higher costs from purse and paycheck, the thinking goes, they’ll seek more efficient treatment and hold down overall spending. But consumers may not […]

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Young Adult Health Insurance Coverage Rules Under the Health Care Reform Law

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Young Adult Health Insurance Coverage Rules Under the Health Care Reform Law

Under the Affordable Care Act, if your plan covers children, you can now add or keep your children on your health insurance policy until they turn 26 years old. What This Means for You Before the health care law, insurance companies could remove enrolled children usually at age 19, sometimes older for full-time students. Now, […]

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Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits And Insurance Coverage And Uniform Glossary Of Terms

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Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits And Insurance Coverage And Uniform Glossary Of Terms

Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurers and group health plans will provide the 180 million Americans who have private insurance with clear, consistent and comparable information about their health care plan benefits and coverage. Specifically, the regulations will ensure consumers have access to two forms that will help them understand and evaluate their health […]

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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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