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One-Third Of Health Insurance Plans Exceed Law’s Out-Of-Pocket Cap
12/02/2013 Comments Off on One-Third Of Health Insurance Plans Exceed Law’s Out-Of-Pocket Cap
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— Consumers who buy their own health insurance will see the total amount they could pay out of pocket for medical care capped starting next year, but some will likely pay higher premiums as a result. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a new study showing more than one-third of health insurance plans currently offered […]
Continue reading …To Keep Health Care Coverage Older Workers Try To Keep Working
12/02/2013 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …HHS Denies Mississippi’s Bid To Run Its Own Health Insurance Exchange
11/02/2013 Comments Off on HHS Denies Mississippi’s Bid To Run Its Own Health Insurance Exchange
By JEFFREY HESS, Mississippi Public Broadcasting via KHN— Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who has been the driving force behind creating a state based health insurance exchange, got his answer from the feds Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013: Sure can’t. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rejected Mississippi’s plan, making Mississippi the only […]
Continue reading …Feds Blame Mississippi Governor For Health Insurance Exchange Denial
11/02/2013 Comments Off on Feds Blame Mississippi Governor For Health Insurance Exchange Denial
By PHIL GALEWITZ, KHN— One, Mississippi has become No, Mississippi. The Obama administration on Friday, Feb. 8 2013, offered an explanation for why it rejected Mississippi’s bid to establish a state-based online health insurance marketplace, called One, Mississippi. In a letter, the federal government’s top exchange official said they had no choice because Gov. Phil Bryant would not allow […]
Continue reading …Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage
08/02/2013 Comments Off on Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— How the federal health care law will affect premiums is among the most asked – and most controversial – questions in the final months before new rules kick in requiring most Americans to carry coverage. A white paper out Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, considers how the law will affect premiums for people […]
Continue reading …Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control
01/02/2013 Comments Off on Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control
By JENNY GOLD, KHN— After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions that insure themselves, such as hospitals and universities, could use a third party to find […]
Continue reading …New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies
30/01/2013 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …Patients’ Share Of Health Care Spending Is Shrinking
14/01/2013 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …Public Health Care Spending Falls For First Time
07/01/2013 Comments Off on Public Health Care Spending Falls For First TimeBy JAY HANCOCK, Kaiser Health News— Policymakers took heart from another year of relatively slow public health care spending growth in 2011, documented by government statisticians and disclosed in a report released Monday, January 7, 2012. But one aspect of moderating public health expenditures — and the only category showing outright decline — could cost more than it saves. Hit by recession […]
Continue reading …Workers Have Few Options When Employer Health Insurance Plan Disappears
03/01/2013 Comments Off on Workers Have Few Options When Employer Health Insurance Plan Disappears
By MICHELLE ANDREWS, Kaiser Health News— For some people, the promise of employer-provided health insurance plan is reason enough to take a job or stay put in one. But unexpected events – a corporate bankruptcy or sale, for example – can undermine the security of on-the-job coverage and leave both employees and retirees with few affordable […]
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