1.46 Million Determined To Be Eligible for Medicaid And CHIP In October
After two months of media shellacking, healthcare.gov website woes and a series of skeptical congressional grillings, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was accentuating the...
View ArticleTexas Health Care Providers Bracing for Medicaid Enrollment
Under Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership, Texas will not expand Medicaid eligibility to poor adults. But enrollment in the state’s health program for indigent children and the disabled will still swell in...
View ArticleWithout Medicaid expansion, many in SC won't benefit from Obamacare
GREENVILLE, SC — Some 5.2 million Americans, including 194,330 South Carolinians, wont qualify for either Medicaid or subsidies to purchase insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the Kaiser Family...
View ArticleTwo Years In, A Consumer Guide To Health Reform Law
Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the 2010 health care overhaul law, and despite an upcoming challenge in the Supreme Court, it has already begun to be implemented. While some of the key...
View ArticleAs of today, millions will have insurance options
Today is the day: If all goes as planned, the health-insurance marketplaces, the centerpiece of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, are scheduled to go live in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The...
View ArticleThe Health Law Takes Effect: A Consumer’s Guide
Starting Jan. 1, central provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in, allowing many uninsured Americans to afford health insurance. But the landmark law still faces heavy opposition from Republicans...
View ArticleReport: Health insurance “gap” to affect 5.2 million in Florida, 25 other states
About 5.2 million poor, uninsured adults will fall into the “coverage gap,” created by 26 states choosing not to expand Medicaid under the federal health law next year, a study released today by the...
View ArticleMinorities comprise bulk of uninsured adults in Texas Medicaid gap
The Texas Tribune Minorities make up nearly three-quarters of the uninsured adults in the “coverage gap” created when Texas declined to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act,...
View ArticleUnder the new health law, can my insurer charge me for name-brand...
This week, I answer readers’ questions about birth-control coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act and subsidized coverage on the state-based health insurance exchanges. Q: Regarding...
View ArticleCourt challenge could result in Medicaid cutbacks instead of expansion
The future of the nation’s largest health insurance program -- Medicaid -- hangs in the balance of the Supreme Court’s decision on the 2010 health law. The state-federal program which covers 60 million...
View ArticleAfter the ruling: A consumer's guide
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the 2010 federal health care law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states...
View ArticleLouie Gohmert’s Health Care Hooey
Rep. Louie Gohmert is wrong when he says a “poor guy out there making $14,000″ is “going to pay extra income tax if he cannot afford to pay the several thousand dollars for an Obamacare policy.” In...
View ArticleAwaiting the court ruling, a consumer guide to health reform law
The Supreme Court is expected to rule within a week on some key constitutional challenges brought by states against the 2010 health care overhaul law. The decision will have sweeping ramifications for...
View ArticleAnswers to questions about the health care law
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is expected to rule by the end of this month on some key constitutional challenges brought by states against the 2010 health care overhaul law. The decision will have...
View ArticleWhat consumers should know about health care law
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the 2010 federal health care law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states...
View ArticleSupreme Court health care ruling allows states to cut off Medicaid to those...
WASHINGTON - Starting in 2014, things could get worse for people on Medicaid: Not only might some states opt out of increasing the number of adults in the government health-insurance program for the...
View ArticleReaders Ask: Are Premium Subsidies Permanent; Do I Have To Meet An Asset Test...
Q. Are the subsidies under the health law a permanent fixture, or are they only required for the first two or three years, and then we’ll be expected to pay the full premium? A. Unless Congress and the...
View ArticleExpert responses to commonly asked questions about the individual mandate
Tuesday is the day: If all goes as planned, that’s when the health insurance marketplaces, the centerpiece of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, are scheduled to go live. The marketplaces, also known as...
View ArticleThose Left Out Of Medicaid Expansion Won't Have To Buy Insurance
Low-income Americans who live in states that have decided not to expand Medicaid eligibility will not face penalties if they fail to buy insurance next year. That’s according to a on exemptions to the...
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