Kaiser Health News
When Something Goes Wrong At The Hospital, Who Pays?
When Charles Thompson checked into the hospital one July morning in 2011, he expected a standard colonoscopy.
He never anticipated how wrong things would go.
Partway through, the doctor emerged and said there were complications, remembered Ann, Charles’ wife. Charles’ colon may have been punctured. He needed emergency surgery to repair it.
Small Businesses Snub Obamacare’s SHOP Exchange
After nearly two years in operation and millions of dollars spent in development, the small business health insurance exchange created by the Affordable Care Act is struggling to catch on.
Marketplace Plans Covering Out-Of-Network Care Harder To Find
Health plans that offer coverage of doctors and hospitals outside the plan’s network are getting harder to find on the insurance marketplaces, according to two analyses published this week.
Researchers Say Their Path To Better Health Starts With Patients’ Input
It’s a program set up by the federal health law that many people have never heard about: an independent organization charged with bringing health care professionals and patients together in cooperative research ventures to find the best treatments for ailments ranging from diabetes to depression.
Exchanges Face Sign-Up Challenges As Health Law’s 3rd Open Enrollment Begins
On fishing piers in Maine, inside public libraries in rural Iowa and at insurer-run retail stores in Minnesota, the hunt for uninsured Americans will reignite Sunday when Obamacare’s third open enrollment season starts.
Marketplace Customers Could See Higher Premiums, No Coverage For Out-Of-Network Care
When the health insurance marketplaces open on Sunday, consumers shopping for 2016 coverage may encounter steeper premium increases than last year and more plans that offer no out-of-network coverage.
Premiums For Key Marketplace Silver Plans Rising An Average Of 7.5 Percent, HHS Says
Premiums will increase an average of 7.5 percent for the second-lowest-cost silver insurance plan to be offered next year in the 37 states where the federal government operates health marketplaces, according to an analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Seniors Who Don’t Consider Switching Drug Plans May Face Steep Price Rise
When Mildred Fine received the annual notice informing her about changes to her Medicare prescription drug plan for 2016, she was shocked.
No Ready-Made Rx For Rising Drug Costs
When Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of an older generic drug by more than 5,000 percent last month, the move sparked a public outcry. How, critics wondered, could a firm charge $13.50 a pill for a treatment for a parasitic infection one day and $750 the next?
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