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Helping newly insured consumers understand the system
Health reporters: Do you understand everything about your health insurance? I didn’t think so. Now imagine the struggles of newly…
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Bringing local, national perspectives to report on ACA in rural Kentucky
Kentucky, a southern state implementing the ACA, has gotten a fair amount of media attention and we’ve highlighted some of…
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How one reporter strikes balance between policy, politics
Given the recent discussion on the AHCJ discussion list and elsewhere about the right balance between covering the politics of the…
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Costs keep going up for small businesses insuring their employees
Ideastream’s Sarah Jane Tribble took a look at how small businesses that voluntarily cover their workers could be in for…
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Similar Health Policy terms, but very different concepts
We’ve had a few members wonder whether “essential coverage” and “essential benefits” are one and the same. They aren’t –…
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Explaining health care costs, spending in the first quarter
So health spending is going up. Big time. But health costs are still growing at historically slow rates. And the…
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Use site’s data on silver plans on state, D.C. exchanges
Want to know everything about premiums, networks, deductibles, cost-sharing and out-of-pocket limits for all 7,000-plus silver plans on exchanges in…
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What we know – and don’t know – about Marketplace enrollment
We posted yesterday on what we knew about enrollment as we waited for the updated HHS report – which of course…
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Looking ahead to new ACA enrollment numbers
I keep waiting for the final official HHS report on enrollment and the state and demographic breakdowns, but since we…
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A closer look: Did the ACA result in more canceled plans?
If you tried to get precise numbers about the late 2013 “plan cancellation” imbroglio, you’ll know it was extremely difficult.…