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Health Policy
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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.…
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Looking at questions that remain behind the enrollment numbers
We put up a tip sheet the other day on how to interpret sign-up vs enrollment numbers. This piece by Carol…
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Drilling down into numbers uncovers Marketplace glitch
Ten days before the (expected) close of open enrollment, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the federal exchange’s window-shopping tool – the one…
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Rural health providers alarmed by regulatory changes #ahcj14
Attend AHCJ’s free Rural Health Journalism Workshop for a better understanding of what’s happening – or will be happening –…
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Using data from exchanges, journalists report on the true cost of health insurance
When the federal and state exchanges opened for business on Oct. 1, 2013, health care journalists found a trove of…
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Hospitals rethink charity for those passing on Obamacare
The basic calculation uninsured people had to make this first open enrollment season in the ACA is whether to get…
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Covering ACA numbers? The semantics matter
With big new sign-up numbers coming out of the state and federal exchanges, Politico health care reporter Kyle Cheney reports…
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Love ‘em or hate ‘em, narrow networks are drawing scrutiny
Health insurers’ efforts to keep costs low by using narrow networks are drawing increased scrutiny. Such oversight may be inevitable…
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Site tracks, predicts state-by-state marketplace enrollments
Here’s a fun – and helpful – site for tracking enrollment and trying to get a sense of where it’s heading.…
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Find out if a ‘deductible’ is really a deductible
One of the “simple” aspects of health insurance is – naturally – not always so simple. There’s been a lot…