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Affordable Care Act
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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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What to watch for when insurers announce premium rate requests this month
Insurers are preparing to announce their premium rates for 2015. To learn how insurers set rates, Families USA and Consumers…
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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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How recent changes are leading to hidden hospital fees
Daniel Chang wrote a piece for The Miami Herald on some of the hidden hospital fees that can take patients by surprise – and…
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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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Despite ‘essential’ designation, dental benefits lacking under ACA
State and federal policymakers should take steps to make dental benefits less costly and more widely available under the Affordable…
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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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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…