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reform
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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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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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Looking at the people behind the Kentucky insurance numbers
Kentucky has gotten a lot of attention for the largely unexpected success of its health insurance exchange. The Washington Post’s…
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Questions remain despite latest ACA enrollment numbers, projections
The latest ACA enrollment report (and the CBO projection that 6 million people would sign up for exchange coverage by…
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Blame game: Obamacare becomes scapegoat for all that’s wrong with health care
Blame it on Obamacare. That’s what you hear, over and over again. Anything in the health care system that someone…
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Find out if lack of health literacy keeps people from ACA benefits
Yet another study tells us how little the public knows about the Affordable Care Act, and how even the people…