A new reinsurance pool in Rhode Island
The Department of Health and Human Services approved the state of Rhode Island’s 1332 waiver application to create an individual
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Affordable Care Act (ACA)
As States Strive To Stabilize Insurance Marketplaces, Insurers Return
(By Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News) Felicia Morrison is eager to find a health plan for next year that
Read MoreCharity Care Spending By Hospitals Plunges
(By Harriet Blair Rowan for Kaiser Health News) California hospitals are providing significantly less free and discounted care to low-income
Read MoreFinancial Performance of Medicare Advantage, Individual, and Group Health Insurance Markets
(By Gretchen Jacobson, Rachel Fehr, Cynthia Cox, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation) Medicare-for-All proposals have sparked discussion about
Read MoreDemocrats Favor Building On ACA Over ‘Medicare For All’
(By Emmarie Huetteman for Kaiser Health News) Most Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents would prefer to expand the Affordable Care Act
Read MoreShort-term health plans may compete with ACA complaint coverage
Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has issued a ruling that could help issuers, distributors and purchasers of short-term health
Read MoreIndividual Insurance Market Performance in Early 2019
(By Rachel Fehr, Cynthia Cox, and Larry Levitt for Kaiser Family Foundation) The early years of the Affordable Care Act
Read MoreThree reasons you still need health insurance
In 2019, you were no longer owe a fine to the IRS if you don’t have qualifying health insurance coverage;
Read MoreWill Washington State’s New ‘Public Option’ Plan Reduce Heath Care Costs?
(By Austin Jenkins for NPR) Millions of Americans who buy individual health insurance, and don’t qualify for a federal subsidy,
Read More‘Sham’ Sharing Ministries Test Faith Of Patients And Insurance Regulators
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Sheri Lewis, 59, of Seattle, needed a hip transplant. Bradley Fuller, 63, of
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