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Despite the increasing efforts to fight the obesity epidemic and the approval of four new weight-loss medications, Medicare and many private plans are reluctant to pay for the medicines because of serious safety problems with other drugs in the past.
More than 6 million Americans are already signed up for Obamacare policies for 2015.
KHN鈥檚 consumer columnist answers a reader鈥檚 question about whether coverage from the health law鈥檚 online exchanges is compatible with Medicare and another question on Medicare drug coverage options when seniors move.
Federal officials handle most of the requests in 2014 from beneficiaries seeking a hearing before a judge and cut into the heavy backlog. But cases from hospitals, doctors and other providers are still on hold.
A California woman had a bad experience with the state鈥檚 insurance exchange the first time around and struggled with whether to re-enroll her family.
In 2015, some seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans will be allowed to switch if they lose their doctors.
Smart shoppers will dig deep to find out if their family coverage has one deductible for the whole family or separate 鈥渆mbedded鈥 deductibles for each family member. The answer could make a big difference in your out-of-pocket costs.
Sixty percent of people generally favor requiring large firms to provide insurance or pay a fine. But support falls when people are told businesses could cut back workers鈥 hours and it increases when they learn that most businesses already provide coverage.
Officials say the online site and consumer call centers were extremely busy over the weekend as people sought to buy insurance before the Dec. 15 deadline to have a policy in place for January.
Although egg freezing is the perk du jour at some high profile companies, too often such options are not available, even for women with serious illnesses such as cancer.
Small employers are canceling medical plans and leaving workers to buy insurance through the law鈥檚 online marketplaces 鈥 sometimes to everyone鈥檚 benefit.
This news analysis examines why consumers should look at more than premiums when shopping for policies.
State and federal exchanges report strong interest in 2015 plans, smoother exchange performance and better-trained assisters.
Self-employed accountant is one of an estimated 600,000 low-income Pennsylvanians who will be eligible for expanded Medicaid beginning Jan. 1.
For-profit carriers complain the upstarts have an unfair edge because of low-interest federal loans.
Some people don鈥檛 know whether their job-based coverage disqualifies them from federal subsidies to buy policies in online insurance marketplaces.
But for those who hover around the poverty line, a slump can put them into the 鈥渘o help鈥 category in the Carolinas and 21 other states that haven鈥檛 expanded Medicaid coverage.
If a couple wants to transfer health insurance policies, it is often pretty easy because most companies use a calendar-year coverage period. But if one company鈥檚 enrollment is on a different schedule, switching can be problematic.
Even with insurance, high deductibles can put care out of reach.
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