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KHN's "Insuring Your Health" consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question about what to do when you're billed by an out-of-network doctor for an in-network hospital visit.
Until now, an insurance exchange in Minnesota, which will allow consumers to buy health insurance online and is part of the health overhaul, has been just an abstract idea. But now, prototypes for public review are now available online.
Although few employers have used this strategy, consultants say it could help many in 2014 meet new requirements in the health law.
A loophole in the health law could allow employers to game the system by dumping their sicker employees onto health insurance exchanges.
KHN's "Insuring Your Health" columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about whether or not insurers are required to cover maternity care on the individual market.
The push for better coordination of patient care, including the adoption of electronic medical records, should help improve the delivery of test results to patients from doctors and to doctors from those who perform the tests.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a mother about a provision in the health law about extending coverage to children under the age of 26.
Georgia is not alone. A number of Republican states, including some in the South, are hedging their bets and planning health insurance marketplaces to avoid a version designed by Washington.
Our "Insuring Your Health" columnist Michelle Andrews has advice on how to pick a plan for next year, including: Don't assume your plan will be the same next year.
The state is likely to decide against creating its own exchange, opting instead to let the federal government build the marketplace, one of the central features of the health law.
In this analysis, Stuart Taylor writes that the case is "especially momentous" because it will determine the future of the health law -- President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement. The ruling also will likely occur during the midst of the 2012 presidential election season.
Health Savings Accounts are increasingly among the options that consumers can consider when making their health insurance choices. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages they offer.
Michelle Andrews shares with Jackie Judd about the health care system ordeal she went through after a bike accident in Canada landed her in the hospital there and about the follow-up care she got in the U.S.
The state could end up with an exchange run by the federal government, and some lawmakers think that's a risk worth taking.
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback sent back a $31.5 million federal grant and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger worries it's not sound policy.
The conclusion comes from a study that looked at procedures and prescriptions ordered by primary care doctors frequently.
The case brought by Anthem Health Plans of Maine could have regulatory repercussions around the country.
As they shoulder more health care expenses, workers in some plans can reduce their costs by participating in company wellness programs.
KHN staff writers Jenny Gold and Phil Galewitz report on the new rule, which will make it easier for health care providers to participate in the new models of delivering health care.
The CLASS Act has been vilified by Republicans and defended by Democrats. Here's a small sample of some of those comments.
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