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Healthcare Reform

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Support slips for health reform law

Support slips for health reform law

Poll found that 43 percent of Americans viewed the law favorably – down from 50 percent in July – while 45 percent held unfavorable views. But voters more concerned about economy than the new health law.

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Health reform bad news for inefficient insurance companies

Health reform bad news for inefficient insurance companies

Reform forces insurers to cover basic benefits, restricts their ability to mistreat consumers, and limits what they can spend on overhead: bad news for the inefficient.

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Health care reform and the homeless

Health care reform and the homeless

Medicaid expansion to cover more working poor. Funding to boost community health clinics. Incentives to encourage more to pursue primary care careers.

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What Washington, D.C. could learn from Washington State on health reform

What Washington, D.C. could learn from Washington State on health reform

The story of 1993 Washington Health Services Act should serve as a cautionary tale.

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View: New momentum behind electronic health records

View: New momentum behind electronic health records

Despite the clear benefits of health IT, only two in ten doctors and one in ten hospitals use even a basic electronic record system.

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Plans will have to cover routine care of patients in trials

Plans will have to cover routine care of patients in trials

In the past, some plans would refuse to pay the routine care of patients in clinical trials, arguing the treatments were experimental and therefore not covered.

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Click on map to go the Pre-existing Conditions Insurance Plan webage

Slow start for plan to insure those with pre-existing conditions

Plans, although a better deal than anything comparable on the private market, still may be unaffordable for many. Eligibility requirements may be a barrier.

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Colleges say new health law may imperil student policies

Colleges say new health law may imperil student policies

Colleges and universities say some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited benefit student insurance policies.

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Gov. Gregoire Blogs on White House Health Reform Website

Gov. Gregoire Blogs on White House Health Reform Website

On White House blog, Gregoire outlines how Washington State will use new federal funds to review health insurance company rate hikes.

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When Medicaid drops patients–Cohn answers Goodman

When Medicaid drops patients–Cohn answers Goodman

Jon Cohn answers John Goodman’s column: Comparing Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer’s dropping costly patients “is grossly misleading,” Cohn writes.

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John Goodman

Why don’t we hear about Medicaid abuses in the health reform debate?

In the health reform debate we hear a lot about insurers dropping patients to save money, but not about Medicaid dropping thousands when state budgets are tight.

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Debate: Is a little health coverage better than none at all?

Debate: Is a little health coverage better than none at all?

Lower-cost “fiixed payment” plans can leave patients with big bills.

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What does the health reform law do to try to control costs?

What does the health reform law do to try to control costs?

The new healthcare reform law will extend health insurance to 34 million uninsured Americans, but what does it do to try to control costs?

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Healthcare reform bolsters Medicare’s finances — Obama

Healthcare reform bolsters Medicare’s finances — Obama

Law also helps seniors cope with Medicare drug benefit “doughnut hole” and will reduce seniors medical costs in coming years, President says.

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New Medicare report: is it based on a rosy scenario?

New Medicare report: is it based on a rosy scenario?

Virtually all the projected improvement in Medicare’s long-run outlook stems from a big bet on hospitals and doctors becoming more efficient and productive.

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Will health reform raise the deficit?

Will health reform raise the deficit?

How is it possible to expand health coverage to tens of millions of people through Medicaid, tax credits and subsidies and at the same time cut the deficit?

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View: After passage, we learn the true cost of health reform

View: After passage, we learn the true cost of health reform

By any measure, the true cost of the health care legislation is well over $1 trillion for the first ten years and in no way will it reduce the deficit.

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Virginia lawsuit challenging health law passes key hurdle

Virginia lawsuit challenging health law passes key hurdle

U.S. District Court judge allows constitutional challenge to healthcare reform law’s “individual mandate” requirement to go to proceed.

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High-risk pool for those with pre-existing conditions open for applications

High-risk pool for those with pre-existing conditions open for applications

Washington residents who’ve been uninsured for at least 6 months and who have a pre-existing medical condition now can apply for coverage under the new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan.

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How does the new health reform law apply to cancer?

How does the new health reform law apply to cancer?

[ August 12, 2010; 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Barbara Flye, the Senior Health Policy advisor to Washington Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler, will provide an overview of the new health care reform law, and will help you understand how it relates to coverage for people with cancer.

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President Obama gives online demo of Healthcare.gov

President Obama gives online demo of Healthcare.gov

President Obama explains HealthCare.gov, the new consumer website that makes it easier to find health care coverage and explains some of the benefits of the new health reform law.

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High-risk insurance pools will limit patient costs but not cover abortion

High-risk insurance pools will limit patient costs but not cover abortion

Washington state’s insurance plan for residents with pre-existing conditions will start accepting applications in August with coverage beginning on the 1st of September.

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Support for health law remains steady while opposition drops

Support for health law remains steady while opposition drops

Overall support remained stable since the June survey, with about half the public expressing a favorable view of the overhaul, the poll found.

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Photo by nyuszika

Two important pocketbook questions for seniors

When am I going to be able to start collecting benefits under the law’s new long-term-care program? When will the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap close?

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Where are the innovators in health care delivery?

Where are the innovators in health care delivery?

In healthcare, in areas where patients pay out of pocket for services entrepreneurs, driven by market forces, have been lowering cost and raising quality.

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New rules guarantee right to appeal insurance claim denials

New rules guarantee right to appeal insurance claim denials

The regulations guarantee consumers the right to appeal denials — directly to their insurers and then, if necessary, to external review boards.

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Despite parity law, mental health coverage may still fall short

Despite parity law, mental health coverage may still fall short

An interview with Andrew Sperling, the director of federal legislative advocacy for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), about how recent health reform measures will affect coverage of mental illnesses.

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Out-of-network ER visits won’t cost more under new health law

Out-of-network ER visits won’t cost more under new health law

If you go to an ER thats out of your plan’s network, you can end up paying hefty out-of-network charges. Under the new health law that changes, but the new provisions don’t cover all the bases.

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When bad news about health reform isn’t bad

When bad news about health reform isn’t bad

Jon Cohn argues that news stories about businesses dropping insurance and insurers limiting doctor choice isn’t bad: they highlight health reform’s benefits.

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Abortion supporters now blast administration over health law

Abortion supporters now blast administration over health law

Abortion rights supporters blast Administration over ruling that limits abortion coverage in the new high-risk insurance pools.

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