The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Nearly 60 percent of the public expects the Supreme Court justices to depend more on personal ideology than a legal analysis of the individual mandate in making their ruling on the health-care reform law.
The much celebrated, and much maligned, public option may have died in Congress, but it’s alive and well in California.
The two Republican candidates were strongly for the individual mandate . . . before they were against it.
Americans continue to struggle to pay their medical bills, and even the 2010 health care overhaul may not ease their financial burden.
States will be given wide latitude to decide what “essential benefits” insurers must offer in their health policies come 2014.
A drug that wakes the “near dead.” Romneycare and abortion. Low-birthweight affects adult cognitive abilities. Technology to connect doctors and caregivers. Trisomy 18 and Rick Santorum’s daughter.
Republicans blocked confirmation of President Obama’s appointee Dr. Donald M. Berwick. The current political climate on Capitol Hill may mean that Tavenner is just as likely to see her nomination stall
By agreeing to hear challenges to President Obama’s 2010 health care law, the Supreme Court has set the stage for a decision — probably in late June and in the midst of the presidential campaign — that could be among its most important in decades.
A majority, 52 percent, of those polled favor bigger government that provides more services for health — 37 percent favor smaller government that provides fewer health services.
C-section boom in Boston. A virus stalks the NBA. A hospital apologizes to actor James Wood. Personhood at conception? Judge-directed malpractice settlements. GOP missing the boat on health care reform?
Whether you’re covered by an employer’s plan, by Medicare, or you are self-employed or unemployed, doing homework during “open enrollment” can help you get the best value for your money.
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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