Nationally, employees now pay an average of $3,997 as their share of the annual family health insurance premium — about $1,000 more than in 2006 and twice the 2001 amount.
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.
Some health providers are offering patients health-care credit cards to help pay for care. But some patients charge they’ve been swindled.
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.
Many homeless people now ineligible for Medicaid will be covered in 2014 when Medicaid expands under the new health law to include adults without children.
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.
Colleges and universities say some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited benefit student insurance policies.
On White House blog, Gregoire outlines how Washington State will use new federal funds to review health insurance company rate hikes.
Jon Cohn answers John Goodman’s column: Comparing Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer’s dropping costly patients “is grossly misleading,” Cohn writes.
Lower-cost “fiixed payment” plans can leave patients with big bills.
The new healthcare reform law will extend health insurance to 34 million uninsured Americans, but what does it do to try to control costs?
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.
Looking to save money on healthcare? Consider asking your doctor for a discount. And remember, when negotiating for a better price: Cash is king.
[ 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.
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.
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.
Plans will be required to cover such preventive services as cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes testing, cancer screening and routine immunizations without additional charges, such as copayment.
[ July 15, 2010; 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The New Health Reform Law: How Does it Apply to Cancer?
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. Also, you will find out what to do [...]
People who buy their own health insurance report the most recent rate increase requests have averaged 20 percent, according to a new survey
The number of people hospitalized or killed by serious heart attacks each year is down–but the cost of treating people hospitalized with heart disease is up.
Business groups give mixed reviews to new Obama administration rules limiting how much employers and insurers can change their health plans.
How will the new law affect you if your a young adult? Over 65? Own a small business? And what is it all going to cost? KHN staff writer Phil Galewitz updates his Q&A the impact of health reform.
With Congress on recess, health reform politics emerge on homefront– the KaiserHealthNews team does a round up of health policy stories in the news.
The new health law could help to small businesses buy insurance, but the help comes with strings and not everyone thinks it will do enough.
The new health reform law may lead more employers to stop offering health insurance to employees. But this might turn out to be a good thing, says Austin Frakt.
“Sixty percent of the plans out there are pure junk,” says Stephen Beckley, a health-care consultant.
If you’re sick–or have ever been sick–and can’t get insurance, the new health law promises fast relief: access to guaranteed coverage starting in July.
A lot of people laughed when Sue Lowden, the Nevada Republican running for the U.S. Senate, suggested last month that people start paying for their medical care with chickens. I didn’t.
Some small businesses say a tax credit worth 50% of their contribution to their workers’ coverage will actually do little to help them afford health insurance.
Two large insurers to allow young adults to remain on their parent’s plans ahead of the September deadline set by the new health law.
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
E-Health Records: Seattle is ahead of the curve
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