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High-deductible health insurance plans linked to a health savings account cannot cover some care and drug expenses for chronic health conditions until the patient has met a deductible.
A key bill provision would likely lower premiums, but coverage would be skimpier with consumers left to figure out the trade-offs.
The Senate draft bill released Thursday to replace the Affordable Care Act risks creating a high-cost ghetto for those with preexisting conditions or long-term sickness, experts say.
A new study found that fewer than half of people with health savings accounts deposited any money in them in 2016.
What will happen to people with preexisting conditions is one worry some Americans expressed; the high costs of insurance under Obamacare is another.
"I'm not going to risk my son's health on the political whims of Jefferson City," says one Missouri father, whose son requires about $20,000 to $30,000 in medical care expenses a year. The new GOP health bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act lets states decide whether or not insurers must cover people with preexisting conditions, such as birth defects.
The federal health law has opened up new options for young adults but it can sometimes be confusing. A quick guide to the choices.
Out-of-pocket costs can rise dramatically for children with chronic health issues if a family changes marketplace coverage, according to a new study.
Exchange enrollees and insurers fret over a lawsuit that could end federal help with copays and deductibles.
A growing number of patients fail to fill prescriptions because the cost of cancer drugs is too high.
Nearly half of the people in this month鈥檚 Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll believe the Republican legislation will increase the number of uninsured Americans and increase coverage costs.
Before the health law, buying an individual policy that included coverage for pregnancy and labor was extremely difficult.
Epinephrine, the active ingredient in EpiPens, expires after 18 months, and the auto-injector device can鈥檛 be refilled or reused. Health professionals are looking for work-arounds they say could save the health system millions.
Intense, 鈥渉igh touch鈥 care that focuses on housing as well as health care brings down medical costs for the most expensive patients. But it鈥檚 been hard to replicate successful programs.
With the future of Obamacare on the line, workers might want to consider what benefits they have gained through the landmark law.
A Kaiser Health News analysis finds that the portion of federal marketplace plans requiring people to pay a third or more of the cost of specialty drugs have jumped from 37 to 63 percent since 2014.
The bronze plans鈥 lower premiums -- coupled with the health law鈥檚 out-of-pocket-spending protections -- may make these policies an attractive option.
Majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents support making sure high-cost drugs for chronic conditions are affordable.
The problem, known as balance billing, happens when patients are treated by an out-of-network professional at an in-network facility. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign the legislation.
Cost pressures may induce patients to forego needed care, some worry.
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