Enrollment 2018
Rising Health Insurance Costs Frighten Some Early Retirees
Higher premiums loom for Americans in their late 50s and early 60s who are still too young for Medicare and don鈥檛 qualify for subsidies under Obamacare.
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Enrollment 2018
Past-Due Premiums, Missing Tax Forms May Hamstring Marketplace Customers
People hoping to get federal subsidized marketplace coverage may need to make sure their 2017 premiums are paid and that they filed all the correct documents with their 2016 taxes.
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Enrollment 2018
5 Things To Know About ACA At Year 5
This year鈥檚 Obamacare open enrollment will be marked by a number of changes. KHN helps you navigate them.聽
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Anthem Eases Up On Premium Hikes After State Scrutiny
After regulators questioned Anthem鈥檚 forecast for medical costs, the company agreed to reduce rate hikes on its individual and small-business health plans next year, saving customers an estimated $114 million.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Facebook Live: Things To Know About Trump’s Directive On Health Insurance
In this Facebook Live, KHN鈥檚 Julie Appleby answers questions about President Donald Trump鈥檚 executive order regarding insurance.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Trump鈥檚 Order Advances GOP Go-To Ideas To Broaden Insurance Choices, Curb Costs
But the approaches are not new and critics worry that these changes will leave some consumers with skimpier plans that expose them to high medical bills.
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Overlooked By ACA: Many People Paying Full Price For Insurance 鈥楪etting Slammed鈥
For several million consumers who buy their own insurance but earn too much to qualify for subsidies, the ever-growing price of premiums takes a big toll.
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Despite Boost In Social Security, Rising Medicare Part B Costs Leave Seniors In Bind
With higher premiums on tap for many Medicare enrollees, here鈥檚 help figuring out the particulars of the Part B puzzle and how it affects you.
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In Stark Contrast To ACA Plans, Premiums For Job-Based Coverage Show Modest Rise
Employers report the sixth consecutive year of small increases, but workers at small firms feel the biggest pinch, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
5 Outside-The-Box Ideas For Fixing The Individual Insurance Market
As lawmakers look for ways to stabilize the health law marketplaces, a number of ideas 鈥 such as expanding who can 鈥渂uy in鈥 to Medicare and Medicaid or pushing young adults off their parents鈥 plans into the marketplaces 鈥 might come into play.
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Why One Insurer鈥檚 Collapse Could Whack Insurers, Policyholders Across the Country
Little-known rules require all health insurance companies to help pay claims when any one of them fails. Penn Treaty failed big 鈥 and insurers around the country are likely to pass those costs onto policyholders.
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When High Deductibles Hurt: Even Insured Patients Postpone Care
The number of Americans with high-deductible health plans is growing, along with the fear that even insured people won鈥檛 get the care they need because it鈥檚 too costly.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
5 Ways GOP Reforms Could Change Your Health Plan Options
A key bill provision would likely lower premiums, but coverage would be skimpier with consumers left to figure out the trade-offs.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Should GOP Health Bill Prevail, Say Bye-Bye To Insurance Rebates
A little-noticed provision of the Senate GOP health plan would unwind an Affordable Care Act provision limiting insurer profits, administrative costs.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
鈥楥overage Gap鈥 For Poor May End, But Many Will Still Have Trouble Affording Plans
Although some people below the poverty level will now be able to qualify for premium subsidies, they may have trouble covering the out-of-pocket costs.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Winners And Losers: 40 Is Old In Senate GOP Health Plan鈥檚 Subsidy Structure
The latest Republican plan to revamp the health law reshapes how age and income affect what help consumers get for paying premiums.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Senate Health Bill Would Revamp Medicaid, Alter ACA Guarantees, Cut Premium Support
Despite promises to craft their own way to revamp the federal health law, the Senate Republican bill follows the House鈥檚 lead in many ways.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Millions Of Ill People May Face 鈥楨xtremely High Premiums鈥 Under House Bill, CBO Says
The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office evaluates last-minute changes made to the bill to help propel it to passage.
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Preexisting Conditions And Continuous Coverage: Key Elements Of GOP Bill
The Republican health plan would require insurers to offer coverage to people who have preexisting medical conditions. But if states opt to allow insurers to charge sick people more than healthy ones, people who have been more than 63 days without coverage could see significantly higher insurance costs.
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Rural Shoppers Face Slim Choices, Steep Premiums On Exchanges
The larger an area鈥檚 population, the more likely insurers will compete in that market, according to an Urban Institute analysis.