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The advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society said Wednesday that federal and state governments should move to restrict insurers from charging patients a percentage of the cost of their prescription drugs.
About 33,000 adults have signed up for dental insurance as an unsubsidized, optional benefit through Covered California.
Premiums could jump 15 percent next year for millions if they keep 2015 plans, reports the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Aetna is rolling out a special gold-level plan for 2016 that is aimed at providing better care for people with diabetes in the hopes of keeping them healthier—and their costs down. But it’s not clear the plans are a good buy.
Floridians without health insurance query experts and ponder options as the health law’s open enrollment season gets underway.
Only 16 percent of the popular plans cover all 10 of the most common drug regimens and charge less than $100 a month in consumer cost sharing, according to a report by Avalere Health.
The music industry generates $1.6 billion a year for Austin, Texas. But many musicians can't afford the basics, including health insurance. The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians steps in to help.
Hospital practices vary when it comes to paying care costs for patients with bad outcomes. Sometimes, patients foot the bill.
These plans, which still are a minority in the marketplaces, can help drive consumers to use the system’s hospitals and doctors, but some also offer competitive prices.
Open enrollment under Obamacare started Nov. 1 – if you’re uninsured, now’s the time to consider options.
Officials are reaching out to people who sat on the sidelines for the first two years of the health law, and they are finding the law is still not well understood – and, for some, insurance is still too expensive.
Two studies analyze the decline in PPO plans that provide some coverage when patients seek care from doctors, hospitals and other providers that are not on the plan’s network.
Despite strong enrollment in Kentucky's online health insurance marketplace, participation in its exchange for small employers also created by the Affordable Care Act has mostly been a dud.
Software problems, better health insurance options elsewhere are said to hold enrollment well under projections after almost two years.
KHN’s consumer columnist answers readers’ questions about high deductible plans, out of network benefits and increases in premium costs.
As open enrollment begins for the health exchanges, one development that's turning into a concern is the collapse of a number of alternative insurance plans known as co-ops. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey joins PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff to answer real Americans’ questions about shopping for coverage.
The highest Obamacare insurance rates in the country are in Alaska. Though most people get a subsidy to help defray the cost, those who don’t are increasingly wondering if they should cancel their health insurance.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey appeared on PBS NewsHour to talk about open enrollment season to buy health insurance coverage on healthcare.gov and online state marketplaces.
Only about half of blacks considered eligible for subsidies have enrolled.
After millions of people signed up for Obamacare over the past two years, the ones still lacking insurance may be harder to both find and persuade to enroll.
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