RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press JACK GILLUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s health insurance website is quietly sending consumers’ personal data to private companies that...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not only do more Americans have health insurance, but the number struggling with medical costs has dropped since President...
More Residents Also Receive Financial Assistance by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The first detailed analysis of enrollment into the...
(Politico) – The House easily passed legislation Thursday afternoon changing the Affordable Care Act’s definition of a full-time workweek to 40 hours, the first step...
(CNBC) – Even when there’s good news for health insurance prices, workers still can’t catch a break. A slow-down in growth of premium prices for...
(CNBC) – Robin Wiener has achieved something many small-business owners have struggled to do: She has lowered her firm’s health-care premiums. The dip isn’t huge....
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As families prepare to choose health insurance coverage during the open enrollment period, a recent report...
Alan Fram, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first Republican-dominated Congress to confront President Barack Obama, GOP leaders will focus on bolstering the economy...
(USA Today) – Physician Praveen Arla is witnessing a reversal of health care fortunes: Poor, long-uninsured patients are getting Medicaid through Obamacare and finally coming...
CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health care law shows that more than...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The cost of being uninsured in America is going up significantly next year for millions of people. It’s the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Anyone who has been to an emergency room, out-patient clinic or undergone a series of medical tests knows how it...
(The Washington Post) – Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health care law is off to a good start but there...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to head off a new round of consumer headaches with President Barack Obama’s health care law, the insurance...
(New York Times) – The Commonwealth Fund has been publishing surveys comparing health care in industrialized countries since 1998, a continuing report card in which...
(ABC News) – When the House voted to approve the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act this week, lawmakers including Speaker John Boehner rejoiced that the move...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they’d rather avoid: Researching and then settling on...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health care spending grew by the slowest rate in more than a half-century last year, government analysts said...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes...
HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With many seniors facing high medical bills, a congressional investigation has found that federal government websites meant to give...
(Politico) – A majority of Americans give good reviews for insurance they recently acquired through government exchanges within the past year, a new poll shows. With...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Friday it will consider paying doctors to counsel patients about their options for end-of-life care, the same idea that spurred...
(Reuters) – Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to measure a user’s fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru...
(Reuters) – U.S. voters’ readiness to face tough issues such as pension reform rather than simply kick the can further down the road will be...
