RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Centene has jumped into the mix of managed-care companies scrambling to bulk up as the health care overhaul changes their business...
CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the country, relief was the dominant emotion among consumers who get help from the government to lower...
EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans wanted the Supreme Court to side with the government on whether the federal government could continue subsidizing...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — His health care legacy secure, President Barack Obama cast Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare as a historic and...
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, rejecting a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of American hospitals are turning a profit by charging patients exorbitant rates for necessary procedures. And...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press KEVIN S. VINEYS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 10 million people have signed up for private health insurance this year...
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — From contraception to colonoscopies, the Obama administration Monday closed a series of insurance loopholes on coverage of preventive...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even as health care costs continue to cause concerns for the poor, nearly 40 percent African...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health...
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 16 million Americans have gained coverage since President Barack Obama’s health care law...
Washington (CNN) – The future of health care in America is on the table — and in serious jeopardy — Wednesday morning in the Supreme...
NEW YORK (AP) — UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, said Thursday it is tightening its coverage rules on hysterectomies. The company says it will require...
KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Insurance companies, perhaps more than previously thought, may be charging the sickest patients extra for drugs under...
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...
(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...
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...
(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...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Health insurance companies preserved their tax breaks. Farmers and ranchers were spared having to report on pollution from manure. Tourist destinations like Las...
(New York Times) – The Commonwealth Fund has been publishing surveys comparing health care in industrialized countries since 1998, a continuing report card in which...
Kelli Kennedy, ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI (AP) — When Olivia Papa signed up for a new health plan last year, her insurance company assigned her to...
(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...
