By Michael Doyle and Tony Pugh, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Two appeals courts on Tuesday split over the Affordable Care Act, reaching different conclusions about whether tax credits can help consumers buy coverage in ...
By Michael Ollove, Stateline.org By his own admission, for many years Cyrus Napolitano’s mental illness — bipolar disorder — did not make him an ideal employee. Perhaps the worst moment came when he walked into ...
While the right’s been busy denouncing the Affordable Care Act, the health care law has been working and benefiting millions of Americans. According to the Commonwealth Fund’s new tracking survey, the number of uninsured adults decreased from 20 ...
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News LOS ANGELES — California insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross misled “millions of enrollees” about whether their doctors and hospitals were participating in its new “Obamacare” plans and failed to ...
By Jake Grovum, Stateline.org WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in a case brought by home health care aides in Illinois casts doubt on labor agreements between such workers and state governments in ...
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s health care law could be dealt a severe blow this week if a U.S. appeals court rules that some low- and middle-income residents ...
By Misty Williams, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — The cancer had already spread to her abdomen by the time Beth Brock managed to escape from her health insurance nightmare. The Woodstock business owner learned last ...
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — In another damning report on the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel on Monday assailed the VA for what investigators said was its ...
Today the Weekend Reader brings you Reinventing American Health Care, by bioethicist, former special advisor on health care reform to the White House, and current senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Ezekiel Emanuel. According ...
By Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The large subsidies for health insurance that helped fuel the successful drive to sign up roughly 8 million Americans for coverage under the Affordable Care Act ...
By Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Expanding the number of young adults with health insurance appears to have improved their health and saved them money, according to a new study that is ...
By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Despite having the costliest care, the United States ranks last among 11 industrialized countries on health care quality and access, according to a new report. The ...
As a number of Republican leaders across the nation continue to demonstrate their opposition to the Affordable Care Act by refusing to expand Medicaid in their states, one state in particular has seen tremendous progress by fully buying ...
Washington (AFP) – An audit on health care access for U.S. veterans released Monday confirmed the existence of fake waiting lists, prompting a top official to slam “systemic” problems for America’s wounded warriors seeking treatment. ...
By Lindsay Wise, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Eric Shinseki has been pushed out as the secretary of veterans affairs. The president vows changes. The Senate is moving with uncharacteristic speed toward a bipartisan response. ...