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Nearly half of the people in this month鈥檚 Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll believe the Republican legislation will increase the number of uninsured Americans and increase coverage costs.
Before the health law, buying an individual policy that included coverage for pregnancy and labor was extremely difficult.
Epinephrine, the active ingredient in EpiPens, expires after 18 months, and the auto-injector device can鈥檛 be refilled or reused. Health professionals are looking for work-arounds they say could save the health system millions.
Intense, 鈥渉igh touch鈥 care that focuses on housing as well as health care brings down medical costs for the most expensive patients. But it鈥檚 been hard to replicate successful programs.
With the future of Obamacare on the line, workers might want to consider what benefits they have gained through the landmark law.
A Kaiser Health News analysis finds that the portion of federal marketplace plans requiring people to pay a third or more of the cost of specialty drugs have jumped from 37 to 63 percent since 2014.
The bronze plans鈥 lower premiums -- coupled with the health law鈥檚 out-of-pocket-spending protections -- may make these policies an attractive option.
Majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents support making sure high-cost drugs for chronic conditions are affordable.
The problem, known as balance billing, happens when patients are treated by an out-of-network professional at an in-network facility. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign the legislation.
Cost pressures may induce patients to forego needed care, some worry.
Four years after a huge push to speed generics to market, the FDA has more than 4,000 generics waiting for approval.
The standardized policy options would provide a way for consumers to make apples-to-apples comparisons.
A study explores how coverage gains resulting from the federal health law may have changed people鈥檚 health care habits and spending.
News reports have led many consumers to blame drugmakers for the rapidly rising costs of some commonly used generic drugs. But changes made by insurers often play a major role, too.
Residents of California, New York and Ohio approve of Medicaid expansion in those states, the survey by a Houston-based think tank found.
KHN's consumer columnist answers readers鈥 questions including whether recent announcements about plans pulling out of the health law鈥檚 exchanges could affect the access to coverage for consumers who don鈥檛 use those exchanges.
The U.S. faces a variety of serious concerns beyond just the future of the federal health law.
Zoom, a medical group and insurer, is targeting millennials in Oregon and Washington with quick, accessible care as well as fitness, yoga and cooking classes.
A study published in Health Affairs examines how physician-patient interactions often present missed opportunities to control patients鈥 health care spending.
Harken Health, a new UnitedHealthcare subsidiary, offers members free unlimited doctor visits and health coaches at 10 clinics in Chicago and Atlanta.聽
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