Health groups aim to make medical records easier to access
Technology companies, hospital systems and doctors' groups have agreed to take steps to make electronic health records easier for consumers to access and use, the Obama administration announced Monday.
View ArticleHealth law fines double for many uninsured at tax time
Many people who went without health insurance last year are now seeing fines more than double under President Barack Obama's health care law, tax preparation company H&R Block said Tuesday.
View ArticleDisputed health law rule would broaden transgender rights
Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services under the nondiscrimination mandate of President...
View ArticleMedicare opens new push on hip, knee replacement
From Akron to Tampa Bay, from New York City to San Francisco, Medicare on Friday launched an ambitious experiment changing how it pays for hip and knee replacements in an effort to raise quality and...
View ArticleMedicare plan on payment for cancer drugs stirs battle
A Medicare proposal to test new ways of paying for chemotherapy and other drugs given in a doctor's office has sparked a furious battle, and cancer doctors are demanding that the Obama administration...
View ArticleStirred by Sanders, Democrats shift left on health care
More Democrats seem to be having doubts about the federal health care law, a contentious issue for most of President Barack Obama's tenure and one of the defining elements of his legacy.
View ArticleReport: New evidence of rising ‘Obamacare’ premiums
Premiums for popular low-cost medical plans under the federal health care law are expected to go up an average of 11 percent next year, said a study that reinforced reports of sharp increases around...
View ArticleSpiraling drug costs prompt call for major Medicare changes
Calling the rising cost of drugs "unsustainable," congressional advisers on Wednesday recommended major changes to Medicare's popular outpatient prescription program, now 10 years old.
View ArticleAbout 1.6M dropouts from health law coverage this year
About 1.6 million people who signed up for coverage this year under President Barack Obama's health care law dropped out by the end of March, according to administration figures.
View ArticleWith millions covered, ‘repeal and replace’ gets riskier
As Republicans gather to anoint their presidential ticket in Cleveland, uncompromising opposition to "Obamacare" is getting politically riskier.
View ArticlePricey drugs overwhelm Medicare safeguard
A safeguard for Medicare beneficiaries has become a way for drugmakers to get paid billions of dollars for pricey medications at taxpayer expense, government numbers show.
View ArticleBeyond ‘Obamacare’: State initiatives refocus health debate
Moving beyond "Obamacare," political activists are looking to state ballot questions to refocus the nation's long-running debate over government's role in health care.
View ArticleRepeal or retain? Election opens final act for ‘Obamacare’
Election Day 2016 will raise the curtain on the final act in the nation's long-running political drama over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. If Republican Donald Trump wins, the...
View ArticleCan Clinton save health overhaul from its mounting problems?
With the hourglass running out for his administration, President Barack Obama's health care law is struggling in many parts of the country. Double-digit premium increases and exits by big-name insurers...
View ArticleProgress slows on uninsured as health law blame game goes on
Progress in reducing the number of people without health insurance in the U.S. appears to be losing momentum this year even as rising premiums and dwindling choice are reviving the political blame game...
View ArticleGovernment survey shows health insurance gains slowing
The nation's progress in getting more people covered by health insurance slowed significantly this year, the government confirmed Wednesday in a report that tempers a historic achievement of the Obama...
View ArticleBehind health law’s ‘growing pains,’ more serious problems?
President Barack Obama told insurers this week his health care overhaul has had some growing pains. But with premiums rising and marquee insurers bailing, could the real diagnosis be "failure to thrive?"
View ArticleDid landmark laws from Congress enable high drug prices?
Lawmakers are venting outrage over high prescription drug costs, but lawmakers and presidents of both parties may have set the stage for the startling prices that have consumers on edge.
View ArticleGovernment to pick plans for displaced health law customers
The Obama administration is worried that insurers bailing out of the health law's markets may prompt their customers to drop out, too. So it plans to match affected consumers with remaining insurance...
View ArticleHospital industry says it, too, is slammed by drug costs
Hospitals, too, are getting slammed by sharp price increases in prescription drugs, and the industry is urging the next president and Congress to take up the issue.
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