Hospital Ratings Fatigue, Part II: Reporting on the Report Cards
As top ranking groups get grades, the nation’s foremost accrediting commission nearly doubles the number of hospitals named “top performers.” What’s it all mean?
Hospital Ratings Fatigue, Part I: Should Hospital Ratings Be Embraced or Despised?
Can patients trust the many websites that rate hospitals? Charles Ornstein talks to health-care reporters and editors to find out.
How the Patients Most in Need of Insurance Are Getting Squeezed by Health Care Delays
Many state and federal insurance pools covering patients with pre-existing conditions are set to close December 31, but it’s an open question whether patients will be able to find policies on Healthcare.gov in time.
Why Health Insurance Cancellations Shouldn’t Be a Surprise
A former federal health official says consumers in the individual health-care market deserved more of a heads-up about what was coming under Obamacare.
Can a Reprieve and a Lawsuit Reverse Health Insurance Cancellations?
While California’s insurance commissioner forces a three-month delay for 115,000 cancellations, the Obama administration says consumers are being “migrated” to better policies.
Answered: Why 2 Obama Loyalists Lost Their Health Insurance Policies
Lack of kids’ dental benefits, other coverage gaps help “tank” couple’s Kaiser Permanente insurance plan—but so did contracts with California’s health insurance exchange.
Meet 2 Loyal Obama Supporters Whose Health Insurance Was Canceled by Obamacare
Lee Hammack and his wife JoEllen Brothers thought they had a great insurance plan. Now, their cost is more than doubling to $1,300 a month, with higher out-of-pocket costs.
Why Healthcare.gov Broke: Two Competing Story Lines
Inside the Obama administration, political considerations slowed development of the health care exchanges. Or was it a blanket of Republican opposition around the country?
Was Your Health Policy Canceled? What We Do and Don’t Know
Hundreds of thousands of individual policyholders, at minimum, will have to find new plans as insurers respond to new coverage requirements under Obamacare. But is that necessarily bad?
What’s Wrong With Healthcare.gov’s Price Estimator?
You may end up paying hundreds of dollars more per year than you budgeted for.