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Health Insurance
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Your Health Is More Than Your BMI
You can't eyeball a person's habits, character, or health by looking at his waistline.
How It Feels to Read the Walkercare Plan as a Former Obamacare User
I realized many provisions in Obamacare are made to benefit me and those like me.
Hospitals Are Gouging Uninsured Americans
People without insurance—an estimated 30 million even after Obamacare—face prices up to 10 times higher than Medicare allowances.
The Promise of Extending IUD Access to All Women
A new IUD was made expressly to break down cost and trust barriers. Will it succeed?
Frustrated by the Theft of Your Health Care Data? You’re Not Alone
One consumer was the victim of hacking attacks on two different health insurers; a company’s privacy officer didn’t realize that health insurer Anthem even had her data. “It gives you a new perspective when you’re actually one of the folks whose data is disclosed.”
How Hard Is It to See a Doctor If You’re on Medicaid?
For residents of some states, it can be extremely difficult.
When Good Health Insurance Doesn’t Do You Any Good
The most unusual thing about Rabbi Ben-Tzion Welton's struggle with unanticipated medical expenses may be that he's so far avoided bankruptcy.
Drowning in Backlog: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion May Be a Victim of Its Own Success
With open enrollment over for private health insurance claims, states are struggling to process hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applications.
Judging Obamacare: How Do We Know If It’s a Success or a Failure?
Sign-ups were supposed to formally end yesterday, and attention is shifting from marketing to measuring whether the law is meetings its goals.