Remember the Healthcare.gov Debacle? Its Legacy Haunts the Biden Plan.
The stimulus bill spends billions to help more Americans buy Obamacare plans. But getting those dollars will take some work, and some waiting. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 23, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care HealthCare.gov Stimulus (Economic) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) American Rescue Plan (2021) Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions Source Type: news
How Complexity Could Mar Rollout of the New Obamacare Subsidies
The stimulus bill spends billions to help more Americans buy affordable health insurance. But getting those dollars will take some work, and some waiting. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 22, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care HealthCare.gov Stimulus (Economic) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) American Rescue Plan (2021) Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions Source Type: news
Small Piece of the Stimulus Has Ambitious Aim of Saving Mothers ’ Lives
The expansion of Medicaid is an effort to address the highest maternal death rate among wealthy nations. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 14, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Maternal Mortality American Rescue Plan (2021) Stimulus (Economic) Pregnancy and Childbirth Poverty United States Black People Women and Girls Source Type: news
Need Health Insurance? A Guide to New Options Under the Stimulus.
There is more financial assistance for more people seeking coverage. And many people who are already covered can get discounts, too, if they sign up. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 12, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Content Type: Service Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) American Rescue Plan (2021) Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions Stimulus (Economic) Source Type: news
Obamacare ’s About to Get a Lot More Affordable. These Maps Show How.
For this year and next, the stimulus bill boosts subsidies for nearly all those buying their own coverage, making insurance free for more people and giving higher-income people discounts for the first time. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 11, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Content Type: Service Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Source Type: news
A $22,368 Bill That Dodged and Weaved to Find a Gap in America ’s Health System
Bad news for one unlucky patient is also a stark example of how dysfunctional U.S. health coverage can be. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 10, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Hospitals Tests (Medical) Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Pandemic Relief Bill Fulfills Biden Promise to Expand Obamacare, for Two Years
With its expanded subsidies for health plans under the Affordable Care Act, the coronavirus relief bill makes plans more affordable, and puts health care on the ballot in 2022. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Presidential Election of 2020 United States Politics and Government Health Insurance and Managed Care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) American Rescue Plan (2021) Biden, Joseph R Jr Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Medicare Source Type: news
The World Needs Syringes. He Jumped In to Make 5,900 Per Minute.
Rajiv Nath ’s family-run Hindustan Syringes bets it can help meet the pandemic need for billions of barrels and needles. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 5, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Karan Deep Singh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Hypodermic Needles and Syringes Vaccination and Immunization Factories and Manufacturing United Nations Children ' s Fund India Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Production International Trade and World M Source Type: news
Private Insurance Wins in Democrats ’ First Try at Expanding Health Coverage
‘Medicare for all’ and the public option were hot topics during primary season, but the politics of passing those “gets tricky really fast.” (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 5, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Politics and Government Law and Legislation Medicare Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Biden, Joseph R Jr Source Type: news
At Last, Democrats Get Chance to Engineer Obamacare 2.0
The Biden administration is trying to make the health care law more generous and closer to its original design, but may disappoint progressive allies hoping for more. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 27, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Law and Legislation Health Insurance and Managed Care Biden, Joseph R Jr Medicare Medicaid Source Type: news
Who Will Be the Next F.D.A. Chief?
Two leading contenders generate wider debate about the leadership needed to restore morale and scientific integrity to an agency battered by the politicized Trump administration. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 20, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sheila Kaplan Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Appointments and Executive Changes Research Vaccination and Immunization Cancer Food and Drug Administration your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Biden Administration Moves to End Work Requirements in Medicaid
Reversing the Trump administration ’s policy of allowing states to tether work to health insurance. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 13, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Medicaid Verma, Seema Executive Orders and Memorandums Biden, Joseph R Jr States (US) Source Type: news
Drug Prices by Committee: One Way Biden Could Lower Costs
Many countries use independent review boards to balance innovation and profit. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 11, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Austin Frakt Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Innovation United States Politics and Government Biden, Joseph R Jr Source Type: news
Biden Pushes for Racial Equity in Vaccination, but Data Lags
The administration has race and ethnicity data for just 52 percent of vaccine recipients. Next week, it will begin shipping doses directly to clinics in underserved communities. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 10, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Race and Ethnicity Source Type: news
Burned by Low Reimbursements, Some Doctors Stop Testing for Covid
Some insurers pay pediatricians less than the cost of the test itself, jeopardizing a tool to help control the pandemic. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Tests (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Children and Childhood Medicaid Health Insurance and Managed Care UnitedHealth Group Inc Source Type: news
