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Health insurance marketplace customers who received too much in tax credits in 2014 won鈥檛 face a late penalty if they don鈥檛 pay back the money by April 15, but they still face interest charges.
Early reports show two major medical-home experiments run by the health law鈥檚 Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation reduced hospitalizations in some cases but are still working to cut overall costs.
Confusion about federal assistance stymied many from getting insurance in the first year of the health law marketplaces.
A three-year agreement between Indiana and the federal government imposes cost-sharing on poor adults and uses a cigarette tax and a fee on hospitals to pay the state's costs of expanding Medicaid -- and could lead to other GOP-led states following suit.
A new poll shows that most Americans favor governmental action to restore subsidies if the Supreme Court limits their availability.
Saturation advertising in one Hispanic-heavy city in South Florida has led to unusually high rates of health plan sign-ups through the federal insurance exchange -- and they lead the nation in health law insurance enrollment.
The medical device industry hopes a GOP Congress will repeal what they say is a job-killing tax, but critics say companies exaggerate its impact.
KHN鈥檚 consumer columnist answers questions from readers about premiums, the health law鈥檚 tax credits and penalties.
At an Irvine, Calif., conference, Vice President Joe Biden told hospital executives and other health care leaders that it鈥檚 time to "double down" on making patients safer in hospitals and reducing infections and readmissions.
The Cleveland Clinic, serving mostly insured patients, sees its Medicare fines go down, while fines go up at the city鈥檚 hospitals in low-income neighborhoods. The National Quality Forum is beginning a trial to adjust the program for hospitals that serve more poor people.
Healthcare.gov only allows insurance plans to list cost sharing details for four drug tiers, but many plans on the website have more than that, potentially leading to consumer confusion, according to an analysis by Avalere Health.
Penalties for readmissions and patient injuries erase bonuses hospitals earn for meeting stiff quality criteria. Fewer than 800 will end up with higher payments.
An influential Texas group says Arkansas鈥 experiment using federal money to buy private insurance for the poor has cost more than expected and should not be emulated by other states.
With Affordable Care Act open enrollment ending Feb. 15, taxpayers could find themselves shut out of health insurance 鈥 and saddled with big fines 鈥 if they don鈥檛 do their taxes early this year.
The new Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says the GOP will chip away at Obamacare 鈥減iece by piece.鈥 Still, he says he will work with Democrats to continue funding for the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program and overhauling Medicare pay for doctors.
California is seen as an Obamacare success story, but about 30,000 people there are stuck with only one choice of insurer on the exchange.
The chief of the Department of Health and Human Services says Democrats and Republicans can reach accord on many issues beyond the health law.
A look at the 10 least and 10 most expensive places for health insurance shows a wide gap in prices for the same type of coverage.
Obamacare provided billions in seed money to help establish insurance companies called co-ops. One of the biggest has now gone under, and its state overseer is telling clients to switch carriers.
Results so far show community agencies haven鈥檛 made a big difference in keeping seniors from making return hospital trips. But administration officials say the program has plenty of potential.
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