State’s uninsured hit hard by COVID-19: Tests cost hundreds out-of-pocket, adding to medical debt or deterring residents from seeking care
Within days, the cough quickly escalated into a burning chest pain that dropped 30-year-old Brittany Marie Wells to her kitchen floor.
“I started crying,” Wells said. “My mom ended up calling my dad, telling him that we needed to go to the hospital.”
But she refused to go.
CDC: Uninsured drop by 11M since passage of ACA
The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health care overhaul five years ago, according to a pair of reports Tuesday from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Survey: Uninsured rate hit new low in 2014
The share of Americans without health insurance dropped to its lowest level in seven years in 2014.
New ‘face,’ but some old problems for ‘Obamacare’
Abruptly on the spot as the new face of “Obamacare,” Sylvia Mathews Burwell faces steep challenges, both logistical and political.
Obama’s simple promises vex complex health rollout
WASHINGTON — It sounded so simple. Too simple, it turns out. President Barack Obama’s early efforts to boil down an intricate health care law so
Sticker shock often follows insurance cancellation
MIAMI — Dean Griffin liked the health insurance he purchased for himself and his wife three years ago and thought he’d be able to keep
Obama to cite Mass. health care law’s slow start
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is citing the Massachusetts health care system’s slow start to keep expectations low for early sign-ups for his own overhaul.
White House OKs limited waiver on health insurance penalty
WASHINGTON — With website woes ongoing, the Obama administration Monday granted a six-week extension until March 31 for Americans to sign up for coverage next
GOP set to question Sebelius on health law
Republicans plan to seek answers from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration’s troubled start for its health care website to buy insurance, and are raising concerns about the privacy of information that applicants submit under the new system.
Citizens learn about new healthcare law
More than two dozen Columbus citizens gathered at the Trotter Convention Center Wednesday afternoon for a tutorial on the Affordable Care Act.
Obama health target: 500,000 signups by Oct. 31
WASHINGTON — For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign up for the new health insurance
Brokers and agents simplify, confuse health exchange shopping
This month’s glitch-filled rollout of the health insurance marketplaces created by federal law is a business opportunity for brokers and agents, but regulators warn that
Obama to public: Don’t give up on health sign-ups
WASHINGTON — Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans “definitely shouldn’t give up” on the problem-plagued program
Shutdown or not, health insurance markets open today
Millions of Americans will be able to shop for the first time today on the insurance marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, entering a world that is supposed to simplify the mysteries of health coverage but could end up making it even more confusing, at least initially.
Health overhaul confuses Medicare beneficiaries
Dear seniors, your Medicare benefits aren’t changing under the Affordable Care Act. That’s the message federal health officials are trying to get out to elderly consumers confused by overlapping enrollment periods for Medicare and so-called “Obamacare.”
Health law challenge threatens government shutdown
A conservative challenge to the president’s health care law has the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.
The Senate has the next move on must-do legislation required to keep the government open past midnight today.
Applying for health insurance? Look forward to lots of homework
WASHINGTON — Getting covered through President Barack Obama’s health care law might feel like a combination of doing your taxes and making a big purchase
Government says health spending to jump next year
WASHINGTON — The nation’s health care spending will jump by 6.1 percent next year as the big coverage expansion in President Barack Obama’s overhaul kicks
Obama to talk up health care law’s rebates
WASHINGTON — Eager to counter Republicans intent on repealing his health care law, President Barack Obama will argue that it’s working and hold up as
Some points to know about the coming health care overhaul
Still a little hazy about the health care overhaul? You have plenty of company. About half the people surveyed earlier this spring by the nonpartisan