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By Jenny Ivy |
May 22, 2012
A new in-depth survey on the state of pharmacy benefit management finds most sponsors are looking at a number of ways to control costs, but few have considered dropping coverage entirely.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
May 8, 2012
It's the hottest trend in job-based health insurance: plans that give you a personal savings account for medical bills but also require you to pay a hefty share of costs before coverage kicks in. But there's a warning flag, a risk that workers will forgo needed care, even preventive services...
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By Jenny Ivy |
April 26, 2012
According to a new report from The Kaiser Family Foundation, preliminary estimates project that insurers will have to return $1.3 billion to customers this year, including $426 million in the individual market, $377 million in the small group market, and $541 million in the large group market.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
April 24, 2012
The increased public attention to health reform generated by the Supreme Court’s consideration of the law did little to change public opinion, a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
April 10, 2012
A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is.
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By Mark Sherman, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
March 29, 2012
The arguments are done and the case has been submitted, as Chief Justice John Roberts says at the end of every Supreme Court argument. Now the justices will wrestle with what to do with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. They have a range of options, from upholding the law...
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
March 20, 2012
Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Starting with a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy.
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By Mark Sherman , Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
March 20, 2012
Here is a look at six potential outcomes, from the simplest to the most complicated possible rulings
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By Kathryn Mayer |
March 16, 2012
The way things are trending, in less than 20 years the average family will face medical costs higher than their total income—all of it.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
March 15, 2012
Yet another poll confirms most Americans find the individual mandate provision of President Obama’s health reform to be unconstitutional.
