Health Care Reform

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  Health reforms penalize some Indians

  By Garance Burke  |  May 15, 2013

  Many Native Americans will have to buy their own health insurance or pay a $695 fine unless they can prove they are "Indian enough" to claim one of the few exemptions allowed under the PPACA.

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  CBO says PPACA repeal will increase deficit

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 15, 2013

  With House Republicans just a day away from voting to seek a repeal of President Obama’s health reform law, congressional budget analysts suggested on Wednesday that repealing the law would increase the deficit.

• Covered California awards $37 million in exchange grants

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 14, 2013

  Covered California — the state’s health insurance exchange — on Tuesday announced $37 million in federal funding to organizations to help promote the exchange to uninsured residents.

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  Employer coverage up under Massachusetts health law

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 13, 2013

  If Massachusetts’ own health reform is any indication, employer-sponsored health insurance will be safe under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

• Actuaries say PPACA may have mixed effects on costs

  By Allison Bell  |  May 13, 2013

  The American Academy of Actuaries is officially trying to lower expectations about just how confident forecasters can be when trying to predict how PPACA will affect health insurance premiums.

• Fundraising from HHS secretary draws scrutiny

  By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press  |  May 13, 2013

  A fundraising push by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest.

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  Experts warn of huge cost disparities in reform

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 13, 2013

  Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

• Medicaid expansion didn't improve health in Oregon

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 10, 2013

  "No significant improvement in measured physical health outcomes.” That was the conclusion of a study of thousands of low-income people in Oregon who have received access to Medicaid since 2008.

• Utah to be first to use dual-model health exchange

  By Brady McCombs  |  May 10, 2013

  The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities.

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  Obama declares health care law 'is here to stay'

  By Jim Kuhnhenn, Julie Pace  |  May 10, 2013

  President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect.