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An advisory group urged U.S. officials to formulate a set of essential health benefits under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul that is in line with cost of insurance in a typical small employer plan. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

Data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau on income, poverty and health insurance coverage revealed that 49.9 million Americans are uninsured, a slight increase from 49 million in 2009. According to Alan Baker, interim executive director of the American Public Health Association (APHA): “Too many Americans lack health insurance… View full post on Health [...]

Insured and still at risk: Number of under-insured increased 80 percent between 2003 – 2010 The number of underinsured adults – those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes – rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according to a new [...]

The Departments of Health and Human Services and The Treasury took the next steps to set up Affordable Insurance Exchanges, one-stop marketplaces in which customers can select a private health insurance place that suits their health needs and have similar insurance choices as members of Congress… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance [...]

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The HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) has introduced its proposal – Affordable Insurance Exchanges – the aim being to have state-based competitive marketplaces where people and smaller businesses can buy private health insurance at reasonable prices. The HHS claims individuals would then have the same health insurances choices as those currently enjoyed [...]

The Obama administration won a political victory over the Republican opposition when a federal appeals court in Cincinnati found the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional – i.e. it upheld the 2010 health-care law – and with Judge Jeffrey Sutton, who was appointed by George W. Bush in 2003, concurring. The issue was regarding [...]

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to allow limited benefit, or “mini-med” plans, to apply for or renew a temporary waiver from annual limit restrictions through 2013. In 2014, annual limits for new health plans will be banned as high-quality, affordable, and comprehensive health insurance plans are made available through [...]

Today, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation to ensure that large health insurance premium increases will be thoroughly reviewed, and consumers will have access to clear information about those increases… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today

Modifications to current policies could help ensure that health insurance coverage and subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act remain stable even through major life changes, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report released today… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today