Prior to 2014, women who purchased their own health insurance were often completely out of luck if they wanted to have coverage for maternity. In 2013, the National Women’s Law Center reported that just 12 percent of individual market plans included maternity benefits. And that was despite the fact that nine states required maternity benefits to be included on… Read More »
Maternity coverage was long overdue Prior to 2014, women who purchased their own health insurance were often completely out of luck if they wanted to have coverage for maternity. In 2013, the National Women’s Law Center reported that just 12 percent of individual market plans included maternity benefits. And that was despite the fact that nine states required maternity… Read More »
It’s been nearly two years since the health insurance marketplaces (exchanges) first opened for business. 20 million people have enrolled in ACA-compliant individual market coverage this year, including more than 12 million people who have enrolled through the exchanges. Another 14.5 million people have enrolled in Medicaid thanks in large part the the ACA’s expansion of… Read More »
1 of 12 Diet and migraines by Maria Masters As if migraines weren’t awful enough, it can be downright overwhelming to sidestep all the things that could set off an attack. Problem is, food triggers not only vary from person to person, but much of our knowledge about them comes less from carefully controlled studies… Read More »
Prior to 2014, many health insurers sold “Swiss cheese policies”: insurance filled with loopholes. Even if you tried to read the fine print, you may not have understand all of the exceptions to your coverage – until you became sick. Then, the hole with your name on it opened, like a trap door. At that… Read More »
1 of 13 Live-longer tips by Lindsey Murray Science says that your diet, how much you exercise, and your genes all play a role in determining how long you’ll live. Those who have lived to blow out 100 candles, however, say they’ve used other strategies for achieving their old age. Here, longevity tips from 11… Read More »
If women are beginning to get a tad concerned about what their world might be like if the next occupant of the White House is a Republican, they have more reason to worry now that some of the GOP candidates for president are cluing us in about their Obamacare replacement plans. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker… Read More »
Thanks to Peggy Salvatore over at Health System Ed for tackling this week’s edition of Health Wonk Review. She’s serving up a dozen-ish posts for your consideration. Special thanks to Peggy for including our medicareresources.org Blog post in the line-up. Our post this week – from Wendell Potter look at why folks in the U.S.… Read More »
The Republican candidates for president who say they’ll lead the charge to repeal Obamacare if they’re elected (that would be all 17 of them) might want to take note of the most recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll: more Americans are now for the law than against it. If you don’t believe me, take a look… Read More »
Editor’s note: This article was originally written in July 2013, but was updated in August 2015 to reflect the evolution of the federally-run marketplace (exchange) during its first two years. The federal health insurance marketplace (Healthcare.gov) opened for business in the fall of 2013, and has provided an affordable health insurance shopping platform for millions… Read More »