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First Edition: March 27, 2014

Today's headlines include more coverage of the emerging details of the Obama administration's decision to allow some consumers to enroll in health coverage after the March 31 deadline.

27 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Health law didn't simplify anything; possible 'blowback' in 2016; now is the time for a 'doc fix'

Nelson's health insurance covered 90 percent of the costs after a reasonable $500 deductible. I'm happy he has such good health coverage. He's my dog. And I'm jealous of him.

27 Mar 2014

Contraceptive commentary: Religious liberty should not be constrained; women employees are forgotten

The Affordable Care Act returned to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the Justices heard a major challenge to the law's birth-control mandate. Five and maybe even six Justices across ideological lines seemed discomfited by the Administration's cramped conception of religious liberty (3/25).

27 Mar 2014

Quarter of breast cancer survivors are worse off financially due to treatment

Four years after being treated for breast cancer, a quarter of survivors say they are worse off financially, at least partly because of their treatment, according to a new study led by University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.

27 Mar 2014

High court hears arguments regarding health law's contraception coverage requirement

The justices appeared to be divided on the question of whether companies are entitled to a religious exemption from this mandate. A decision is expected in June.

27 Mar 2014

Obama administration will extend HealthCare.gov sign-up period beyond March 31 deadline

People who began the enrollment process but were not able to finish it because of technical problems will be given additional time to enroll in a health plan.

27 Mar 2014

States say federal exchange stalling Medicaid and CHIP applications

CQ HealthBeat is reporting that more than 400,000 people who qualify for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program are waiting for their applications to be sent from the federal insurance exchange website to states for processing.

27 Mar 2014

Challenge to health insurance subsidies at center of appeals court hearing

News outlets report that a split federal appeals court on Tuesday debated whether individuals buying health insurance in the federal marketplace should be eligible for tax subsidies, presenting a potentially serious legal challenge to a central part of President Barack Obama's health care law.

27 Mar 2014

ACE Group launches standalone Passenger Accident Insurance

ACE Group today announced the introduction of standalone Passenger Accident Insurance. This coverage provides accidental death and dismemberment and accident medical/dental expense benefits for authorized passengers who are injured while traveling with a driver who is working under the operating authority of the motor carrier.

27 Mar 2014

Weighing coverage options down to the wire

Some uninsured Americans, among them young adults, are weighing the costs of coverage against potential penalties with only days to go until the end of open enrollment for most people. Meanwhile, Minnesota's health insurance exchange hits its enrollment target.

27 Mar 2014

Poll: Majority of uninsured unaware of approaching deadline

More than 60 percent of those without health coverage are unaware that next week is the current deadline for most people to sign up for individual health coverage, according to the latest monthly tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

26 Mar 2014

42% of Americans unable to describe deductible, shows survey

The week before open enrollment closes for new health care exchanges, a study by researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research shows that those who might potentially benefit the most from the Affordable Care Act - including those earning near the Federal Poverty Level - are also the most clueless about health care policies.

26 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 26, 2014

Today's headlines include reports that the Obama administration will extend the deadline for signing up for insurance through healthcare.gov.

26 Mar 2014

High Court to hear arguments today in case mixing religious freedoms and health law's birth control coverage requirement

The case, which touches various politically charged issues, could have implications beyond the health law's birth control coverage requirement.

26 Mar 2014

High court hears arguments regarding the birth control coverage mandate

Justices appeared divided over this case, which involves both issues of religious freedoms and a provision of the health overhaul.

26 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Be careful what you pray for; health law 'freakouts;' concerns about imported drugs

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider a proposition that will strike many Americans as bizarre: that large, for-profit businesses can refuse on religious grounds to comply with a federal mandate that they include contraception in their employee health plans (3/25).

26 Mar 2014

Appeals court to weigh challenge to health law subsidies

Opponents of the health law argue that the legislative language never says subsidies can be used to defray premium costs for low- and moderate-income people who live in states that did not set up their own online marketplaces and are served instead by the federal exchange. Also, in news about how the law is being implemented, a look at who is exempted from the mandate to get insurance.

26 Mar 2014

Study finds effectiveness of brief behavioral and mental health programs in pediatric practices

Brief behavioral and mental health programs for children can be effectively provided within pediatric practices as an alternative to being referred to a community specialist, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences researchers found in a National Institutes of Health-funded randomized trial.

26 Mar 2014

MNsure to give some deadline flexibility to last-minute health exchange shoppers

Minnesota officials announced Monday that people who hit technical snags that prevent them from completing the sign up process by March 31 may still be able to avoid the federal tax penalty for not having health insurance.

26 Mar 2014

Calif. health exchange shoppers will get voter registration form

The state will send voter registration cards to nearly 4 million state residents who visited the online insurance marketplace to ease voting rights group worries.

25 Mar 2014

Health Insurance News and Research

First Edition: March 27, 2014

Viewpoints: Health law didn't simplify anything; possible 'blowback' in 2016; now is the time for a 'doc fix'

Contraceptive commentary: Religious liberty should not be constrained; women employees are forgotten

Quarter of breast cancer survivors are worse off financially due to treatment

High court hears arguments regarding health law's contraception coverage requirement

Obama administration will extend HealthCare.gov sign-up period beyond March 31 deadline

States say federal exchange stalling Medicaid and CHIP applications

Challenge to health insurance subsidies at center of appeals court hearing

ACE Group launches standalone Passenger Accident Insurance

Weighing coverage options down to the wire

Poll: Majority of uninsured unaware of approaching deadline

42% of Americans unable to describe deductible, shows survey

First Edition: March 26, 2014

High Court to hear arguments today in case mixing religious freedoms and health law's birth control coverage requirement

High court hears arguments regarding the birth control coverage mandate

Viewpoints: Be careful what you pray for; health law 'freakouts;' concerns about imported drugs

Appeals court to weigh challenge to health law subsidies

Study finds effectiveness of brief behavioral and mental health programs in pediatric practices

MNsure to give some deadline flexibility to last-minute health exchange shoppers

Calif. health exchange shoppers will get voter registration form

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