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As Coronavirus Spreads, Workers Could Lean On ACA Coverage Protection
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner discusses the role of the Affordable Care Act in helping to provide coverage to people affected by the virus鈥 economic repercussions.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: All Coronavirus All The Time
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing changes to the U.S. health system that were previously unthinkable. Yet some fights 鈥 including over the Affordable Care Act and abortion 鈥 persist even in this time of national emergency. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Liz Szabo about the latest installment of KHN-NPR鈥檚 鈥淏ill of the Month.鈥
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Hoping That Insurance Expansion Will Help Tamp Outbreak, 9 States Reopen Marketplaces
The states are allowing new enrollments this month to help ease consumers鈥 concerns about the cost of health care so that the sick will not be deterred from seeking medical attention and inadvertently spread the virus.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: A 鈥楽uper Tuesday鈥 For The Health Debate?
The wide field of Democrats vying to face President Donald Trump in the fall has been reduced to two major candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, each with a different prescription for the health system. Meanwhile, Congress and the Trump administration scramble to address the spread of the novel coronavirus. And the Supreme Court agrees to consider the latest case against the Affordable Care Act. Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, Tami Luhby of CNN and Emmarie Huetteman of Kaiser Health News join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.
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Failure To Communicate: The Debate On ACA Rages On 10 Years After Passage
Health policy is complicated. As a result, many journalists 鈥 and sometimes policymakers 鈥 have defaulted to talking about its politics. That means opponents often have shaped the debate about the federal health law's implementation and effects to foment public fear or anger.
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Past As Prologue: Questioning Buttigieg鈥檚 Claim About Keeping Your Health Care
It鈥檚 鈥渄茅j脿 vu all over again.鈥
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Better Than Other Plans Or Better Than Nothing? Trump鈥檚 Claim About 鈥楢ffordable鈥 Options
Caveat emptor. Some of these health insurance plans might prove helpful for some people, but making that determination is not easy.
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Good Rehab Is Hard To Find
Helping a loved one overcome addiction isn鈥檛 easy. Start by listening to people who have been through it. They can help find effective treatment and avoid unethical or incompetent operators.
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Democrats Press High Court To Make Call On ACA. How It Could Play Out At Polls.
Democrats have asked the Supreme Court to take up an appeals court ruling that could invalidate some or all of the federal health law. It鈥檚 not clear the court will take the case, but the efforts will carry consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.
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Watch And Listen: The ACA In Limbo Again
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner is on PBS NewsHour and WBUR鈥檚 鈥淗ere & Now鈥 to talk about the repercussions of a federal appeals court decision striking down the health law鈥檚 key requirement for people to get health coverage.
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Portion Of Obamacare
The court, based in New Orleans, agreed with a federal judge in Texas that the individual mandate section of the Affordable Care Act could not stand after Congress eliminated the tax penalty for not having coverage. But the case now heads back to the lower court to see how much of the law can remain.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: How鈥檚 That Open Enrollment Going?
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 marketplace plans is halfway over and, so far, the number of people signing up is down, but not dramatically. Meanwhile, Congress and President Donald Trump can鈥檛 seem to agree on what to do about teen vaping, drug prices or 鈥渟urprise鈥 medical bills. And Democrats lurch to the left on abortion. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more health news.
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It鈥檚 Obamacare Season. Here鈥檚 What You Need To Know.
Despite repeated repeal efforts, the ACA is still intact 鈥 and with this year鈥檚 open enrollment, consumers can get some meaningful savings on coverage.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Listen: Focusing On Health Care Politics
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner appears on two radio programs to talk about the Democratic presidential candidates鈥 debate on the future of health care and the current enrollment period for Obamacare policies.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.