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A bill that requires some health insurance companies to provide free exams and tests to diagnose cervical cancer has passed both chambers in the Oregon legislature. -
Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoRoughly two million people rely on California’s health insurance marketplace, known as Covered California, to purchase coverage plans. The marketplace’s open enrollment period ends Jan. 31, but officials are reporting that new enrollment numbers are down compared to last year.
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But a leader of the state’s top hospital industry group called the research “disconnected from reality and tone deaf.” -
Open enrollment starts in November for people who don't get health insurance through their employer. Prices are up and government subsidies are in limbo this year. -
Millions of consumers will feel the pinch when rates already expected to rise will jump even further. Federal subsidies, set to expire at year’s end, are partly to blame. -
The GOP budget bill made significant changes to Covered California, which experts and insurers say will increase out-of-pocket costs for consumers. -
‘Everybody’s been denied some form of care,’ said one California mental health advocate. Now, lawmakers are advancing new bills on behavioral health coverage. -
Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, has hit a record 1.8 million enrollees and the number could climb higher ahead of a Jan. 31 open enrollment deadline, due in large part to enhanced subsidies that have made plans more affordable. -
A new pilot program is offering free Medicaid benefits to about 4,000 19- and 20-year-olds with intellectual, physical or mental disabilities or certain mental or medical conditions like asthma and diabetes. -
California laws governing health insurance, access to abortion and health care for undocumented immigrants could be contested during a second Trump administration. -
In vitro fertilization treatments often cost tens of thousands of dollars, making them too expensive for families whose insurance won’t cover them. -
The price of individual and small business health insurance plans will jump again next year – and two by double digits that could leave people paying nearly $700 more a year for their monthly premiums. -
They represent a small fraction of the tens of thousands of people who’ve lost free Medicaid benefits since last April. -
The hack has leaders in health care considering the risks posed by consolidation and vertical integration in the health care industry.
