Many marketplace health plans exclude coverage for health services that are more often used by women, resulting in a disproportionate affect on women's care coverage, a recent study found.
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California's health exchange, Covered California, released a draft wavier seeking federal approval to sell health plans to undocumented immigrants under the Affordable Care Act, The Press Democrat reported.
Last month, HHS awarded $156 million to 420 health clinics around the U.S. to help address the overwhelmingly high demand for affordable dental coverage, according to Kaiser Health News.
Millions of young adults can remain insured under their parents' health plan until age 26, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, but those young adults could experience a breach of privacy when insurers send their health information to the policyholders…
HHS announced Tuesday it will stabilize and fortify the Health Insurance Marketplace by targeting uninsured young adults to enroll.
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Effective January 2017, employees who work for the city of Portland, Maine, can receive coverage for transgender health services under the city's insurance, the Portland Press Herald reported.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday to help undocumented immigrants purchase health insurance on the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, the Los Angles Times reported.
An 86-year-old Florida man told authorities he killed his sick wife Monday because she was in poor health and pain, and they couldn't afford her medications, according to a St. Lucie News Tribune report.
Cigna provided details Thursday on a plan to help curb the opioid problem in the United States. A major element of Cigna's efforts is a plan to decrease the use of opioids by 25 percent among the health insurer's own…
For decades, healthcare organizations have known minority and disadvantaged populations tend to have poorer health outcomes and receive subpar care, and those disparities still exist. A new paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine suggests reforming how we pay…