Enlarge this image Prescription drug coverage is just one part of Medicare, the federal government’s health insurance program for people age 65…
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In Texas, Medicaid ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?
by Elena Rivera March 5, 2023Enlarge this image When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in…
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Red and blue states look to Medicaid to improve the health of people leaving prison
by Dan Gorenstein February 23, 2023Enlarge this image When he was in prison, Lee Reed was in agonizing back pain. His doctors there told him he needed…
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Enlarge this image George Mink Jr. is a health care outreach worker in Delaware County, Pa. He worries about what will happen…
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More people than ever buy insurance on Healthcare.gov
by Selena Simmons-Duffin January 13, 2023Enlarge this image Subin Yang Subin Yang The Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces just hit a record: Nearly 16 million people…
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More than 16 million people bought insurance on Healthcare.gov, a record high
by Selena Simmons-Duffin January 13, 2023Enlarge this image A health care navigator helps people sign up for Obamacare plans in Dallas in 2017. This year, federal funding…
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A ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill
by Bram Sable-Smith January 9, 2023Enlarge this image Jeff and Kareen King received a hospital bill for $160,000 a few weeks after Jeff had a procedure to…
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‘Medical cost-sharing’ plan left this pastor on the hook for much of a $160,000 bill
by Bram Sable-Smith January 9, 2023Enlarge this image Jeff and Kareen King received a hospital bill for $160,000 a few weeks after Jeff had a procedure to…