Will Paul Ryan's Obamacare Replacement Work For People With Pre-Existing Conditions?

The pre-existing conditions issue played a central role in the design of the Affordable Care Act, and dealing with this issue appropriately in any ACA replacement plan will be instrumental to the achievement of stable and sustainable individual and small group health insurance ma...

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Trump order paves way for agencies to weaken health law

President Donald Trump is ordering federal agencies to undermine Obamacare through regulatory action, a move that could weaken enforcement of the requirement for Americans to buy health coverage and give insurers leeway to drop some benefits. Trump's first executive order, signed...

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ACA Makes Prescriptions Unaffordable – Now What?

Pharma CostsThis year the Affordable Care Act is finding new ways to make healthcare unaffordable for those who do not qualify for subsidies.

In addition to those huge premium increases, the Obamacare plans are clobbering policy holders by covering only generic and "Preferred Brand" medicine...

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Obamacare Plans Don't Always Include Top Cancer Centers

[caption id="attachment_1180" align="alignright" width="505"]Patients always have the right to appeal an insurer's decision to turn down their request for care at a major cancer center. But the chances an appeal will be honored can vary widely by type of cancer and an individual's case. Roy Scott/Ikon Images/Getty Images Patients always have the right to appeal an insurer's decision to turn down their request for care at a major cancer center. But the chances an appeal will be honored can vary widely by type of cancer and an individual...

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