Healthcare Laws

Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities

2013-05-18 22:06:00

WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...

'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation

2013-05-17 15:00:00

At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...

For the record

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Healthcare law: An article in the May 11 Section A about President Obama's efforts to get Americans to enroll in health insurance said that a healthcare campaign by the California Foundation had devoted more than $200 million to a Spanish-language media...

GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law

2013-05-13 20:14:00

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...

Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns

2013-04-30 19:31:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...

California calls for more disclosure of medical costs [video chat]

2013-05-09 12:06:00

California officials are looking to build on a federal effort to disclose more healthcare pricing information to consumers. Medicare officials released new data this week that showed wildly different hospital charges across the nation for 100 of the...

Part-timers' hours cut as employers react to healthcare law [Live chat]

2013-05-02 13:17:00

Hundreds of thousands of part-timers are facing smaller paychecks as employers cut worker hours to avoid paying for their benefits under the federal healthcare law. This move by a growing number of retailers, restaurants and even local governments and...

Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math

2013-05-02 05:00:00

Many part-timers are facing a double whammy from President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working 30 hours a week or more. But rather than provide healthcare to more...

Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell healthcare law

2013-05-11 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Seeking to ensure his landmark healthcare law is successfully implemented, President Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in health plans this fall. The new campaign,...

Test results are in: Gripe-o-Meter is negative for doctors

2013-04-25 06:00:00

You're not alone in waiting for the doctor to see you. A survey released Thursday by Consumer Reports rates the biggest gripes patients have about visting the doctor. Long waits in the exam or waiting room bothered many of the 1,000 people surveyed,...

WellPoint's first-quarter profit rises 3% as enrollment grows

2013-04-24 08:28:00

Insurance giant WellPoint Inc. reported a 3% increase in first-quarter profit and raised its full-year outlook as the company prepares for major changes under the federal healthcare overhaul. WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California and...

Employer health premiums rose 170% in California in last decade

2013-04-24 07:00:00

Premiums for employer health insurance in California jumped 170% over the last decade, more than five times the 32% increase in the state's inflation rate. That escalation in premiums has taken a toll on employers' willingness to offer health benefits,...

Supporters of the healthcare law celebrate outside the Supreme Court after the justices' ruling.

2012-06-28 08:47:00

The Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of President Obama's healthcare law.

2012-06-28 07:28:00

Demonstrators protest the Affordable Care Act outside the U.S. Supreme Court in June. The high court has permitted a group to argue two claims against the healthcare law in a lower court.

2012-06-28 00:00:00