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Thousands of doctors in Connecticut are being dropped from UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage plans next year. A UnitedHealthcare spokesman confirmed the cuts but said he did not have an exact number of doctors affected.
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States planning to expand income eligibility for their Medicaid programs next year as well as those not planning to expand eligibility can expect higher enrollment and spending growth than in 2013, according to the findings of a new report. But states choosing not to expand Medicaid under the...
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In five markets around the U.S., ACOs were caring for more than half the Medicare patients in the traditional fee-for-service program and were likelier to be in areas with more provider consolidation.
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Defending the shaky rollout of his healthcare law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government.
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It's not the sign that the Obama administration wants people to see on its health overhaul website: down for repairs.
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The nation's healthcare law was written with the residents of rural counties like Choctaw in Oklahoma in mind. A quarter of the Oklahomans who live in the ranch country near the southeastern corner of the state are uninsured, one of many reasons their health ranks near the bottom of Oklahoma's 77...
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Insurers and individuals began reporting a trickle of enrollments in the new online marketplaces created by the healthcare law, as federal and state officials scrambled to fix technical problems.
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Shares of hospital operators rose on Thursday on a strong show of interest in newly launched insurance plans, raising hopes that millions more Americans would become paying customers next year.
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Providers and community groups designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the insurance exchanges are still waiting for staff to receive certification.
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Hospitals will be paid nearly the same rates by health plans sold through new state insurance exchanges as by plans sold to employers outside them, analysts and hospital system execs say.
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