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Tardy tax filers risk loss of health-care subsidies

WASHINGTON – Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health-care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next few days are crucial for hundreds of thousands of customers ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Number of uninsured continues to drop

Public support for health-care law grows

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tax filing problems could jeopardize health law aid for 1.8M

WASHINGTON – About 1.8 million households that got financial help for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law now have issues with their tax returns that could jeopardize their s...

DATE: Aug 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health-care spending picking up steam

Economist says new forecast is ‘not great news’

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets

WASHINGTON – State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama’s health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. These challenges co...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State health-insurance markets struggle

Disappointing enrollment, cost challenges lead to financial uncertainty

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Agency faults website’s fraud detection

Probe finds consumer assistance is often confusing, inaccurate

DATE: Jul 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

$1,000-per-pill drug overtaken

New leading pills cost $1,350 each

DATE: Jul 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New birth control rule for employers with religious qualms

WASHINGTON – Hoping to put to rest one of the most difficult disputes over its health-care law, the Obama administration Friday unveiled its latest plan to address employers’ religious objec...

DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Government data retention raises privacy concerns

WASHINGTON – A government data warehouse that stores personal information on millions of HealthCare.gov customers is raising privacy concerns at a time when major breaches have become distre...

DATE: Jun 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health-care changes in '17?

Next president will have power to overhaul

DATE: Apr 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Financial incentives OK’d for workplace wellness programs

WASHINGTON – In a victory for business, federal regulators said Thursday that employers can continue to use financial penalties and rewards to nudge staff to participate in fast-growing work...

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World