Enrollment is Brisk as Congress Mulls Repeal of Obamacare

As the Republican-led Congress and the President-elect Donald J. Trump call for the repeal of the federal health care law known as Obamacare, insurance exchanges in Maryland and around the country continue to sign people up for coverage at a pace that could make it a banner year.

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Republicans Face Dilemma on Timing of Health-Law Replacement

Republicans united in their desire to overturn the Affordable Care Act are divided over whether to replace it before or after the 2018 elections, a choice that holds political peril either way.

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McConnell Will Not Give Timeline for Obamacare Replacement

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday the Senate will move to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law shortly after Jan. 1, but declined to give a timeline for a plan to replace it.

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Insurers’ Flawed Directories Leave Patients Scrambling For In-Network Doctors

Penny Gentieu did not intend to phone 308 physicians in six different insurance plans when she started shopping for 2017 health coverage.

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More Low-Income Parents Turning to Medicaid, CHIP for Their Children Instead of Their Own Employer Health Insurance

An increasing number of low-income parents are not obtaining health insurance for their children through their employer, even as they obtain coverage for themselves, and are instead turning to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid to insure their children. These are findings in a new study from PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), published today in the December issue of Health Affairs.

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Aetna, Humana Face Federal Antitrust Lawyers In Court

Lawyers for insurance giants Aetna and Humana will begin battling government antitrust lawyers Monday in a Washington, D.C., court, seeking to get legal clearance to complete their planned $37 billion merger.

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Court Delays GOP’s Obamacare Suit Until Trump Is In Office

A federal judge on Monday agreed to hit pause until the start of the Trump administration on the House GOP’s long-standing legal challenge of ObamaCare payments.

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U.S. Health Spending in 2015 Averaged Nearly $10,000 Per Person

Total spending on health care in the United States increased last year at the fastest rate since the 2008 recession, reaching $3.2 trillion, or an average of nearly $10,000 a person, the Department of Health and Human Services reported on Friday.

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Immigrant Health Care Under A Cloud Of Uncertainty

Health coverage and immigration status are inextricably linked for many Californians.

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Doctors And Hospitals Say ‘Show Me The Money’ Before Treating Patients

Tai Boxley needs a hysterectomy. The 34-year-old single mother has uterine prolapse, a condition that occurs when the muscles and ligaments supporting the uterus weaken, causing severe pain, bleeding and urine leakage.

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