Medi-Cal Will Soon Cover Children In The U.S. Illegally. The Real Battle? Getting Adults Insured

Ever since Obamacare took effect two years ago, many California legislators have been fighting to get health insurance for those it left out — the quarter of all immigrants in the country illegally who live within the state's borders.

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Politics In Real Life: Rising Health Care Costs Weigh On Voters

When the health insurance premiums got to the point that they were higher than her mortgage, Renee Powell started to become cynical.

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Covered California Glitch: Dropping Coverage for Pregnant Woman

Rep. Ami Bera and 15 members of the California delegation are pushing the heads of California Health and Human Services and the California Health Benefit Exchange in a letter to address a computer glitch that is terminating Covered California Care for pregnant women.

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U.S. Health Care Prices Are All Over The Map, New Study Finds

Why does a knee replacement cost $29,000 in Kansas but $40,000 in next-door Colorado?

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Feds Propose Docking or Rewarding Medicare Doctors for Quality

Federal regulators proposed a rule Wednesday that will adjust hundreds of thousands of physicians'Medicare payments to reward or penalize them based on how healthy they keep their patients.

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How Storytelling Can Help You Sell

Over the course of an hour on Wednesday, Don Goldmannheld his audience spellbound, recounting tales about the mythical Trojan horse, a smooth talker who sold “premium” wine at $2 per bottle for Trader Joe’s, and the calling out of random numbers in a penitentiary that invoked raucous laughter among its prisoners.

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Ryan Wants High Risk Pools for Sick Consumers

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan called on Wednesday for an end to Obamacare's financial protections for people with serious medical conditions, saying these consumers should be placed in state high-risk pools.

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Drug Prices Keep Rising Despite Intense Criticism

From the campaign trail to the halls of Congress, drug makers have spent much of the last year enduring withering criticism over the rising cost of drugs. It doesn’t seem to be working.

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Why Some Insurance Carriers Are No Longer Paying Brokers Commissions

Many years ago there was an automobile dealer who pitched his cars on late night television. His commercials were presented in a near shout and with a staccato delivery.

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Health Plan of Nevada Staying in Silver State; Enrollment Begins Nov. 1

Health Plan of Nevada, a UnitedHealthCare company, is gearing up for the next open enrollment period after reports of it leaving several states.

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