Brown on Health Coverage: “Right Thing to Do. But It Isn’t Free”

Jerry Brown was sworn into his fourth term as governor of California Monday morning. In a wide-ranging inaugural address (that doubled as a State of the State address), he included some brief remarks about the Affordable Care Act.

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For Some Families, Coverage with Separate Deductibles Might be the Best Choice

When shopping for health plans, the dollar amount of the deductible is usually easy to find in plan materials.

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Proposed Rules Would Offer More Protection for Seniors Enrolled in Medicare Advantage

Federal officials are considering new Medicare Advantage rules to help protect seniors when insurers make significant reductions to their networks of doctors and other health-care providers.

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Medicare Cuts Payments to 721 Hospitals With Highest Rates of Infections, Injuries

In its toughest crackdown yet on medical errors, the federal government is cutting payments to 721 hospitals for having high rates of infections and other patient injuries, records released Thursday show.

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Deciding Whether Subsidized Health Insurance Is Worth the Hassle

With the deadline looming to re-enroll in California's insurance exchange, Kuei Lin Liu faced a tough question: Do I want to go through this all over again?

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U.S. FDA Approves AbbVie All-Oral Hepatitis C Treatment

U.S. health regulators on Friday approved AbbVie's all-oral treatment for hepatitis C, providing the first competition for Gilead Sciences huge selling and expensive medicine for the liver-destroying virus.

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