Insurers in the individual market performed better financially in the first six months of 2018 than they have in all of the years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a brief released Friday. The brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows …
In February, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley joined a Republican lawsuit to overturn the ACA, and with it, protections for Americans suffering from preexisting medical conditions that previously could be excluded from insurance coverage. Now, run…
People with several chronic health conditions often get their care from multiple health professionals, which can put these patients at risk for fragmented care — where communication gaps among providers lead to errors, poor outcomes, and higher health …
Decades ago, while Mary Wakefield was in high school and working as a nurse’s aide in a small hospital in rural North Dakota, she was dazzled by the personal, compassionate care given to every patient. In a new To the Point post celebrating the Commonw…
Our maps, updated by researchers at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms, track actions states are taking to protect their residents’ health insurance coverage and access. Most recently, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill p…
