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Health insurance in the United States

Jumaane Cook

A new study finds many insurance plans are ignoring Obamacare requirements for women’s health care

Health

Obamacare has been in places for several years now, but many consumers still aren’t getting the coverage they’re entitled to. A new study found that many health plans aren’t providing mandated free services, and others are outright excluding some people from certain guaranteed coverage.

Key provision of Obamacare delayed until 2015

Global Politics

Research shows after divorce, women more likely than men to lose health insurance

Business, Economics and Jobs

Health insurance industry joins reform debate

Health & Medicine

Rhetoric heats up health care debate

Global Politics

‘To the Point: Healthcare and the Election’

Global Politics

A look at the cost of healthcare — the doctors, patients, insurance companies and the promises of presidential candidates.

Top of the Hour: Major Rise in Health Insurance Costs, Headlines

A study by the Kaiser Foundation shows that health insurance companies are charging sharply higher premiums this year. The average annual cost of family coverage is more than $15,000, double of what it was a decade ago.

The World

Children’s insurance may change with health reform

Global Politics

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as SCHIP, has been a very popular health care program for children. The program may face changes soon, however, as the House plans to repeal it in their version of health care reform.