Health insurers pull back the curtain on pricing

May 16, 2014
If consumers decide to avoid excessively costly procedures, that helps insurers.

The triple tax break of a Health Savings Account

May 9, 2014
HSAs make that high-deductible insurance plan go down a little smoother.

Finding value in health care and #obamacarewitherin

Feb 14, 2014
62 percent of new health insurance enrollees have chosen the Silver plan. What does that mean, anyway?

60 million people will get new Google Glass frames covered by insurance

Jan 28, 2014
Google signed a deal with optical insurer VSP to cover new titanium Glass frames.

The push to educate the newly insured

Jan 1, 2014
Getting health insurance is akin to waking up to a new car in your garage, but not necessarily knowing how to drive. And consumers will be the first ones to tell you, there’s a lot to learn about health insurance.

Doctors brace for Obamacare patients

Dec 31, 2013
The medical industry is busy with last-minute preparations as millions of new patients sign up for health insurance;

Forget last-minute gift shopping: What about last-minute ACA sign-ups?

Dec 20, 2013
With the deadline for healthcare.gov sign-ups looming, we look at how administrators are preparing.

For public good, not for profit.

Another Obamacare rule eased before deadline

Dec 20, 2013
The White House has announced that it will let some of the 5 or 6 million people who lost their health insurance because of federal requirements, enroll in so-called catastrophic health care plans.
A health care reform specialist helps people select insurance plans at the free Affordable Care Act (ACA) Enrollment Fair at Pasadena City College on November 19, 2013 in Pasadena, California. The event, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters, offers one-on-one sessions with insurance experts certified by Covered California to help people enroll for healthcare coverage under the ACA.
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As goes California, so goes Obamacare?

Nov 21, 2013
California's marketplace is set to decide whether Californians may keep their old insurance policies.

Pushing patients to seek value, whatever that is

Nov 19, 2013
Changes in the insurance system are leading more consumers to consider what they expect in their health care and how much it is worth to them.