Health Care Law

NEW YORK (WABC) — Beginning today, the Affordable Health Care Act requires health insurance plans to provide certain benefits to women for free, including contraceptives, though religious institutions get a 1-year grace period. Over a month after the …

(CBS News) Beginning today, up to 47 million women may be eligible to get free access to preventive health care services as that provision of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act goes into effect. As contraception mandate goes into effect … Continue reading →

Gov. Deval Patrick said he looks forward to signing the bill. Legislative leaders say the bill will help guarantee the future of the state’s landmark health care law and make Massachusetts the first state to set a goal limiting the … Continue reading →

Beginning today, comprehensive preventive care coverage for women goes into effect as part of the latest rollout of reforms under the Affordable Care Act. Under the law, almost all new or renewed private health care plans issued after Aug. 1 … Continue reading →

The law requires employers to distribute millions of dollars … “The administration is committed to ensuring women have access to the health care they need regardless of where they work,” she said.

Here are five things to know about it. 1. It’s not just a contraceptives mandate. The health care law does require health insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved forms of contraception. The provision has received lots of attention – but …

“Insurers are keeping their premiums down.” The 2010 health care law requires health insurers to spend at least 80% of consumers’ premiums on health care and not administrative costs such as overhead or salaries. If they don’t, they must issue … Continue reading →

Massachusetts returned to the vanguard of the health-care debate six years after its landmark law, with the state legislature on Tuesday backing a first-in-the-nation plan that aims to slow spiraling health costs. While the Massachusetts law …

Gov. Deval Patrick said he looks forward to signing the bill. Legislative leaders say the bill will also help guarantee the future of the state’s landmark 2006 health care law and set Massachusetts on a path to being the first … Continue reading →

There’s a little known part of the health care reform law that requires insurance companies to spend 80 percent of their premiums on health care or reimburse the customer. Earlier this month, Jamie Court got a check in the mail … Continue reading →