Health Care Law

Letters: Health care plans offered in free market best – USA Today

I’m well over 65, so I have Medicare, but I have many friends, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who need affordable health care. I think a great majority do not understand what we as a country will lose if the Affordable Care … Continue reading

Mo. GOP Senate candidates weigh in on health care – NBCNews.com

All three Republican candidates in the Missouri Senate race said they would repeal the federal health care reform law if elected, but KMBC 9 political reporter Micheal Mahoney said the candidates each have parts of the law that they like … Continue reading

Insurance rebates give health law a lift – Seattle Times

with a letter dryly explaining that the money came courtesy of the federal health-care law. “It almost looked like junk mail,” said Harkenreader, a tax accountant in Mountain Top, Pa., who said she did not love the overall law but … Continue reading

Health care law gives women control over their care, offers free preventive services to 47 million women – Yahoo Finance

Forty-seven million women are getting greater control over their health care and access to eight new prevention-related health care services without paying more out of their own pocket beginning Aug. 1, 2012, Health and Human Services (HHS …

Giving Women Control Over Their Health Care – Huffington Post

This benefit will take effect for millions of adult and adolescent women over the course of the next year — and it’s just one of many benefits of the health care law that let women and their doctors, not insurance … Continue reading

Mass. committee releases health care bill – CBS News

… $200 billion in health care costs over the next 15 years and help guarantee the future of the state’s landmark 2006 health care law. The bill rejects a proposed “luxury tax” for hospitals that charge more than 20 percent … Continue reading

In-store clinics look to be a remedy for healthcare law influx – Los Angeles Times

An estimated 4 million Californians will receive health coverage under the law, and one of those recipients is likely … workplace or close to home just create more unnecessary care that drives the nation’s $2.6-trillion medical tab even …

U.S. health law may curb rising maternal deaths – United Press International

{WOMENSENEWS}–The future of pregnant women in the United States will significantly change Aug. 1. That is when the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act, will require insurance providers and Medicaid to cover clinical preventative …

Crossroads residents see benefits, pitfalls of health-care act – Victoria Advocate

We asked almost 50 Crossroads residents their opinion of the Affordable Care Act. Their responses revealed not only a divided community, but one unsure of the effects of the bill. Here are some responses, both for and against, to some … Continue reading

Insurance Rebates Seen as Selling Point for Health Law – New York Times

with a letter dryly explaining that the money came courtesy of the federal health care law. “It almost looked like junk mail,” said Ms. Harkenreader, a tax accountant in Mountain Top, Pa., who said she did not love the overall … Continue reading