Seattle-Area Grocery Workers Stage Informational Pickets
Grocery store workers in the Puget Sound region are stepping up pressure on their employers as they try to reach a contract deal. They’re staging informational pickets everywhere from Bremerton to...
View ArticleOptions Double for Wash. Health Insurance Exchange
The menu of choices on Washington’s new health insurance exchange now includes 43 different plans provided by eight companies. Consumer choice will vary by county, but every county in the state will...
View ArticleVolunteers Plaster King County with Obamacare Sales Pitch
On the same day House Republicans voted to defund the Affordable Care Act, King County is making a big push to implement it. Volunteers went door-to-door and business-to-business across the county...
View ArticleDespite D.C. 'Shenanigans,' Wash. to Launch Health Exchange
Even as Congress squabbles over the fate of health care reform, Washingtons insurance marketplace opens its virtual doors Tuesday morning. As Gov. Jay Inslee put it, Despite the shenanigans in D.C.,...
View ArticleOn Wash. Health Exchange, Strong Numbers and Some Anxiety
Washington’s new health insurance exchange has been touting its strong enrollment numbers, especially in comparison to the deeply-troubled federal exchange. But members of the board overseeing the...
View ArticleWash. Health Exchange Looking To Skew Younger
A diverse group of people have signed up for private health insurance on Washington's state-run exchange, but officials say they still need more young people on board. As of Jan. 2, some 71,205 people...
View ArticleWash. Health Exchange Beefs Up Call Center For March Rush, Warns Of Long Hold...
Washington’s health insurance exchange has ramped up its customer-service call center in anticipation of a big surge in enrollments this month. But callers should still hunker down for a long wait. The...
View ArticleWashington Health Exchange Banking On A Big March Surge In Enrollments
Most Americans who still don’t have health insurance by March 31 could face a fine, and Washington’s health benefits exchange is hoping the looming deadline will help motivate people to enroll. But so...
View ArticleNew State Rules Could Limit Cheaper Health Plans With 'Narrow Networks'
The practice of offering relatively inexpensive health plans with bare-bones provider networks has created tension between making health care affordable and keeping it accessible. It’s set to come to a...
View ArticleWash. Health Insurance Rates To Increase, But By Less Than In Recent Years
The cost of health insurance for individuals is probably going up next year in Washington, but in a key test of the market under the Affordable Care Act, the rate hikes will be lower than in recent...
View ArticleThe Boss Can Force You To Buy Company's Health Insurance
Under the health law, large employers that don't offer their full-time workers comprehensive, affordable health insurance face a fine. But some employers are taking it a step further and requiring...
View ArticleAs Deadline Looms, Washingtonians Comparison Shop For Health Insurance
If you’ve been putting off buying health insurance to meet the terms of the Affordable Care Act, you have until Sunday night to select a plan. Even if you have coverage, experts say open enrollment is...
View ArticleFor Those With Health Insurance, Surprise Medical Bills Can Be A Hard Pill To...
When you go to a doctor or hospital that is part of your insurance plan, you can sometimes get hit with bills requiring you to pay the full amount.
View ArticleSelling Health Insurance Across State Lines Sounds Good, But Is It?
Presidential candidates like to float solutions to long-standing problems. Making those solutions stick is another thing altogether.When it comes to health care, the enactment of the Affordable Care...
View ArticleYoung Adults Can Face A Confusing Path To Health Insurance
The Obama administration is making a push to get young adults covered on the health insurance marketplaces, both for their own good and that of the marketplaces. The insurance exchanges need healthy...
View ArticleIn Battle Of Health Care Titans, Should Insurers Act Like Wal-Mart?
Retail giant Wal-Mart uses its market dominance to inflict "ruthless," "brutal" and "relentless" pressure on prices charged by suppliers, business writers frequently report.What if huge health...
View ArticleWould You Like Some Insurance With Your Insurance?
For the first time in her life, 26-year-old freelance designer Susannah Lohr had to shop for health insurance this year.She called up a major insurer in the St. Louis area where she lives, and it...
View ArticleRethinking Automatic Insurance Coverage For Preventive Health Care
Three doctors who have led a task force that evaluates preventive medical services say the group's recommendations shouldn't be tied by law to insurance coverage.The former chairmen of the U.S....
View Article7 Insurers Alleged To Have Discriminated Against HIV Patients
The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from discriminating against people with serious illnesses, but some marketplace plans sidestep that taboo by making the drugs that people with HIV need...
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