Insights Column

Health Coverage Still Tough To Get For Individuals

A recent report released by Commonwealth Fund, a health care advocacy group, found that nearly three-quarters of Americans who tried to buy insurance on the individual market in the last three years ...

Health insurance: Even tough for CEOs to get

The truth really is stranger than fiction: Even the CEO of one of the most powerful health insurance companies would have issues finding health insurance in the individual market. In an interview w...

Skip the Appeals Process??

Just a few moments after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed suit in federal court in an effort to repeal the vital consumer protect...

A gift to you this tax day

It’s that dreaded time of year that only those of us who are guaranteed a big return are excited for: Yesterday was tax day. But please bear with us for a moment, because this tax day, we’ve got g...

The California Health Benefits Exchange is Born!

This blog was originally written and posted by California Health Access. The California Health Benefits Exchange Board held its first meeting today in Sacramento. The Board, staff, and nearly 100 ...

Good news for recent college graduates

With college graduations quickly approaching, there will be a new wave of young adults looking for jobs. Graduation also means that these same adults will have to start making payments on their studen...

Barbour insists there’s no one in Mississippi without health care

Last week, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said, “There’s nobody in Mississippi that does not have access to health care.” As a Native Mississippian, I truly cannot understand how Govern...

On cervical cancer prevention

Each year about 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 4,000 American women die from the disease. While this number has decreased over the last few decades, it ...

A video starring your mother

Mother’s day is this Sunday and, unlike previous years, you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to get your Mom a great gift. Our friends at Mom’s Rising have created an awesome video that...

Today’s Health Care Court Cases

This post was written by Stephanie Cutter and originally posted on the White House Blog. Today, judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Virginia will hear arguments ...