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A woman looks at the HealthCare.gov insurance exchange internet site October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it is commonly called, passed in March 2010, went into effect Tuesday at 8am EST. Heavy Internet traffic and system problems plagued the launch of the new health insurance exchanges Tuesday morning. Consumers attempting to log on were met with an error message early Tuesday due to an overload of Internet traffic. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIERKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:

¿Comprando seguro de salud de ACA? Aquí, lo nuevo de este año

November 2, 2022 at 2:18 p.m.

De nuevo es otoño, días más cortos, temperaturas más frías y la inscripción abierta para adquirir seguros médicos en los mercados establecidos por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a...

El índice de masa corporal (IMC), que es una medida de la grasa corporal basada en la altura y el peso, es el estándar que los médicos. utilizan para diagnosticar la obesidad o si una persona tiene sobrepeso.

¿Se está midiendo bien la obesidad?

October 12, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

Las personas que buscan tratamiento médico por problemas de sobrepeso o por un trastorno alimentario, tienen la esperanza de que sus seguros lo paguen, al menos parte. Pero que se...

In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion benefits will depend even more on where a woman lives and who provides her insurance.

Tres cosas que hay que saber sobre la cobertura del seguro para abortos

July 20, 2022 at 10:33 a.m.

¿Pagará tu plan de salud por un aborto ahora que la Corte Suprema derogó Roe vs. Wade? Incluso antes del fallo del 24 de junio, la cobertura del aborto variaba...

Pruebas caseras para covid-19 que se distribuyen en Washington, DC.

Una prueba rápida negativa no significa que se está libre de covid

January 13, 2022 at 9:00 p.m.

Julie Ann Justo, farmacéutica clínica de enfermedades infecciosas para un sistema hospitalario de Carolina del Sur, esperaba que la semana de Navidad finalmente fuera el momento en que su familia...

¿Qué sabemos realmente sobre la eficacia de las vacunas contra covid?

November 2, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.

La politización de las vacunas contra covid –y casi todo lo que tiene que ver con la pandemia– ha causado confusión, y fatiga total. Y algunas publicaciones que circulan en...

Televisits for medical care took off during the worst days of the pandemic, quickly becoming commonplace, but many states are rolling back many of those pandemic workarounds.

Telehealth’s limits: Battle over state lines and licensing threatens patients’ options

September 7, 2021 at 11:09 a.m.

If you live in one state, does it matter that the doctor treating you online is in another? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, and the ability to conduct certain virtual...

A Trump administration price transparency rule that took effect at the start of this year requires hospitals to post a range of actual prices— everything from the rates they offer cash-paying customers to costs negotiated with insurers.

Hospital prices must now be transparent. For many consumers, they’re still anyone’s guess

July 7, 2021 at 10:27 a.m.

A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use. Long hidden, such price variations are...

La atención a nivel hospitalario en casa está lista para crecer después de más de una década como oferta de nicho. (Dreamstime/TNS)

¿Es la sala de su casa el futuro de la atención hospitalaria?

May 24, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.

La atención a nivel hospitalario en el hogar, parte de la cual se brinda a través de Internet, está lista para crecer después de más de una década como una...

A health care worker receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020, in Houston, Texas.

Ouch! Needle-phobic people scarred by so many images of COVID shots

March 11, 2021 at 11:34 a.m.

Each night it's the same. Story after story on the TV news is about the COVID vaccination effort, and they are all illustrated with footage of needles sinking into exposed...

John Campbell developed a cough and fever of 104 degrees in early March, was directed to an ER and ultimately received a $2,777 bill for the visit. He is among those who say they were wrongly billed for the costs associated with seeking a COVID-19 diagnosis.

COVID catch-22: They got a big ER bill because hospitals couldn’t test for virus

July 10, 2020 at 11:23 a.m.

Fresh off a Caribbean cruise in early March, John Campbell developed a cough and fever of 104 degrees. He went to his primary care physician and got a flu test,...

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