Kelly Gooch

Americans trying to gain insurance coverage through HealthCare.gov are being placed in online "waiting rooms" to avoid crashing the sign-up system, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Blue Shield of California is paying money it owes to about 240,000 people with job-based health coverage, according to a California Healthline report.

Maine insurance co-op Community Health Options has decided to drop coverage of elective abortion services, according to an NPR report.

A low level of trust between payers and providers in healthcare is hindering the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, according to the 10th Annual Trust Index.

CMS will target 15 markets to try to boost sign-ups in the ACA's fourth annual open enrollment.

While employer insurance cost growth slowed, workers' incomes did not keep pace with their premium costs and deductibles, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund.

California's Office of the Patient Advocate has released the 2016-17 edition of its healthcare quality report cards on health plans and medical groups.

Federal officials predict monthly enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace will increase in 2017, even with rising premiums and major insurers exiting the marketplace, reports The New York Times.

The Affordable Care Act guarantees healthcare rights for people living with HIV and other chronic conditions. But some insurers in the ACA marketplaces prevent these patients from receiving necessary care through discriminatory practices, such as refusing to cover key medications…

Consumers will see standardized health plans as an option when they go to shop on the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace for 2017 coverage, reports The New York Times.