Our Health Policy Matters

Special Note:  The Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act is expected soon, and when it comes there will be implications for us all.  The OHPM publication schedule may change that week to provide timely analysis, and may publish more than once. I remember how surprised I was the time I was told that a member of my family had hit his lifetime limits on some of his health insurance benefits.  He had about sixty more years of life expectancy!  I knew then that capping health insurance benefits could be a cruel and bankrupting blow to those who need them the most. That’s why Monday’s announcement by UnitedHealthcare that, no matter what the Supreme Court decides, it will keep in place some of the new  Affordable Care Act-mandated consumer protections was good news. As reported in Kaiser Health News , the nation’s largest health insurer said that it would keep free preventive services, allow children up to age 26 to stay on parents’ plans...

Special Note:  The Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act is expected soon, and when it comes there will be implications for us all.  The OHPM publication schedule may change that week to provide timely analysis, and may publish more than once. I remember how surprised I was the time I was told that a member of my family had hit his lifetime limits on some of his health insurance benefits.  He had about sixty more years of life expectancy!  I knew then that capping health insurance benefits could be a cruel and bankrupting blow to those who need them the most. That’s why Monday’s announcement by UnitedHealthcare that, no matter what the Supreme Court decides, it will keep in place some of the new  Affordable Care Act-mandated consumer protections was good news. As reported in Kaiser Health News , the nation’s largest health insurer said that it would keep free preventive services, allow children up to age 26 to stay on parents’ plans...