Latest KFF Health News Stories
Q&A: Preventive Benefits And ‘Grandfathered’ Health Plans
KHN’s “Insuring Your Health” columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about “grandfathered” health plans, which don’t need to comply with new rules about benefits for preventive care — but only in the near term.
Jarrett Says White House Will Be Prepared If Court Strikes Health Law
Key Obama adviser acknowledges that the administration was out-manuevered by opponents but says they “distorted what we were doing.”
GOP Weekly Address Blasts Health Law
Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana promises that if the Supreme Court upholds the law, Republicans will continue to fight to repeal the law.
Alzheimer’s Researcher Turns To Drug She Helped Invent
Every week, KHN reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni selects interesting reading from around the Web. The Atlantic: An Alzheimer’s Researcher Ends Up On The Drug She Helped Invent Given her relatively young age, Dr. Rae Lyn Burke didn’t think much about her family history of Alzheimer’s disease — a grandmother and an aunt had suffered from […]
Why Many Young Adults Might Lose Coverage If Health Law Falls
This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. When it comes to health care, even the seemingly easy things become hard. Take coverage for young adults under the Affordable Care Act. It’s one of the most successful — and popular — provisions of the law that have taken effect so far. Earlier this week […]
Today’s Headlines – June 22, 2012
Good morning! Happy Friday, here are your headlines: Los Angeles Times: Obama Campaign Girds For Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling The game plan likely mirrors the reelection team’s strategy when the high court heard oral arguments on constitutional questions related to the Affordable Care Act in March — highlighting some of the law’s most popular elements […]
Questions Abound About The Pocketbook Effect Of A Court Decision
Consumers, states and the federal government have much to win — or lose — depending on how the court rules.
Likely ‘Decision Day’ Moves To Next Week
Indications are the Supreme Court’s much-anticipated ruling on the health law may come on Wednesday or Thursday. However, the court is also scheduled to hand down decisions on Monday.
High Court’s Health Law Ruling Likely To Renew Debate On Range Of Issues
News outlets report on what’s at stake in terms of politics and policies when the Supreme Court issues its health law decision.
Study: 5.6M New Health Care Jobs By 2020
A new Georgetown University study says the health care sector will create 5.6 million new jobs by 2020, but most of them will require special education and training, leaving many unemployed workers out in the cold.
Abbott Challenges Copies Of Its Biologic Drugs
Drugmaker Abbott is challenging the manufacture of copies of its biologic drugs, including the potential world’s number one selling drug this year, Humira.
The Health Law On The Campaign Trail
As the White House prepares for the upcoming high court health law ruling, President Barack Obama heads out to speak to Latino leaders. He is likely to speak about the overhaul — a day after GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney pledged that he would do away with it.
Calif. Budget Cuts Will Move 880,000 Kids To Medi-Cal Managed Care
Among a series of budget cuts to help California Gov. Jerry Brown close that state’s budget deficit is a cut to a health care program for 880,000 low-income kids, who will be shifted to Medi-Cal after the state shutters its “Healthy Families” program.
Some organizations, such as Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks, are preparing to celebrate if the Supreme Court finds the health law unconstitutional. Meanwhile, the National Federation of Independent Business, which is one of the law’s challengers, is working on very official and strategic responses. Insurers are working on their images.
Planned Spending Cuts Would Hit Some Discretionary Health Programs
While programs like Medicare and Medicaid are virtually untouched by the cuts designed to reduce the deficit, other scheduled trims to the budget will have significant reach. Meanwhile, Democrats find an unlikely ally in their opposition to the GOP Medicare plan.
Hospital Collection Company Criticized For Failing To Turn Over Records To Congress
Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman and Diana DeGette press Accretive for documents related to its debt collection practices, which resulted in a lawsuit against the company by the Minnesota attorney general.
Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Requiring Retired State Workers To Pay Health Premiums
Retired public employees will now have to chip in for the cost of their health insurance — on a scale based on their income — after Gov. Pat Quinn approved legislation Thursday.
Medicaid Highlights: Calif. Readies Expansion To Foster Youths
State Medicaid news includes discussions around the expansion of Medicaid in California both for the general public who need assistance and for youth in foster care. Additionally, Oregon is close to finalizing its waiver request with the federal government to move forward with its own reforms in the program.
State News: Conn. Taps Former Mass. Official For Health Exchange
News outlets report on health developments in California, Connecticut, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon.
Boehner: Don’t Gloat If Supreme Court Strikes Health Law Down
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has told fellow Republicans in a memo released Thursday to avoid “spiking the ball” if the Supreme Court strikes down the health law.