Latest KFF Health News Stories
First Edition: September 10, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports detailing how GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said, if elected, he would retain some parts of the 2010 health law.
Here’s a summary of President Barack Obama’s record on a range of health care issues, including Medicare.
What’s Your Guess On Newest Uninsured Numbers? Win A Prize (Well, Recognition)
After the monthly jobs report on Friday, the next big federal report with implications for the presidential race comes Wednesday morning when the Census Bureau releases its annual study on the number of people without health insurance. Last year, the Census reported that in 2010 the number of uninsured rose by 1 million to 49.9 million while the rate […]
Campaigns Trade Medicare Barbs, Romney Praises Parts Of Health Reform Law
On ‘Meet the Press,’ Mitt Romney said he would want to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions could get coverage.
Post-Conventions, Parties Sharply Divided On Health Care Politics
News outlets are reporting how campaigns are addressing – or avoiding – talking about health care.
Ways And Means Subcommittees Take Aim Again At Health Law Provisions
After bashing President Barack Obama’s health law as part of their Tampa convention festivities, House Republicans will focus on the measure once again when they return to Capitol Hill next week. Two Ways and Means subcommittees will hold hearings focused on the Internal Revenue Service’s role in implementing the law’s tax provisions and on the […]
Today’s Headlines – Sept. 7, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including examinations of health policy references in yesterday’s Democratic convention speeches. Los Angeles Times: Obama, Biden Make their Case For Four More Years Spilling well past the hour of prime-time coverage allotted by the major TV networks, Obama offered a long list of achievements including passage […]
Health Law Among Obama’s Accomplishments As He Makes Case For Second Term
During the final night of the Democratic convention, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pledged to protect Medicare from GOP proposals to turn it into what they called a voucher program and extolled the benefits of the health law.
More Than Just Facts: Convention Speeches Feature Poetic License, Omissions, Flaws
News outlets check the facts offered in the Thursday night convention speeches by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
IOM Report: Estimated $750B Wasted Annually In Health Care System
The Institute of Medicine offers an analysis of how the money is misspent and some steps that might address these trouble spots.
How Medicaid Reaches Into The Middle Class
The New York Times details how Medicaid plays an important safety-net role regarding long-term care costs. Meanwhile, some states are wrestling with ways to cut the program’s eligibility.
Paul Ryan Sticks To Medicare Stump Speech, Even After Clinton Critique
Headlines offer a range of developments from the Romney-Ryan campaign, including reports about its advertising strategy, Ryan’s response — or lack of one — to former President Bill Clinton’s criticism and a fact check regarding their Medicare policy.
Schumer Seeks To Put GOP Senators On Defensive Regarding Ryan Medicare Plan
Also in the news, Democrats are using the Medicare issue to target two veteran GOP lawmakers in California.
Viewpoints: Obama’s ‘Talk Of Tough Choices’; Championing Personal Responsibility
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the nation.
State News: Fla. Hospitals Fight Over Trauma Center Rules
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Florida, California, Virginia and Oregon.
State Leaders Wrangle Over Approaches To Health Insurance Marketplaces
Officials and business leaders in Wyoming, Kansas and Michigan are considering their next moves among the myriad options of how to approach federally or state-based health insurance marketplaces.
Doctors As Delegates And Health Reform Activists
In this pair of stories, Medpage Today offers the view seen from the Democratic convention floor by two physician delegates as well as a look at a doctors’ group dedicated to supporting the health law.
DOJ Joins Whistle-Blower Case Against Fla. Hospice
The Department of Justice is joining a case against a hospice provider in Orlando accused by a former executive of admitting Medicare patients who did not qualify for care to collect the payments. Meanwhile, state officials announce Medicaid fraud settlements, with GlaxoSmithKline in North Carolina, and Planned Parenthood in Illinois.
Research Roundup: Reducing Risk In Shared Savings Programs
This week’s studies come from Health Affairs, The New England Journal of Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Obama: ‘I Will Never Turn Medicare Into A Voucher’
In their acceptance speeches Thursday night, President Obama and Vice President Biden both denounced Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan for Medicare as a “voucher.”