Kansas Officials Slowing Plans For Renewing Private Management Of Medicaid
The state administration is watching for changes that may come from Congress and a Republican White House. Other Medicaid news comes from Florida, Kentucky and Alabama.
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Rep. Price Says Hill Republicans Hope To Overhaul Medicare In 2017
A move on Medicare would raise the stakes substantially for the GOP, both on Capitol Hill and in the White House.
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Though Its Work Saves Countless Lives, Agency’s Anonymity Threatens Its Future
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has instituted changes in the health care system that have saved many lives, but as the industry is about to enter a time of uncertainty under a Trump administration, the agency could lose support.
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25% Of Children In U.S. Don’t Have Access To Essential Health Care, Study Finds
But the number of children without health insurance has decreased, the study by the Children’s Health Fund found.
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Anthem-Cigna Merger Goes To Trial In Final Chapter Of Obama’s Antitrust Efforts
If completed, the merger between Anthem and Cigna and the deal between Aetna and Humana would leave the industry topped by three giant firms. While the decisions are expected before Donald Trump takes office, it's unclear where his administration will come down on mega-mergers like these.
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Repeal Without Replace Plan Spooks Insurers, May Provoke Stampede To Exit Market
Insurers would have little incentive to stick around if the law is dismantled without a replacement plan in place -- which would mean chaos for consumers. Meanwhile, Mike Pence says Donald Trump will take on the health law right "out of the gate," but two conservative thinkers talk with Politico about how Trump's stance on health care is more of a wild card than some may think.
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First Edition: November 21, 2016
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: What’s Ahead For Medicare And Medicaid; State Innovations On Covering Uninsured Immigrants
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
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Research Roundup: Drug Compliance; Payment Reforms; Hospital Readmissions
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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State Highlights: Minn. Task Force Focuses On Mental Health System Delays; In Calif., A Major Insurer Could Bring 1,500 Jobs To Sacramento
Outlets report on health news from Minnesota, California, Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Georgia.
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Special Board Recommends Universal Lead Screening For Michigan Children
The Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board issued guidance on how to protect Michigan's children. Meanwhile, the state is fighting a requirement that it delivers bottled water to Flint residents.
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Report Finds Kansas’ Move To Private Management Of Medicaid Fails To Improve Care
The report, by the consulting firm Leavitt Partners, was commissioned by three health care groups and recommends that the state become more involved in its Medicaid program. Also, outlets report on Medicaid news from Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Spike In Preventable Deaths In U.S. Counters Decrease In Rates From Top 3 Diseases
Deaths from cancer, stroke and heart disease all decreased, but the opioid epidemic drove a surge in preventable deaths.
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One Year Later: WHO Advisers Mull Rolling Back Crisis Designation For Zika
But some worry that if the World Health Organization no longer classifies the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern, a disease that many have struggled to understand will slip further down in priority. In other public health news: a buzzy new product to reduce stress that leaves critics unimpressed; germs and ATMs; cucumbers' tendency to carry salmonella; and more.
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In Effort To Reduce Its Crushing Debt, CHS Finds Buyer For 2 Wash. Hospitals
Media outlets report on other hospital news from Massachusetts and Kansas.
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Not So Fast: There’s Long Road — And A Lot Of Obstacles — Ahead To Overturning Roe
For one, the high court does not like to overrule its own precedents -- particularly those that have stood for decades.
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Pharma Executives Charged With Fraud, Conspiracy In Multi-Million Dollar Scheme
The alleged strategy by Philidor Rx Services' Andrew Davenport and Valeant’s Gary Tanner hinged on an unusual relationship between the two companies.
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HELP Chairman: Replacing ACA Won’t Be Quick Because ‘We Spent Six Years As The Hatfields And The McCoys’
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander predicts it could take years. Meanwhile, the House Republicans and Vice President-elect Mike Pence settle on a plan for government funding and The Washington Post fact checks House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's statement on diseases.
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Advocates Vow To Defend Covered California: ‘What We Have Is Too Important To Lose’
In Covered California's first meeting since Donald Trump's win, lawmakers and health care experts promised to stand by the marketplace in these uncertain times.
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Poll: Health Care Should Be Trump’s Top Priority During First 100 Days
Americans sound off on what they want Donald Trump to focus on when he first gets into office. Meanwhile, The Washington Post offers a primer on the health law and the president-elect.
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