Latest KFF Health News Stories
A selection of the editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Going Against Trends, Covered California Premiums To Rise Just 4.2% In 2015
While many other states are experiencing double-digit increases, California’s modest premium boost is viewed as good news for the health law.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including more questions about how healthcare.gov will function during the next open enrollment period.
GAO Report: Poor Planning And Oversight Led To Website Woes
The government watchdog organization also found that more problems could emerge in the upcoming enrollment season. Investigators suggested implementation of a cost-control plan and improved oversight procedures, among other steps.
House Authorizes Boehner To Proceed With Lawsuit Against President Obama
The House voted mostly along party lines to proceed with the lawsuit against President Barack Obama. The legal challenge, which focuses on last year’s White House decision to delay the employer mandate, alleges that the president’s use of executive power is unconstitutional.
Few States Plan To Extend Medicaid Pay Raise For Primary Care Docs
Also in the news, the Government Accountability Office examines Medicaid’s supplemental payments to hospitals and health care providers.
IOM Report Calling For Medical Education Reform Could Set Up Major Battle Over Funding
The report, which says the $15 billion spent annually to train doctors is failing, could lead to congressional battles and rivalries among doctors’ groups.
Hospital ‘Observation Stays’ Scrutinized By Senate Aging Committee
Meanwhile, on the House side, the Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation that would allow people with group health insurance to keep policies that don’t conform to the health law’s standards.
News outlets report on developments regarding state online insurance marketplaces.
Gains driven largely by global benefits operation after Cigna reported earlier that its business on the health law marketplaces was soft. News outlets also examine Humana and WellPoint’s earnings.
House Approves Sweeping Overhaul Of Vets’ Health Care System
The chamber passed the $16.3 billion measure 420 to 5, and it is expected to clear the Senate by the end of the day Thursday.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
State Highlights: Maryland’s Top Health Official Leaving For Johns Hopkins
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, North Carolina and Kansas.
Longer Looks: Pittsburgh’s ‘Frayed Safety Net’; Curing Cancer
Every week KHN reporter Marissa Evans finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the possible hazards that the future might hold for healthcare.gov.
Senate Unanimously Approves McDonald To Lead The VA
Robert A. McDonald, the 61-year-old former chief executive of Procter & Gamble and graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will take over the embattled VA after a scandal related to wait-time data led to the resignation of Eric Shinseki.
Legal Challenge To Health Law Taxes Rejected By Appeals Court
The lawsuit brought by the Pacific Legal Foundation and a small business owner argued that the overhaul was in violation of the Constitution’s Origination Clause.
Advocates Press Fla. Lawmakers On Medicaid Expansion To Help Working Poor
About 800,000 residents of the state are stuck in a “coverage gap” because they earn too much to qualify for Medicaid since the state did not expand its program under the health law but they don’t earn enough to qualify for federal tax credits.
Hawaii Weighs Efforts To Fix Online Health Marketplace
The state set up its own exchange, but it’s losing money, and officials are considering options for a long-term fix or a switch to the federal marketplace instead. Also, new reports examine how the uninsured view the marketplaces and young adults’ deliberations on health insurance.
