Research Roundup: Mastectomies; Hospital Drug Discounts; Homeless Coverage
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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State Highlights: Health Disparities Viewed Through Various Policies; Insurance Commissioners And Narrow Networks
A selection of health policy stories from Minnesota, Georgia, Washington state, Nebraska, North Carolina, New York and Virginia.
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State Spending Swells — Mostly Driven By Medicaid Expansion Fund Infusion
According to a report from the National Association of State Budget Officers, state spending has not increased at a rate this fast since before the recession.
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Senate Panel Examines Soaring Generic Drug Prices
In other Capitol Hill news, lawmakers continue to meet about -- but report no agreements on -- the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, as well as other spending measures, for fiscal year 2015.
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Who Uncovered The Gruber Videos?
Fox News reports on the person who found the politically damaging videos of Jonathan Gruber. It turns out he wasn't an operative, but a normal person who feels like he lost his coverage as a result of the health law.
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Poll: Almost Quarter Of Uninsured Say They Can’t Afford Coverage
Nearly a quarter of those without insurance said they expected to stay that way because of the cost of coverage, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll done just before the health law's insurance exchanges opened.
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Immigrants Here Illegally Will Not Get Access To Health Law But May Get Other Coverage
Politico reports that once these immigrants don't face deportation threats, they may be able to take regular jobs with health insurance. Also in the news, some anti-abortion activists are charging that states are not complying with the health law's provisions to offer one plan that does not cover abortion and a former administration officials talks about making narrow provider networks smarter.
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Oklahoma Asks Supreme Court To Hear Its Health Law Challenge, Too
Oklahoma's attorney general said Thursday he has asked the high court to hear his arguments that parts of the health law don't apply to his state, at the same time they consider the subsidy challenge in King v. Burwell. Meanwhile, thousands of Missouri and Illinois residents would lose more than $2 billion in health insurance subsidies if the court were to rule in favor of the plaintiffs.
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Parsing Claims About The Cost Of Obamacare Plans
Factcheck.org examines competing claims about the cost of Obamacare plans while The Fiscal Times reports on an analysis examining the cost of deductibles in 2015 plans sold through the health law's insurance exchanges.
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HHS Acknowledges Health Law Enrollment Overcounting Mistake
The Obama administration said Thursday that it incorrectly tallied health law sign-ups by accidentally adding about 380,000 dental-plan customers to its overall enrollment numbers. It reduced the overall number of people who enrolled in new coverage to about 6.7 million.
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First Edition: November 21, 2014
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: GOP Lessons From Health Battle; High Court Could Affect Coverage For Millions
A selection of opinions on health care from around the United States.
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Longer Looks: Disappointments In Drug Design; The Black Death; History Of The Speculum
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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State Highlights: Calif. Tobacco Tax Reemerges; Mass. Town Pulls Tobacco Ban Proposal
A selection of health policy stories from California, Massachusetts, Kansas, Illinois, North Carolina, Connecticut and Colorado.
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Hawaii Vets Get Health Care Vouchers
Hawaii is one of only three states that do not have VA medical centers, and a national program allowing veterans to seek care elsewhere has begun there. In Washington, meanwhile, a veteran's mother asks Congress for better suicide prevention services for those experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Study: Older Americans Less Able To Afford Health Care Than Seniors In Other Nations
The study, by the Commonwealth Fund, looked at the health of seniors in America compared to those in 10 other developed nations and also found older Americans were sicker than their counterparts elsewhere.
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Employer Survey Shows Shifts In Cost To Employees With High Deductible Plans
The survey by Mercer explores the impact of high-deductible plans. Meanwhile, Health News Colorado reports on a survey in that state that found employer health insurance costs are going up 8 percent for 2015, but most continue to offer coverage.
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Pricetags For New Therapies, Generics Push Up Drug Spending
Costly hepatitis and cancer treatments helped boost U.S. drug spending this year by almost 12 percent, according to a survey. Meanwhile, Gilead Sciences buys a shortcut for FDA drug review for $125 million, the Justice Department probes big price increases for generic drugs and some Medicare beneficiaries will pay a greater portion of their drug costs.
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Rep. Ryan Lays Out GOP Obamacare Alternative
The incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee also said the changes might have to wait until a new president is elected. Elsewhere, a former healthcare.gov technology chief says it wasn't his job to know about specific technology problems with the site.
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President’s Immigration Plan, To Be Detailed Tonight, Will Not Extend Health Law To Undocumented Immigrants
President Barack Obama is scheduled to announce his executive order on immigration in a speech tonight. Reports indicate it will shield about four million people from deportation, but they won't be able to purchase subsidized health insurance via the health law's online insurance marketplaces.