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Patients and their caregivers want options such as home-based long term care and palliative care delivered alongside treatment -- options that Medicare may not define as "reasonable and necessary," according to a Duke University study.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Gov. Gary Herbert is seeking to get a work requirement as part of the deal for expanding Medicaid to the state's low-income residents, but it's not yet clear what federal officials are willing to approve.
Each week KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a new study regarding employer health coverage and costs.
The children's uninsured rate hardly budged in the first year of the health law's expansion of coverage, even as the rate for adults dropped four percentage points, according to reports from the Urban Institute and Georgetown's Center for Children and Families.
The shifts, which often happen without warning, come as the state works to verify incomes and make sure consumers are in appropriate health plans, the Associated Press reports
The lawsuit alleges that the surgeon and the operators of a network of doctor-owned implant distributorships defrauded millions of dollars from Medicare.
During a hearing of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Inspector General Richard J. Griffin said administrators at 13 VA health facilities lied during the investigation of waiting list issues and other improprieties.
Medicaid news from Kansas, North Carolina and Louisiana.
A selection of health policy stories from New York, California, the District of Columbia, North Carolina and Georgia.
Gov. Gary Herbert, after meeting with HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, says state and federal officials are nearing a final agreement on Utah's alternative proposal for expanding Medicaid.
The Affordable Care Act is relieving financial pressures on some hospitals by reducing unpaid emergency room bills and may also be curbing the growth of such visits, CBS News reports. Meanwhile, Alcoa joins IBM and Time Warner in shifting white-collar retirees to a private insurance exchange, and nonprofit religious employers say they will continue lawsuits against the law's contraception coverage requirement.
As the November election approaches, the number of voters who think the overhaul is a bad idea outnumbers those who think it is good.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll findings regarding how Americans feel about Obamacare.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said in her first major speech Monday that she would work with members of both parties to improve healthcare.gov, the government website used by millions of people to sign up for coverage.
The money will be used to hire and train people to help consumers in 34 states which rely on the federal government for their Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges, where individuals can buy health coverage.
That conclusion is from one study of the expanded coverage. Another study finds young adults don't see themselves as healthier and many still find health care expensive.
His to-do list includes streamlining the bureaucracy and simplifying the process by which veterans receive care.
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