Latest KFF Health News Stories
Adults Younger Than 65 More Likely To Skip Meds To Save Money
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that adults younger than 65 were more likely than older Americans to skip medicines, or not take them as prescribed. Also, about 20 percent of adults, regardless of age, sought lower cost treatments from physicians.
Hospitals, Other Providers Increasingly Using ‘The Cloud’ To Store Images
Health-care providers need to store them somewhere, and increasingly the answer is in the cloud.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Mass., Vermont Pioneer Their Own Health Reforms
Efforts in Massachusetts and Vermont offer insight regarding cost controls and a state initiative to create a single-payer system.
State Roundup: Ga. Smoker Surcharge Could Be Working
A selection of health policy news from Georgia, California, Maryland, Oregon, Minnesota, Kansas, Texas and New York.
House GOP Leader To Introduce Tavenner At Nomination Hearing
Senators are planning to grill Marilyn Tavenner, the Obama administration’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, but Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., has said she is “eminently qualified,” and her confirmation is expected.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about about various elements of the health law and how they are being viewed as implementation rolls ahead.
Obama’s Budget Expected To Call For Medicare Cuts
In advance of the release of President Barack Obama’s fiscal blueprint on Wednesday, an adviser warned friends and foes that the plan includes things neither will like. The budget plan is expected to kick off new discussions about trimming entitlements and revamping the nation’s safety net.
Democrats Express Dismay Over White House Health Law Implementation Delays
The Hill reports that this “friendly fire” comes as Republicans are preparing to make health care an election-year topic and Democrats are hoping for speedier progress regarding some of the measure’s most popular provisions. In related news, the law’s taxes and penalties, as well as the premium increases that some are predicting, continue to draw analysis.
New Medical Schools Aim At Doubling Number Of Primary Care Doctors
New medical schools are trying to double the number of primary care doctors in America, while MedPAC considers better pay for advanced-practice nurses and physicians assistants under Medicare.
Military Health Care: Shallow Candidate Pool Could Hamper Mental Health Efforts
The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to hire 1,600 mental health professionals, but some say a shallow pool of candidates could hamper efforts, while Congress continues to resist making military health care beneficiaries pay more for their care.
Tavenner May Gain Bipartisan Support
Politico reports that Marilyn Tavenner, whose nomination to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be the subject of a hearing this week, may be able to rise about Captitol Hill’s volatile politics.
Health Exchange Development, Enrollment Issues Trigger Concerns
Politico and Kaiser Health News provide progress reports related to the development of the health law’s new online insurance marketplaces.
Plan B Ruling Raises Political, Practical Questions About Next Move
A federal judge’s ruling on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration has to lift age restrictions on emergency contraception has set up choices for pharmacists, consumers and the Obama administration about whether this is the end of the controversy.
Some GOP Governors See Block Grant Opportunity In Medicaid Expansion
Politico reports that some conservatives who have long sought to convert Medicaid into a block grant program see an opening with the health law to move in this direction. Also in the news, states continue to mull how to proceed with this provision of the law.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Roundup: Abortion Restriction Measure Goes To Kan. Governor’s Desk
A selection of health policy stories from Kansas, California, the District of Columbia, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington state.
Sequestration: Scientists Protest Automatic Budget Cuts
According to McClatchy, prominent cancer and other medical researchers will be in Washington this week to protest federal funding cuts.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the politics surrounding the Wednesday unveiling of President Barack Obama’s budget as well as other news about the health law’s implementation.
Budget Battles Brewing Over Medicare, Other Entitlements
As details emerged about the president’s budget, to be released on Wednesday, it’s being criticized from both left and right.
