Latest KFF Health News Stories
Self-Insurance For Small Businesses Goes Under The Microscope
Politco Pro describes the growing focus on this part of the insurance marketplace as a “sleeper battle to watch.” Meanwhile, Reuters reports that a growing number of people are signing up for supplemental insurance coverage.
Obama Pushes Record On Women’s Issues
President Obama’s talking points on the campaign trail highlight his positions on women’s health issues including his support for Planned Parenthood.
Obama Administration Promises New Money To Help Vets Become PAs
The Obama administration has announced $2.3 million in grants to help veterans become physician assistants — helping ease their transition back into civilian life.
Bipartisan Group Of House Lawmakers To Push Lame-Duck Passage Of ‘Simpson-Bowles’ Debt Plan
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will make a lame-duck push at passing a previously released deficit reduction plan.
Power Outage Points Out How Technology Can Undermine Patient Care
The Los Angeles Times reports that during a recent power outage, hospitals across the country lost access to patients’ electronic medical records, raising questions about whether systemic issues sometimes impact patient care.
Outsourcing Trend Emerging In Health Care Industry
California Healthline reports that, when it comes to a range of jobs, “health care systems may be looking outside more often and with a wider lens.”
State Highlights: Report: Mass. Medicaid Managed Care Doesn’t Reduce Fees
A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Maryland, Vermont, Georgia, Minnesota and Oregon.
Summer Camp Pairs ‘Smores And Anti-Abortion Activism
State news on abortion focuses on a summer camp that trains anti-abortion activists and charges against a Kansas City Planned Parenthood that is accused of performing illegal late-term abortions.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the nation.
Ariz. Delays Medicaid Expansion Decision, States Make Other Health Law Implementation News
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer won’t say until January if her state will expand Medicaid. In the meantime, advocates worry about whether health care for kids in Texas could be cut.
Research Roundup: Mass. Health Reform; Race, Insurance And Kidney Transplants
Today’s studies come from the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the Medicare & Medicaid Research Review and the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology; as well as coverage by other outlets.
Another Senate Vote To Repeal The Health Law? Harry Reid Says No.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., had hoped to schedule a repeal vote before the end of September.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports on a Capitol Hill hearing during which House GOP lawmakers grilled the director of the Internal Revenue Service on his agency’s health care subsidy ruling.
Doctors, Women, Religious Groups Feel Impact Of Birth Control Coverage Mandate
The coverage mandate took effect Aug. 1. Physicians say they — rather than insurers — will feel the burden of the rule. Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress stay relatively quiet on the requirement, but tensions continue among Catholics and evangelical Protestants.
Some Small Businesses Brace For Health Law Hardships
The Wall Street Journal reports on the impact the health law could have on restaurants and retailers, while other news outlets explore reverberations of the Supreme Court decision making the expansion of Medicaid effectively optional.
State Roundup: N.Y. Law Requires Coverage For Partial Mastectomy
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Texas, Connecticut, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Experts Offer Disparate Views On Controlling Health Care Costs
Dueling articles in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday propose sharply different ways to curb medical spending. The proposals offer a glimpse of the rival approaches that could emerge in 2013, when Congress will have to tackle the budget deficit and the future of the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled.
Romney’s Record On Health Care Examined
News outlets look at presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s style and positions on health care before and after he was governor of Massachusetts.
CBO Sets Price Tag For Delaying Scheduled Medicare Physician Payment Cuts: $271 Billion
Medpage Today reports that the Congressional Budget Office has updated its estimates for the cost of repealing or continuing to delay scheduled physician pay reductions under Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate.
Super-Bug Technology Draws High-Tech Attention
The Wall Street Journal reports that some small companies see this area as a business opportunity.
