Latest KFF Health News Stories
Senate Dem Appropriators Boost HHS Funding As GOP Attacks Health Law Provisions
Partisan wrangling over the health law, as well as funding of HHS, is continuing on Capitol Hill.
Research Roundup: Best Health Care For Homeless; Business Model For Pharma
Studies this week come from the Center for Health Care Strategies, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Affairs, the Rand Corp., the State Health Access Data Assistance Center and other news outlets.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on how the White House and congressional lawmakers are bracing for the Supreme Court’s health law decision.
Health Law Supporters Worry About ‘Signal’ From Big Insurers To Supreme Court
Earlier this week hree large health insurance companies announced they would allow some of the health law’s more popular consumer provisions to go forward no matter what the court’s decision. In response, a public interest group charged the insurers with conducting a PR offensive to signal to the high court.
Colorado And Alabama Leaders Offer Different Views On Health Law Decision
Colorado’s governor says the state will continue to build its insurance exchange and to advance other elements of the health law regardless of the Supreme Court’s ruling. Meanwhile, Alabama’s attorney general predicts the court will strike down the law.
A new study detailed findings regarding physicians’ patterns of unprofessional behavior. Separate research investigated doctors’ willingness to use limited Spanish to communicate with patients.
Romney, Obama To Talk Economy In Ohio
President Obama and Mitt Romney are campaigning in Ohio today and it’s likely Romney will continue his attacks on the health law. Meanwhile, Democrats wonder how they can make political gains by better explaining the law.
Longer Looks: Battling HIV In Washington; Adderall Use Among U.S. High Schoolers
This week’s selections include articles from PBS NewsHour, The New York Times, New York Times Magazine and American Medical News.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care policy from around the country.
Medicaid: Calif. Dems Balk On More Cuts; Big Jump In Minnesota Rolls
A selection of state Medicaid news from California, Missouri, Illinois and Minnesota.
Electronic Health Records Inspire Mostashari, Researchers, Olympians
CQ HealthBeat interviews the head of the government’s IT effort while other news coverage focuses on a new report detailing the promise of electronic health monitoring.
Dems, GOP Jockey For Position On Health Law, Budget Legislation
In advance of the upcoming general election, Democrats and Republicans are trading barbs on the reasons — each accusing each other of playing politics — for delaying economic legislation and how the health care law has affected jobs in America.
Mich. House Approves Abortion Restrictions Bill
The Michigan bill would tighten regulation of abortion clinics and providers while making it a crime to coerce women into having an abortion. In Missouri, a union asks the governor to veto legislation that would allow employers to opt out of providing abortion or contraception health insurance coverage.
State Roundup: CalPERS Rate Hike OK’d; Health Workers Back Philly Strike
A selection of health policy news from California, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Kansas and Oregon.
Medicaid Fraud Audits Show Little Return On Program Costs
Bloomberg reports that, according to the Government Accountability Office, the cost of the audits has been an estimated five times more than the amount of overpayments that were recovered.
Healthcare Becomes Target In Antitrust Reviews
According to the Federal Trade Commission, though the recent rate of antitrust reviews of hospital mergers has been flat, regulators have increasingly been looking at provider deals.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how the pending Supreme Court decision is being viewed by investors, and the latest from the campaign trail.
Health Care Costs To Reach Nearly One-Fifth Of GDP By 2021
New health care cost projections released Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicate that the nation’s health care spending will keep outpacing economic growth for the foreseeable future despite a recent slowdown.
Insurers, Politicians Girding For Supreme Court Health Law Decision
Insurance company executives tell news outlets they support the mandate to buy insurance or pay a fine, as Republicans try to refine their post-SCOTUS decision strategy.
JAMA: Wage Gap Persists For Women Physician-Researchers
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the average salary for women doctor-researchers was 16 percent lower than men, even after accounting for speciality, hours, etc.
