Health On The Hill - June 28, 2010

Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Sarah Kliff, Politico

The Department of Health and Human Services is facing July 1 deadlines for creation of high-risk pools to help individuals who have been without health insurance for six months or longer and a new web portal to provide consumers with information about health insurance plans. Separately, debate continues on Capitol Hill about additional Medicaid funding for states.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – June 28, 2010</h1>
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 Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Sarah Kliff, <a href="http://www.politico.com/">Politico</a>The Department of Health and Human Services is facing July 1 deadlines for creation of high-risk pools to help individuals who have been without health insurance for six months or longer and a new web portal to provide consumers with information about health insurance plans. Separately, debate continues on Capitol Hill about additional Medicaid funding for states. <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/06/062810_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Listen to audio version</a> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/47F62572-98D2-4268-8778-BE9F22D2E5B9">Read Transcript</a><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/062810-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/062810-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/062810-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20June%2028%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F062810-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/062810-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/062810-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/062810-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11372&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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