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Senior Correspondent Mary Agnes Carey Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Mary Agnes Carey says she’ll be following Republican efforts to dismantle the health law.

Web Reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni says to watch out for how health disparities are affected by implementation of the health law.

Web Reporter Jessica Marcy Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Jessica Marcy says she’ll be examining the different kinds of health care workers — growing in numbers — looking to give more people more care.

Senior Correspondent Phil Galewitz Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Phil Galewitz says he’ll be following health care in the states, Medicaid and how the Supreme Court will rule on the health law.

Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow Marilyn Werber Serafini Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow Marilyn Werber Serafini says she’ll be following the 2012 presidential campaigns and how health care plays into the race.

Senior Correspondent Jordan Rau Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Jordan Rau says he’ll be keeping an eye on how Medicare proposes to change how it pays hospitals after changes in the health law.

Web Reporter Christian Torres Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Christian Torres says lesser known provisions in the health care law will be what he follows this year.

Web Reporter Sarah Barr Discusses What 2012 Will Hold For Health Care

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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Sarah Barr discusses what waivers states could seek to change Medicare in their states.

Senate, House Remain At Odds Over ‘Doc Fix’ Dilemma

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A Senate-passed bill to stop a Medicare physician pay cut, among other provisions like a payroll tax cut extension, was denied a vote by House Republicans Tuesday afternoon. Until lawmakers pass legislation to avert it, doctors are facing a 27 percent pay cut at the beginning of next year.

The Revolving Door Of Readmissions

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Ralph Rust’s decade-long struggle to stay out of hospitals involves some of the factors that cause patients to be readmitted frequently. For years he was hospitalized as often as three times a month.

Gingrich Defends Record, Praises Ryan-Wyden Medicare Plan

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Both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney welcomed the Ryan-Wyden plan, announced yesterday. Gingrich went on defense after Rep. Michele Bachmann questioned him on his record on abortion legislation while he was in the House of Representatives.

Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Debate Shifts to Senate

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KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Politico Pro’s Matt DoBias about the latest developments on Capitol Hill concerning a pending Medicare physician payment cut set to take effect Jan. 1 without passage of a “doc fix.”

GOP Candidates Dispute Gingrich, Romney Records On Individual Mandate

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At Saturday night’s debate in Des Moines, the GOP presidential candidates spent a considerable amount of time discussing the 2010 health law. In the debate’s most talked-about moment, Mitt Romney offered to bet Rick Perry $10,000 that what Perry was saying about Romney’s book wasn’t correct.

Document: GOP Payroll Tax Bill – Summary, Text Of Health Care Sections

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On Friday, Dec. 9, House Republicans unveiled the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act,” which avoid the scheduled cut to Medicare reimbursement rates for physicians – the “doc fix.”

My ER Doctor Is Billing Me For What Insurance Didn’t Pay, What Can I Do?

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KHN’s “Insuring Your Health” consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question about what to do when you’re billed by an out-of-network doctor for an in-network hospital visit.