Christine Vestal, Stateline

ACA And The Children’s Health Insurance Program

KFF Health News Original

The Affordable Care Act offers subsidies for low-income families who currently qualify for the federal-state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), forcing states to make a decision on CHIP’s future.

Health Law Spurs State Shift in Long-Term Care

KFF Health News Original

Many states are taking advantage of a $3 billion health law program meant to help older Americans avoid nursing homes and instead get long-term care in their own homes — something many of them prefer.

Bill Clinton Calls For Obamacare Opponents And Supporters To Work Together

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This story comes from our partner Stateline, the daily news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Former President Bill Clinton Wednesday championed the new Affordable Care Act, but urged Congress and the states to fix its worst problems. Speaking to an invitation-only audience at his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., Clinton touted the law’s […]

Nurse Practitioners Slowly Gain Autonomy

KFF Health News Original

States hope they will be better able to care for the federal health law’s 30 million newly insured patients by relaxing decades-old “scope of practice” laws that determine what care nurse practitioners can deliver.