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Health Care Reform: Prove it Works and CMS Will Pay

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When it comes to Medicare, where it is everybody’s money and overpriced technologies are a significant factor undermining the senior citizen health care program’s long-term financial viability, paying for products that don’t deliver better is out.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – October 4, 2010

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As the November elections near, more Democrats appear to be campaigning on the health care law, touting a package of consumer protections that went into effect for plan years starting after Sept. 23.

Civil War? Maine, Florida Medical Associations Battling Over AMA Role In Health Reform

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The Florida Medical Association’s controversial decision to express a lack of confidence in the American Medical Association is drawing criticism from its northern counterpart in Maine, which is urging support of AMA leaders.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – Sept. 27, 2010

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Just weeks before the November elections, new polling shows that four out of 10 adults – no matter whether they supported the law – think the health care law did not do enough to change the health care system in America, and 53 percent of Americans are still confused about health reform.

How The Health Law Changes Could Affect You

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For the past few months, health reporter Michelle Andrews has been writing about various aspects of the new law for her weekly feature “Insuring Your Health.” Today, the six-month anniversary of the signing of the health bill, a number of key provisions officially kick in and Jackie Judd sat down with her to discuss them.

GOP ‘Repeal And Replace’ Strategy Lacks Merit

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Although far from perfect, the health reform law promises a lot of benefits — to individuals and to the country as a whole. Can Republicans make the case that Americans would be better off without these benefits?

Support Slips For Health Reform Law, New KFF Poll Shows

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As mid-term elections approach, the public is split over the law. Federal subsidies to help people buy insurance are popular, while a requirement that most Americans buy coverage isn’t.

Deuell Asks AG: Can State Ban Abortion Affiliates?

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This story comes from our partner the Texas Tribune . State Sen. Bob Deuell wants Planned Parenthood’s clinics out of the state’s Women’s Health Program, which provides family planning services – but not abortions – to impoverished Medicaid patients. And he says a 2005 law should exclude them already. But for years, the state’s Health […]

Virginia Lawsuit Challenging Health Law Passes Key Hurdle

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The first big legal test of the constitutionality of the “individual mandate” that requires just about everyone in the U.S. to have health insurance starting in 2014 is going to get out of the starting gate.

When Bad News About Health Reform Isn’t Bad

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This column is a collaboration between KHN and The New Republic. The weekend’s newspapers included a pair of headlines about health care reform. And they were probably not the kind that reform advocates like to see. One was in the Boston Globe: “Firms Cancel Health Coverage.” According to the article, a number of small businesses […]

Abortion Supporters Now Blast Administration Over Health Law

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The administration is getting an earful from abortion rights groups for making sure that states getting federal funds to run insurance programs for people with pre-exisitng conditions don’t cover elective abortions.

Behind The Scenes of Health Reform: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners

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The health overhaul does establish new national requirements that insurers must meet. To help coordinate state regulatory efforts, health reform looks to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.