Latest KFF Health News Stories
Hurricane Sandy’s Nursing Home Nightmare
The New York Times reports on major problems with how a N.Y. city nursing home evacuated, as other area hospitals continue to struggle with the effects of the storm
Medicare Eyed As Part Of ‘Grand Bargain’
Groups are planning how to fight cuts to Medicare and other health care programs which might be targeted as part of a debt deal.
States Get Extra Time On Health Insurance Exchanges
The exchanges – online marketplaces where individuals and small businesses can buy coverage beginning in 2014 – are a key part of the health law.
Temporary Pharmacy In D.C. Draws Attention To Cluttered Drug Market
The “help shop” is the brainchild of founders of a company that seeks to make over-the-counter drugs less complicated. In other news about the health care industry, the Minneapolis Star Tribune examines the growing number of primary health clinics.
CBO Emphasizes Need To Trim Medicare Spending
The Congressional Budget Office also found that GOP proposals to change a provision of the health law that requires insurers to spend 80 percent of premiums on medical care would increase the federal debt. Proposals to repeal coverage provisions would save billions, but also leave 29 million people uninsured, it found.
CQ HealthBeat says there is little talk of her moving on but even so, four years is a long tenure in the job.
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Illinois, California, Massachusetts and Oregon.
Sanofi To Cut Cost Of Colon Cancer Drug In Half After Cancer Center Denial
Drugmaker Sanofi will cut the price of a colon cancer drug nearly in half after a large cancer center said it wouldn’t use the drug over cost concerns.
For Nurses, Long Shifts Equal Burn Out
Health Affairs study finds ill effects from long shifts for both nurses and patients, while nursing school dean warns of nurse shortage as insurance coverage expands.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the United States.
Insurers, Other Industries React To Obama Victory, Health Law
AHIP’s Karen Ignagni says insurers will shift focus to cost cutting, as survey finds other businesses continue to oppose the 2010 health care overhaul.
Boehner Backpedals After Calling Obamacare ‘Law Of The Land’
House Speaker John Boehner reaffirmed his desire to repeal the health law Thursday, after earlier referring to it as the “law of the land.”
Raising – And Answering – Questions About Health Law’s Future
A variety of news outlets examine what the Obama victory means for the political landscape, and for people’s lives.
Obama, Boehner Gird For Talks To Avert ‘Fiscal Cliff’
The two men who failed to reach a “grand bargain” to tame the national debt last year face a year-end deadline to avert automatic budget cuts. Media outlets assess the likelihood of a deal that might curb Medicare spending in exchange for revenue increases.
Governors Wrestling With Decision On Health Insurance Exchanges
As federal officials consider whether to let the Nov. 16 deadline slip, governors in places such as Kansas, Virginia and Colorado are deciding whether to have the federal government design their exchange.
A selection of health policy and public health research from the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Archives of Internal Medicine, PLOS, and Health Affairs, as well as various news organizations.
First Edition: November 10, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news about effort to cut a deal on taxes and entitlements to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”
A selection of health policy stories from Texas and Massachusetts.
Across the country, states where governors had deferred decisions on whether to set up insurance exchanges and/or to expand Medicaid now have tight deadlines.
Republicans Consider Old, New Ways To Hinder Health Law Implementation
Some Republicans and religious leaders are following through with challenges to the law’s contraception coverage mandate, looking for ways to repeal a Medicare cost-cutting board and trying further to delay implementation.
