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  • Transcript: KHN’s Health On The Hill

    Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico and Jeffrey Young of The Hill discuss health care reform as Congress returns from its July 4th recess.

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  • Health On The Hill – June 29, 2009

    Today, we feature a reporter roundtable with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Julie Rovner of National Public Radio and Jeffrey Young of The Hill.

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  • Health On The Hill – July 6, 2009

    Mary Agnes Carey of KHN, Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico and the Hill's Jeffrey Young discuss details of health overhaul bills in the House and Senate as Congress pushes towards having legislation on the floor before the August recess.

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  • Checking In With Jacob Hacker

    Political scientist Hacker, who created his signature idea for a public health insurance program a decade ago when he was a graduate student, describes it as an effective way to use market forces to expand coverage and bring down spiraling costs. Now, to his surprise, it has emerged as one of the most contentious issues in the health care debate.

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  • Opinion Column

    When the Government Runs Health Insurance

    Much of the health care reform debate centers on the Democratic push to create a government-run insurance option for working age Americans and their families. But shouldn't policymakers take a hard look at Medicare--the largest health insurance program in the country--before moving ahead to create something similar for everyone else?

    By Roy Ramthun and James Capretta

  • New Kind of Film Noir: Health Care

    While lawmakers are targeting rising costs and growing numbers of uninsured, a new crop of health care-focused documentaries offer a darker, more conspiratorial view: Powerful vested interests lusting for profits are responsible for the country's medical malaise.

    By Jordan Rau

  • Medicaid: True Or False?

    Medicaid is front and center in the debate on overhauling the U.S health system and expanding coverage to the uninsured. With 60 million enrollees, Medicaid dwarfs other insurance programs, including its cousin, Medicare, which covers 44 million elderly and disabled people. Here's a chance to test your knowledge of Medicaid.

    By Phil Galewitz

  • Checking In With James Gelfand, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

    In an interview with KFF Health News's Jenny Gold, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's senior manager of health policy, James P. Gelfand, says that an employer mandate would hurt employers and employees: "It makes people who don't make a lot of money worth less to their employers." The Chamber also vehemently opposes a "public plan" but endorses many other ideas to reform the U.S. health care system.

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  • Checking In With Wal-Mart’s David Tovar

    Wal-Mart made big news when it announced Tuesday that it was joining forces with the Service Employees Internation Union and a liberal think tank, the Center for American Progress, to support a requirement that employers make some financial contribution toward their workers' health care. KFF Health News's Jordan Rau talked with Wal-Mart's David Tovar about the decision.

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  • Revolving-Door Patients Illustrate Health System Flaws

    Patients who are readmitted to the hospital soon after they're discharged cost the health care system billions of dollars a year in unnecessary spending. These "frequent fliers," as doctors sometimes call them, illustrate the worst aspects of poorly coordinated care. Innovative programs may serve as models for fixing the problems.

    By Joanne Kenen
  • Opinion Column

    Is President Obama Fighting The Last War?

    You can sum up Obama's strategy for health reform as "WWCD": What Wouldn't the Clintons Do. And it's working well so far. It seems likely that Obama will have a bill to sign by year's end. But will it be legislation that people actually like?

    By Jonathan Cohn