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Q&A: Should I Consider The High-Risk Pools For Insurance Coverage?
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader who wonders if they should look for catastrophic insurance coverage if traditional coverage is out of reach. Consider high-risk pools, Andrews says.
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Health On The Hill: Obama Confers With Senate Leaders On Budget
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about President Obama's separate meetings with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in which the trio is trying to find common ground on Medicare cuts and other controversial proposals to lower the deficit.
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Health On The Hill Transcript: Obama Tries To Aid Deficit Talks With Meetings
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about President Obama's separate meetings with Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid in which the trio is trying to find common ground on Medicare cuts to help lower the deficit.
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Mistakes In Outpatient Care Raising Concerns
Although safety measures are often directed at hospitals, experts say physicians' offices and urgent care centers should get more scrutiny since the bulk of medical care is delivered there.
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Growing Hospice Care Costs Bring Concerns About Misuse
Although the benefit is intended for patients who have no more than six months to live, 19 percent now receive hospice services for longer.
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Former HHS Secretary Leavitt Says Most States Aren’t On Track To Meet Exchange Deadline
"The clock is running out," says the health care consultant who has been working with states on the issue.
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A(nother) Bad Month For Obamacare (Guest Opinion)
The month of June has been a tough one for Obamacare. With a variety of reports questioning a range of its provisions, one must wonder how many more months like this it can endure before it becomes a former law?
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Berenson: Take Small Steps Now To Lower Medicare Costs
Robert Berenson, an Urban Institute fellow and former official at the Department of Health and Human Services, says a number of small Medicare initiatives are "low-hanging fruit" that could be pursued now in order to control the program's spending.
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Controlling Medicare Costs – Robert Berenson
The Urban Institute's Robert Berenson talks about controlling Medicare costs and says it's not about rationing but about identifying places where the health care program is being abused.
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HHS Scales Back Rules On Health Insurance Appeals
Administration disappoints some patient advocates with new regulations setting up review process that consumers can seek when plans deny coverage.
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Letter To The Editor: The Best Hope For Controlling Health Care Costs Is ‘Innovation’ By Insurers And Providers
The author is responding to recent coverage of the Blue Shield Of California announcement that it will cap its profits.
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McKinsey Stands By Contested Health Insurance Survey
Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. Monday stood behind the findings of its controversial survey that found as much as 30 percent of employers could drop their health coverage. It also released the methodology for the survey.
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Appealing An Insurer’s Denial Is Often A Good Strategy
GAO finds most claims problems come from billing and eligibility issues, and beneficiaries often win when they appeal.
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Effort To End Surgeries On Wrong Patient Or Body Part Falters
Experts thought simple steps, such as marking the surgical site and taking a timeout to confirm the details, would end the problem. But it turns out to be more complicated to change the culture of hospitals and doctors.
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Health On The Hill Transcript: Democrats, Republicans Stake Out Positions In Budget Talks
PBS Newshour's David Chalian talks with Jackie Judd about the latest developments in the budget negotiations being led by Vice President Joe Biden and the role of Medicaid and Medicare in those talks.
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Health On The Hill: Democrats, Republicans Stake Out Positions In Budget Talks
PBS Newshour's David Chalian talks with Jackie Judd about the latest developments in the budget negotiations being led by Vice President Joe Biden and the role of Medicaid and Medicare in those talks.
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Opinion Column
Low-Income Families’ Rx For Health Reform (Guest Opinion)
For health reform to truly take root, we should take our cue from the millions of low-income Californians who have the most at stake
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‘Double’ Chest Scans Increase Costs And Exposure To Radiation
Many hospitals are performing unusually large numbers of a type of CT scan experts say should be done sparingly.
By Julie Appleby and Jordan Rau