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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Jessica Marcy says she'll be examining the different kinds of health care workers -- growing in numbers -- looking to give more people more care.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Phil Galewitz says he'll be following health care in the states, Medicaid and how the Supreme Court will rule on the health law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow Marilyn Werber Serafini says she'll be following the 2012 presidential campaigns and how health care plays into the race.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Jordan Rau says he'll be keeping an eye on how Medicare proposes to change how it pays hospitals after changes in the health law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Reporter Jenny Gold says she'll be watching how states cut health care in their budgets.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Christian Torres says lesser known provisions in the health care law will be what he follows this year.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Julie Appleby discusses what changes could be in store for insurers.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Sarah Barr discusses what waivers states could seek to change Medicare in their states.
Test your knowledge of who has said what about Medicare over the many years of the program's history.
Here are the details regarding not only who said what about Medicare, but when and where.
A Senate-passed bill to stop a Medicare physician pay cut, among other provisions like a payroll tax cut extension, was denied a vote by House Republicans Tuesday afternoon. Until lawmakers pass legislation to avert it, doctors are facing a 27 percent pay cut at the beginning of next year.
Former Massachsetts Gov. Mitt Romney's years as governor are defined by his role in reforming health care in the Bay State. It's sometimes a political albatross, but it's also proof, the candidate for president himself says, that he could bridge party divisions in Washington.
The examination found that hospitals with the largest share of poor patients were 2.7 times as likely to have high readmission rates.
Federal officials are seeking to make sure patients get the care they need after discharge. But the new policy is likely to disproportionately affect hospitals that treat the most low-income patients, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis.
Ralph Rust's decade-long struggle to stay out of hospitals involves some of the factors that cause patients to be readmitted frequently. For years he was hospitalized as often as three times a month.
This interactive chart compares the heart failure readmission rates and patient population poverty levels for more than 3,000 hospitals.
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