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Q&A: Efforts To Extend Health Coverage To Undocumented Immigrants

By Ana B. Ibarra February 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

California state Sen. Ricardo Lara talks about progress and setbacks in the Trump era.

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Putting A Dollar Value On An Epidemic: Opioid Crisis Has Cost Economy $95B In 2016 Alone

November 17, 2017 Morning Briefing

The vast majority of the economic burden — $43.2 billion — came from losses in the workforce due to deaths from opioids, the analysis found. Meanwhile, another study found that about 10 percent of Americans have overcome a drug or alcohol problem in their lives, which might mean there’s good news for treating addiction.

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Individual-Mandate Repeal Gains Traction As GOP Scrambles To Close $74B Revenue Hole

November 8, 2017 Morning Briefing

But while the move would give House tax writers an estimated $416 billion in sorely needed offsets for the deep rate cuts they want, it risks alienating GOP senators.

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California’s Aid-In-Dying Law Turns 1, But Not All Doctors Have Adopted It

By Stephanie O'Neill June 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

At least 500 terminally ill Californians have asked for the medicine that allows them to end their lives, and nearly 500 health organizations have signed on to help.

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Overwrought Marketing? Ads, Not Research, Create Some Pharma Best-Sellers

By Julie Appleby May 16, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A look at how and why strategic, star-studded advertising brought a drug for a little-known neurological condition into your home.

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Trump’s Promise To Rein In Drug Prices Could Open Floodgate To Importation Laws

By Rachel Bluth March 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bill to allow Americans to buy cheaper medicines from Canada would bypass a requirement that blocked past legislative efforts over two decades.

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Parents Of Sick Children Fear Trap If States Have Say On ‘Preexisting Conditions’

By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media May 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

“I’m not going to risk my son’s health on the political whims of Jefferson City,” says one Missouri father, whose son requires about $20,000 to $30,000 in medical care expenses a year. The new GOP health bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act lets states decide whether or not insurers must cover people with preexisting conditions, such as birth defects.

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Los Angeles Doctor Sues Molina Healthcare Over Medi-Cal Reimbursements

By Ana B. Ibarra January 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A high-profile whistleblower attorney representing the physician is seeking class action status.

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Tax Day Is Zero Hour For Health Insurance, Too

By Julie Rovner April 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

People who don’t have insurance coverage or get federal assistance to pay their insurance premiums need to take a little extra care when completing their tax forms.

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COBRA, Retiree Plans, VA Benefits Don’t Alleviate Need To Sign Up For Medicare

By Susan Jaffe December 14, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of people mistakenly think that if they have insurance, they can wait to sign up for Medicare Part B. Generally, insurance other than that provided by a current employer will not exempt them from Medicare’s strict enrollment requirements.

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6 Lesser-Known Obamacare Provisions That Could Evaporate

January 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Some lesser known provisions of the health law — things like calorie counts, lifetime limits and breast-feeding support — could be rolled back by repeal.

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Big, Expensive Battle Brewing Between Pharma, Hospitals Over Drug Discount Program

November 10, 2017 Morning Briefing

The 340B program requires drugmakers to offer discounts of up to 50 percent on medicines sold to safety net hospitals and health centers that serve low-income populations. The Trump administration wants to slash reimbursement payments to providers. Meanwhile, Vermont is investigating if pharmaceutical companies have violated state law by giving gifts or payments to providers.

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Drugmakers Dramatically Boosted Lobbying Spending In Trump’s First Quarter

By Sydney Lupkin April 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With high drug prices creating widespread controversy, top pharmaceutical companies and their trade group vastly increased their lobbying spending on Capitol Hill.

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Widespread Hype Gives False Hope To Many Cancer Patients

By Liz Szabo April 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Doctors and drug developers have a stake in making cancer treatments seem better than they really are.

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Companies Behind Health Savings Accounts Could Bank On Big Profits Under GOP Plan

By Chad Terhune and Julie Appleby March 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, HSAs — a longtime favorite of conservatives — are likely to get a boost.

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By Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only

By Susan Jaffe March 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Not being officially admitted — a status known as observation care — can have financial consequences for beneficiaries, and patients had often complained they were not informed.

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Drugmaker Kaleo Raises Price Of Lifesaving Drug By Thousands

February 7, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali Luthra discusses the controversy surrounding Kaleo, a company that makes a life-saving auto-injector for opioid drug overdoses on Weekend Edition.

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Storm-Struck Puerto Rico May Get Another $1B In Medicaid Funding

October 4, 2017 Morning Briefing

The House Energy and Commerce Committee tucked the request into the bill to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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Alexander-Murray Bill Would Reduce Deficit By Nearly $4B, Have Little Effect On Number Of Insured

October 26, 2017 Morning Briefing

The projections from the Congressional Budget Office bolster the bill’s chances, said authors Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.). But President Donald Trump has sent mixed messages about the legislation, and Republican leaders are waiting to move on the measure until the president says he favors it. Meanwhile, House Speaker Paul Ryan said that health care is something that should be looked at next year, instead of in the remaining months of this one.

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Dentists Work To Ease Patients’ Pain With Fewer Opioids

By Elana Gordon, WHYY March 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Dentistry is at a crossroads and many in the field are reassessing their narcotics prescribing habits.

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