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El “tsunami” de casos de Alzheimer entre latinos plantea inquietudes sobre el cuidado y los costos

By Ana B. Ibarra and Heidi de Marco February 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Se espera que el número de latinos con la enfermedad roba-memoria aumente más de 8 veces para 2060, a 3.5 millones.

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California Withdraws Bid To Allow Undocumented To Buy Unsubsidized Plans

By Ana B. Ibarra and Chad Terhune January 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

State lawmaker says he was worried the Trump Administration would use information on those who purchased plans to try and deport them.

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Health Law Sleepers: Six Surprising Health Items That Could Disappear With ACA Repeal

By Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey January 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

It’s unclear what will become of some of the rules and regulations advanced by the 2010 health law as Republicans in Congress work to dismantle the sweeping measure.

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769 Hospitals Penalized For Patient Safety In 2017: Data Table

By Jordan Rau December 21, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The federal government has cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient injuries this year. Those hospitals will lose 1 percent of Medicare payments over the federal fiscal year, which runs from October 2016 through next September. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare. Below […]

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A Young Man With Parkinson’s Frets Over The Affordability Of GOP Health Plan

By Alex Smith, KCUR March 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Ford Inbody has a degenerative disease and is carefully watching the GOP replacement health care bill. Though it covers preexisting conditions, it could still mean he’ll get less care for more money.

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Travel Ban Adds Stress To ‘Match Week’ For Some Doctors

By Elana Gordon, WHYY March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Matching with a residency program had an added layer of stress this year for doctors-in-training from the countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

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Electing To ‘Opt Out’ Of Obamacare

By Ana B. Ibarra November 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Despite tax penalties, opponents of the nation’s health law are emboldened by President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to scrap it. Others wonder why they should bother signing up.

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Lawmakers Meet To Discuss $4B Extension Of VA Choice Program

July 19, 2017 Morning Briefing

Funding for the program is set to run out in mid-August.

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Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care

By Kristin Espeland Gourlay, RINPR February 1, 2017 KFF Health News Original

One part of the federal health law gave hospitals financial incentives to improve patient care. Some invested big to make those changes and are worried about what losing that support would mean.

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Two Republican Senators Offer A Plan B If Leadership’s Measure Fails

July 14, 2017 Morning Briefing

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) have been working on a measure that they could sell to Democrats as a “repair” bill.

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Faring Better Than Many ACA Insurers, Molina Backs Health Law ‘Tuneup’

By April Dembosky, KQED March 2, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The health insurance company, which operates in 12 states plus Puerto Rico, grew out of a network of Southern California clinics founded in 1980. Molina’s track record of working with low-income patients has served it well under Obamacare.

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NIH Gets $1.1B Funding Increase From House Appropriators

July 13, 2017 Morning Briefing

The funding boost for the National Institutes of Health, which was advanced by a House subcommittee, is counter to the White House plan to slash medical research spending and is offset with reductions to family planning and refugee services.

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‘Pre-Hospice’ Saves Money By Keeping People At Home Near The End Of Life

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco March 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A San Diego program helps chronically ill people avoid the hospital by teaching them how to better manage their diseases and telling them what to expect in their final years. Other health providers and insurers around the country are trying similar approaches.

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HHS Secretary: Give Medicare Authority To Negotiate Drug Prices

By Rachel Bluth January 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

More work is needed to improve health care in U.S., but there are no “silver bullets” to get the job done, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell tells the National Press Club in a farewell speech defending Obamacare.

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FDA Issues New Approvals For Leukemia, Ovarian Cancer Medicines

August 18, 2017 Morning Briefing

The Food and Drug Administration approves a new Pfizer drug to treat a rare, fast-progressing form of leukemia. The agency also expands the use Lynparza, sold by AstraZeneca and Merck & Co, to treat recurrent ovarian cancer. In other pharmaceutical news, changes to 340B program are delayed and a biopharma executive encounters challenges when trying to fund his own project.

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CMS Considers Slashing 340B Payments As Way To Curb High Drug Spending

July 14, 2017 Morning Briefing

With the proposed changes, if a drug costs $84,000, CMS would pay just over $65,000, instead of $89,000.

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In Deep-Red Western N.C., Revered Congressman Leads Charge Against GOP Bill

By Phil Galewitz March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Is Republican Rep. Mark Meadows the man who would kill “Trumpcare”? He enjoys strong support in his gerrymandered western North Carolina district as he leads conservative opposition to the GOP’s plan for repealing and replacing Obamacare.

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California’s RN Wages Now Highest In The Nation, Federal Data Show

By Ana B. Ibarra October 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Registered nurses in the state earn an average annual salary of $100,000, compared to a national average of $71,000.

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Veterans’ Choice Program Facing Surprise $1B Shortfall

June 15, 2017 Morning Briefing

“If there is no action at all by Congress, then the Choice program will dry up by mid-August,” VA Secretary David Shulkin said while asking the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee for help.

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En un estado diverso, médicos latinos de California impulsan por más de ellos mismos

By Ana B. Ibarra October 21, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Los latinos representan el 40 por ciento de la población de California, pero hay pocos doctores hispanos. Un grupo de profesionales busca cambiar esta realidad.

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