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Calif. Officials Sound Alarm, Envisioning $114B Hit To Medi-Cal Under U.S. Senate Bill

By Anna Gorman June 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

“Nothing is safe — no population, no services,” the director of the nation’s largest Medicaid program said Wednesday. GOP leaders say they seek to cut costs and widen consumer choices.

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4 Takeaways As HHS Relaxes Rules On Contraception Coverage At Work

By Mary Agnes Carey and Lexie Verdon October 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The new rules, announced Friday, will significantly expand the number of employers eligible for exemptions from the requirement that they provide women, at no cost, coverage of any contraception method approved by the FDA.

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Why Glaring Quality Gaps Among Nursing Homes Are Likely To Grow If Medicaid Is Cut

By Jordan Rau September 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid covers about two-thirds of nursing home residents, but it pays less than other types of insurance.

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On The Air With KHN: We Make Sense Of The Senate Health Bill’s Latest Twists

July 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and KHN senior correspondent Mary Agnes Carey have been featured on a variety of radio and television shows to discuss the revised Senate GOP legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.

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Even Without Congress, Trump Can Still Cut Medicaid Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz July 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration is poised to grant states waivers that some critics say could change the shape of the program.

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Doing More Harm Than Good? Epidemic of Screening Burdens Nation’s Older Patients

By Liz Szabo December 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Patients are often aggressively screened for cancer, even if they won’t live long enough to benefit.

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Take Our Quiz To Test Your Wits On Aging

June 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

As we get older, it helps to tickle the noggin with trivia. Here’s a pop quiz to see what you have learned as a regular reader of Kaiser Health News.

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Bill Would Prohibit ‘Gag Clauses’ That Prevent Pharmacists From Telling Patients Of Best Payment Method

March 16, 2018 Morning Briefing

Middlemen are negotiating contracts deals where pharmacists can’t tell the patients that paying cash might actually be less expensive than the insurance co-payment. The middlemen then pocket the difference. Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Republicans are signaling support for changes to the 340B drug discount program.

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Years Before Heading Offshore, Herpes Researcher Experimented On People In U.S.

By Marisa Taylor November 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Southern Illinois University’s William Halford conducted unregulated human herpes experiments in hotels near university campus, emails show.

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On The Air With KHN: Obamacare Replacement Bill Heads To The Senate

May 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In a variety of broadcasts, Kaiser Health News and California Healthline reporters discuss the bill passed by the House to change the Affordable Care Act.

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Por miedo a la deportación, niños sin papeles pueden abandonar el Medicaid

By Ana B. Ibarra May 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Desde que California permitió por ley que niños indocumentados recibieran servicios completos del Medi-Cal, se inscribieron cerca de 190,000. Con el clima político actual, defensores temen que los padres no los reinscriban por miedo a las deportaciones.

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Putting A Lid On Waste: Needless Medical Tests Not Only Cost $200B — They Can Do Harm

By Chad Terhune May 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The health care industry thrives on ordering up tests and treatments, but some hospitals are urging restraint.

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Fearing Deportation, Parents Worry About Undocumented Kids In Medicaid Program

By Ana B. Ibarra May 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A 2016 California law allowed children without papers to sign up for full Medicaid benefits. More than 189,000 children have been covered, but some families now fear renewing coverage or signing up their kids for the first time.

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Under Trump, Hospitals Face Same Penalties Embraced By Obama

By Jordan Rau August 3, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Federal records show that 2,573 hospitals around the country will have their Medicare payments reduced because they have too many patients readmitted.

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Trump’s Order Advances GOP Go-To Ideas To Broaden Insurance Choices, Curb Costs

By Julie Appleby October 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

But the approaches are not new and critics worry that these changes will leave some consumers with skimpier plans that expose them to high medical bills.

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Right After Trump Blamed High Drug Prices On Campaign Cash, Drugmakers Gave More

By Sydney Lupkin and Elizabeth Lucas September 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

At a political rally in March, President Donald Trump said drug prices are “outrageous” and blamed campaign contributions. Drugmakers funneled nearly $280,000 to Congress the very next day.

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California Scrambles To Contain ‘Unprecedented’ Hepatitis A Outbreaks

By Stephanie O'Neill September 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of people, most of them homeless, have been infected. In San Diego County, where 17 people have died, critics fault authorities for being slow to act.

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Half The Time, Nursing Homes Scrutinized On Safety By Medicare Are Still Treacherous

By Jordan Rau July 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Of the 528 nursing homes that graduated from special focus status before 2014 and are still operating, more than half — 52 percent — have harmed patients or operated in a way that put patients in serious jeopardy within the past three years, a KHN analysis finds.

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Moms Of Children With Rare Genetic Illness Push For Wider Newborn Screening

By Anna Gorman October 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

California is one of only a handful of states nationwide that screens babies for the gene mutation that causes a rare brain disease — a test that dramatically increases a sick child’s chances of survival.

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Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable To Neglect Than Fix

By Jay Hancock and Rachel Bluth and Daniel Trielli December 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Months of reporting and rich hospital data portray life in the worst asthma hot spot in one of the worst asthma cities: Baltimore. The medical system knows how to help. But there’s no money in it.

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