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Missouri Rejects Federal Money In Order To Set Up Its Own Abortion Restrictions

By Durrie Bouscaren, St. Louis Public Radio April 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Abortion is already heavily restricted in Missouri, but now the state is cutting more funding to organizations that provide abortions, even though it means rejecting millions of dollars from the federal government.

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HHS Watchdog Says Medicare Saved $1B Through Program That Coordinates Care

August 31, 2017 Morning Briefing

Accountable care organizations, created by the federal health law, are groups of doctors, hospitals and other health providers that coordinate care to reduce unnecessary federal spending and get to claim a portion of that savings. The report by the inspector general’s office also found that the majority of the 428 ACOs in the shared-savings program improved the quality of care they provided. In other Medicare news, an advisory panel says there is little evidence that weight-loss surgeries work.

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Gilead Gambles On Kite’s Cancer Therapy, Scooping Up Drugmaker In $11B Deal

August 29, 2017 Morning Briefing

The move is a departure from the path currently being followed by the pharmaceutical industry where the pace of acquisitions had largely slowed this year.

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Anti-Abortion Advocates Pleased By Modest, But Sustained, Gains From Trump Administration

September 18, 2017 Morning Briefing

“Even with what’s already been done—add that to what we think will be done—I would say this is the most pro-life presidency in the modern era,” says Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. “We’d be hard-pressed to say any other administration has made more gains.”

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To Bring Down Big Pharma, This BioHacker Wants To Teach Patients To Make Own Medications

October 12, 2017 Morning Briefing

Michael Laufer’s latest plan involves developing a desktop lab and a recipe book meant to equip patients to cook up a range of medicines, including a homemade version of the expensive hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, on their kitchen counters. In other news: an old FDA program is responsible for higher drug prices and lawmakers want more oversight over the 340B program, which allows hospitals to purchase drugs at a discounted rate.

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Insurers Were Reluctant To Criticize Previous GOP Efforts, But New Bill Prompts Them To Speak Out

September 21, 2017 Morning Briefing

Not only would the legislation further destabilize the marketplace and jeopardize patient care, but it could potentially allow “government-controlled single payer health care to grow,” said AHIP’s Marilyn B. Tavenner. Among the other groups opposed to the bill are the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association and more.

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‘Tsunami’ Of Alzheimer’s Cases Among Latinos Raises Concerns Over Costs, Caregiving

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

The number of U.S. Latinos with the memory-robbing disease is expected to rise more than eightfold by 2060 to 3.5 million.

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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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