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Five Ways The President’s Budget Would Change Medicare

By Mary Agnes Carey April 15, 2013 KFF Health News Original

President Obama’s 2014 budget plan includes a number of money-saving changes to Medicare, some of which have triggered concern from patient and provider groups.

Immigrants Contribute More To Medicare Than They Take Out, Study Finds

By Jordan Rau May 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Immigrant workers are helping buttress Medicare’s finances, say researchers, because they contribute tens of billions of dollars a year more than immigrant retirees use in medical services.

‘Will My Family Be Eligible For Subsidized Coverage?’

By Michelle Andrews June 4, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Health insurance columnist answers questions about coverage subsidies for families in the health law, Medigap and rules for workers whose companies operate in more than one state.

Slowdown In Medicare Spending Extends Trust Fund

By Mary Agnes Carey May 31, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Slower growth in spending is helping extend the life of Medicare’s hospital trust fund to 2026, two years beyond last year’s estimate, officials said Friday. They also reported, however, that Social Security’s disability trust fund, which pays monthly benefits to disabled workers and their families, is expected to be exhausted by 2016. Social Security will begin to […]

Hospital CEO Bonuses Reward Volume And Growth

By Jay Hancock June 16, 2013 KFF Health News Original

As the country tries to rein in skyrocketing health costs, hospital leaders are still rewarded for expansion and profits. A KHN investigation, in collaboration with ABC News, looks at employment contracts and incentive pay at nonprofit hospital systems.

Study Models Three Big Changes To Medicare

By Ankita Rao May 7, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers are looking for ways to tackle the growth of Medicare spending, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will account for 24 percent of the federal budget by 2037. But some strategies to cut program costs could leave millions of beneficiaries without coverage. A study from the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, compared the […]

Medicaid Expansion Continues To Make Political And Policy Waves In The Carolinas, Pennsylvania

September 9, 2013 Morning Briefing

While South Carolina works on its own “plan b” to pursue instead of the health law’s Medicaid expansion, a North Carolina hospital plans to close its doors. Its parent company blames the state’s decision against the expansion.

Bid To Cover Abortion After Rape For Peace Corps Volunteers

By Ankita Rao April 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) introduced a bill Thursday that would provide health insurance coverage for abortions to Peace Corps volunteers in the case of rape or incest. The Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013 echoes the Shaheen Amendment, which President Barack Obama signed into law in 2012. That law provides military women coverage for abortions […]

What’s The Price? Simple Question, Complicated Answer In Medicare

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR March 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

I wrote to Medicare a while back, asking for a price. I know nothing is simple in the world of health care costs, but I just needed one number, a number Medicare uses all the time, I supposed, to calculate payments to doctors and hospitals. Here’s what I wanted to know: How much does Medicare […]

Bipartisan Center Offers Plan To Reduce Health Spending

By Mary Agnes Carey April 19, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Medicare beneficiaries would have access to better coordinated medical care and the current Medicare physician payment formula would be scrapped as part of a health care cost containment plan the Bipartisan Policy Center unveiled Thursday. The plan offers more than 50 recommendations that would cut the federal deficit by about $560 billion over the next […]

Bloggers See Own Reflections In Oregon Medicaid Study

By Jordan Rau May 3, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This week’s study of Oregon Medicaid recipients has quickly become a Rorschach test for how partisans and health policy wonks view the health care law. To recap, that study compared the health care of the winners and losers of a lottery held by Oregon in 2008 to decide who could enroll in the limited spots in the […]

Hospitals In 5 States Clamp Down On Delivering Babies Before 39 Weeks

By Phil Galewitz April 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

When hospitals commit to stopping the delivery of babies before 39 weeks gestation unless there is medical cause to do so, they can dramatically lower rates that can put babies at increased risk for serious health problems. A study published Monday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology showed a group of 25 hospitals in five states were able to cut their […]

FDA Approves Plan B Pill, Ends Long Fight

June 21, 2013 Morning Briefing

The FDA on Thursday approved over-the-counter sales without age restriction for the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill, ending a decade-long fight over the pill.

State Highlights: Medicaid Pilot Project Costs $32B More Than Expected

July 24, 2013 Morning Briefing

A selection of health policy stories from the District of Columbia, New York, Georgia, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado and California.

State Highlights: Minn. Health Plans Stockpile Nearly $2B In Cash

July 16, 2013 Morning Briefing

A selection of health policy stories from Minnesota, California, Georgia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

Complications Emerge To Administration’s Plan B Proposal

June 14, 2013 Morning Briefing

NPR reports on Judge Edward Korman’s response to the Obama administration’s Plan B proposal while CNN Money explores how the “conscience clause” creates challenges for drugstores as they sell the morning-after pill over the counter.

Eye Lift Surgery Increasingly Billed To Medicare

By Joe Eaton and David Donald, Center for Public Integrity May 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Despite rules against Medicare coverage for cosmetic surgery, eyelid lifts billed to Medicare have more than tripled over a decade.

Obama Administration Changes Course On Plan B

June 11, 2013 Morning Briefing

Monday afternoon, the Justice Department announced it would accept recent court rulings and begin putting into effect a judge’s order to have the Food and Drug Administration certify the Plan B pill for use without prescription and without age restrictions on sales.

Worries Mount About Enrolling Consumers In Federally Run Insurance Exchanges

By Jenny Gold April 7, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Few consumers know what they’ll need to do to sign up for the new health insurance marketplaces. Advocates worry about the outreach strategy and funding in states that defaulted to the federal government to run the exchanges.

Feds Help States Qualify For More Medicaid Dollars

By Phil Galewitz February 1, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The Obama administration on Friday released guidance to states on how they can increase their Medicaid funding by eliminating copays for certain preventive services, including immunizations. The provision of the Affordable Care Act was slated to take effect Jan. 1. States that implement the changes can apply for the funding retroactive to that date. The specified preventive services […]

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