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Some Plans Deny Pregnancy Coverage For Dependent Children

By Michelle Andrews August 6, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Although group health plans must cover workers or their spouses if they become pregnant, they don’t have to extend that insurance to children.

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FAQ: Obama v. Ryan On Controlling Federal Medicare Spending

By Marilyn Werber Serafini August 29, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Here are some questions and answers about the Democratic and Republican approaches to moderating spending on the popular program, which covers 47 million seniors and disabled people.

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Today’s Headlines – August 15, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton August 15, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that Medicaid is joining Medicare in the presidential campaign’s issue spotlight. The Washington Post: Medicaid Shapes Up As Major Battleground Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate has reignited a debate over the future of Medicare. But Ryan’s proposed […]

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Lots of ‘C’s As Hospitals Get Graded For Patient Safety

By Jordan Rau June 6, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The cities of New York and Los Angeles grade their restaurants on cleanliness and the precautions they take to avoid making customers sick. Now hospitals are getting similar assessments for their patient safety records from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit devoted to patient safety. For 2,651 hospitals, Leapfrog created a single letter grade out of […]

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FAQ: How Paul Ryan Proposes To Change Medicare

By Marilyn Werber Serafini August 11, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The Republican-controlled House, along party lines, twice approved Ryan’s proposals to overhaul the popular program by giving beneficiaries a set amount of money every year to buy coverage from competing health plans. That is a fundamental shift from today’s program, where the federal government must help pay for every doctor visit and medical service that an individual uses.

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Court Challenge Could Result In Medicaid Cutbacks Instead Of Expansion

By Phil Galewitz June 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Under the health law, Medicaid will grow to cover every American with a household income below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. A ruling against the expansion — or the entire law

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Today’s Headlines – August 16, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton August 16, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how Medicare has taken center stage in the presidential campaign. The Associated Press/Washington Post: Reversing Obama Medicare Cuts May Backfire On Romney By Speeding Up Program’s Insolvency GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s new promise to restore the Medicare cuts made by President Barack […]

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Health Policy Groups Prepare For Day Of Spin

By Shefali S. Kulkarni June 27, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Updated at 9:15 a.m. on June 28. The anticipation over the Supreme Court’s health law ruling has the health policy world busy with activity. Interest groups, advocates and other stakeholders are not only awaiting for the Court’s decision, they are strategizing and agonizing over the best ways to get their reactions out to the public — […]

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HHS: Seniors Saved $5B On Prescription Costs Thanks To Health Law; Obama Challenges Roberts On ACA Ruling

October 26, 2012 Morning Briefing

In the meantime, President Obama splits with the Supreme Court on their reasoning behind upholding the health law.

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Today’s Headlines — June 29, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton June 29, 2012 KFF Health News Original

It’s been a tumultuous 24 hours at Kaiser Health News, here are some of the major headlines from yesterday’s big day: The New York Times: Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand, In Victory For Obama The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul law, saying its requirement that most Americans obtain […]

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Marketing Mavens Offer Advice On Handling Health Law Messaging

By Sarah Barr, Matthew Fleming, Shefali S. Kulkarni, David Schultz and Christian Torres July 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

By Sarah Barr, Matthew Fleming, Shefali S. Kulkarni, David Schultz and Christian Torres The reviews and polls are already starting to come in: The Supreme Court’s ruling last week did not have an immediate significant effect on public opinion of the health law. But that doesn’t mean that supporters and opponents won’t continue to try to shape […]

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Report: States, Feds Collected $30B In Fraud Settlements In 20 Years

September 28, 2012 Morning Briefing

A new report finds federal and state authorities have collected more than $30 billion from drug company fraud settlements in the last 20 years.

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Political Jockeying In Anticipation Of Supreme Court Ruling

June 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini talk to Jackie Judd about how each party is positioning itself ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the health law. Carey says much is at stake while Werber Serafini outlines some of the Republican alternatives to the law.

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Administration: Health Law Led Medicare Beneficiaries To Save $4.5B On Rx Drugs

September 21, 2012 Morning Briefing

USA Today reports the Obama administration is annoucing that, because of provisions in the health law Medicare’s prescription drug doughnut hole, Medicare beneficiaries experienced considerable savings.

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Today’s Headlines – June 5, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton June 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Los Angeles Times: Congress Shifting Attention To Women’s Issues, Healthcare Congress returns its attention this week to women’s issues, with the Senate voting on legislation to ensure paycheck equity as GOP front-runner Mitt Romney tapped a Republican congresswoman to be his campaign liaison in the House. … The House this week is expected to take […]

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IOM Report: Estimated $750B Wasted Annually In Health Care System

September 7, 2012 Morning Briefing

The Institute of Medicine offers an analysis of how the money is misspent and some steps that might address these trouble spots.

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Aetna To Buy Coventry Health For $5.7B

August 20, 2012 Morning Briefing

Aetna is joining the post-health law insurer purchasing fray and buying Coventry Health for a proposed $5.7 billion to increase its Medicaid business.

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Medicare Trustee Has New Personal Stake In Program

By Phil Galewitz April 23, 2012 KFF Health News Original

As a nationally known expert on federal health policy, Robert Reischauer has for decades had more than a passing interest in Medicare. But this week his passion for the program — and concern for its future viability — turned more personal. “I applied for Medicare yesterday,” Reischauer said Monday at a media briefing where he and […]

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Today’s Headlines — June 27, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton June 27, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Tomorrow’s the big day, here are your headlines. Reuters/Chicago Tribune: The Immigration Ruling: A Hint On Healthcare? The Supreme Court’s decision in the Arizona immigration case on Monday showed a conciliatory streak within a divided court that could emerge again when the justices issue their climactic healthcare decision on Thursday (Biskupic, 6/26). The […]

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Breaux: Bipartisanship Necessary To Fix Medicare Finances

By Marilyn Werber Serafini and Mary Agnes Carey April 27, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Louisiana Democrat John B. Breaux left the Senate seven years ago, but old habits die hard. Today he fell back easily into his former role of compromise builder as he stressed the need for political common ground to overhaul Medicare next year. After a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing to delve into “premium support” models, Breaux held […]

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