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Americans Remain Divided, Confused About Health Law As Anniversary Nears

By Phil Galewitz March 18, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Support levels have changed little since the landmark bill was signed last March as the partisan divide on the issue continues, new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds.

Health Care Recommendations From Previous Bipartisan Deficit-Reduction Groups: Document

August 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The debt-ceiling agreement calls for a bipartisan “super committee.” This is not the first effort to find a bipartisan agreement on reducing the federal deficit; here is a guide to the health-care recommendations from four groups.

Many Americans Incorrectly Believe Health Law Has Been Repealed

By Jordan Rau February 24, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Nearly a year after passage of the health care overhaul law, barely half of Americans know the law remains intact, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows.

Hot-Button Medicaid Bill

By Jim Saunders, Health News Florida February 17, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In addition to shifting nearly all Medicaid patients to HMOs and other managed care, the Senate’s proposal would cap spending, require plans to bid for business and impose $100 fees on patients who abuse the emergency room.

House Dems Trying To Win Health Bill, One Vote At A Time

By Liz Halloran, NPR News March 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

While President Obama hit the road with a campaign-style sales pitch for his health care overhaul, House Democratic leaders continued their behind-the-scenes arm-twisting and wooing. The goal: to persuade at least 216 of their 253-member caucus to back the bill.

Appropriations Package Approved By House, Senate To Consider Next

December 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

The House on Thursday “took a major step toward wrapping up the FY10 appropriations process when it approved, 221-202, a nearly $450 billion spending package that includes six of the seven annual appropriations bills Congress has yet to enact,” CongressDaily reports. The package includes the $48.7 billion State and Foreign Operations bill. “All Republicans, as well as 28 Democrats, opposed the bill,” according to CongressDaily (Sanchez, 12/10).

Growing Immigrant Population Spurs Demand For Medical Interpreters

By Eliza Barclay April 21, 2009 KFF Health News Original

Language barriers complicate immigrants’ medical problems.

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