Moving Children From CHIP To Exchange Plans Would Increase Costs: Study
By Mary Agnes Carey
July 29, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Cost sharing would increase and the number of child-specific services covered would decline if millions of low-income children now enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were forced to receive coverage through the health law’s insurance exchanges, according to a study released Tuesday. CHIP enrollees in some states could see their cost sharing increase 10-fold […]
Budget Referees Make It Harder To Evaluate Obamacare Costs
June 9, 2014
KFF Health News Original
The Congressional Budget Office will no longer evaluate the fiscal implications of some parts of the Affordable Care Act, partly because of all the changes made during implementation. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and The Fiscal Times’ Eric Pianin discuss.
Lend Us Your Ears: Note Takers Help The Elderly At The Doctor
By Susan Jaffe
February 28, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Several groups dedicated to helping seniors stay in their homes provide the service for members who may need a record of the doctor’s office visits.
Libraries Serve As Health Insurance Info Hubs
By Elana Gordon, WHYY
February 14, 2014
KFF Health News Original
In Philadelphia and across the country, librarians are digging into the details of the Affordable Care Act to help patrons sign up for health insurance.
Wash. Hospital CEO Gets Pay Cut – To Just Over $1M A Year
By Lewis Kamb, The Seattle Times
December 18, 2013
KFF Health News Original
Rich Roodman, Valley Medical Center’s chief executive, has won a new two-year employment contract that will pay him more than $1 million annually in salary and bonuses.
Philadelphia To Launch Health-Insurance Outreach
By Don Sapatkin, Philadelphia Inquirer
November 26, 2013
KFF Health News Original
Pennsylvania’s largest city is partnering with Enroll America, a national nonprofit, to get the word out about new coverage options under the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare Boosts Anti-Fraud Efforts, But Problems Are Still Rife
June 26, 2014
Morning Briefing
Medicare officials recovered about $19.2 billion in fraudulent payments over the past five years, including $210 million through a new system that uses analytics to probe billing patterns, CQ Healthbeat reports. But the recovered sum is dwarfed by the size of the problem, projected to be up to $50 billion a year.
Doors To Treatment Opening For Poor Illinoisans Struggling With Mental Illness
By Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune
January 9, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Federal and state laws expand psychiatric coverage, but some experts fear care will be in short supply.
Monthly Premiums For A ‘Benchmark’ Silver Plan In Federally Run Insurance Marketplaces
September 29, 2013
KFF Health News Original
This chart lists sample premiums in the 36 states where the federal government is running the online insurance marketplaces.
IOM Report Focuses On $750 Billion In Inefficient Health Care Spending
By Ankita Rao
September 6, 2012
KFF Health News Original
“If home building were like health care,” says a new Institute of Medicine report, “carpenters, electricians, and plumbers each would work with different blueprints, with very little coordination.” With physicians, hospital administrators and insurance companies on often diverging building plans, the idea that the health care system could fall apart like a badly built house […]
Today’s Headlines – Sept. 6, 2012
By Stephanie Stapleton
September 6, 2012
KFF Health News Original
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including health policy highlights from the Democratic National Convention as well as dispatches from the states. Los Angeles Times: Bill Clinton Fires Up Democratic Convention The former president assailed Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, for accusing Obama of cutting $716 […]
How The SCOTUS Medicaid Ruling Could Save Money
By Marilyn Werber Serafini
July 11, 2012
KFF Health News Original
The Obama administration doesn’t want states to skip Medicaid expansions, but it could save money.
Senate Panel Says Medtronic Ghostwrote Positive Medical Journal Studies On Its Spine Treatment Product
October 25, 2012
Morning Briefing
A Senate Finance Committee investigation also alleges that the company paid $210 million to 13 doctors who co-authored the studies.
Survey: Court Hearings Don’t Move Public Opinion On Health Law
By Jordan Rau
April 24, 2012
KFF Health News Original
The three days in March that the Supreme Court devoted to debating the health law didn’t change many minds among the public. But the debate, and related media coverage, appear to have increased awareness about the law and made Republicans more supportive of the justices, according to a new survey. As it has for two years, […]
Table: Caring for Migrant Farmworkers
June 6, 2012
KFF Health News Original
Details about the 156 health centers that get federal funds to provide primary care to migrant and seasonal farmworkers regardless of immigration status.
Experts Divided Over Recommendation To Screen Children For Cholesterol
By Michelle Andrews
February 7, 2012
KFF Health News Original
Doctors say testing may identify some in need of treatment but could also lead to many youngsters being mistakenly labeled as at risk.
10 Reasons To Feel Good About Health Reform Implementation
By John E. McDonough
March 31, 2011
KFF Health News Original
Health law advocates tend to get gloomy about the threats haunting every step along the measure’s path to implementation. As an antidote, here are ten reasons to be optimistic about the Affordable Care Act’s progress and prospects.
U.K., U.S., Australia, Gates Foundation Promise Funds To GAVI Alliance At Pledging Conference
June 13, 2011
Morning Briefing
At a pledging conference for the GAVI Alliance in London on Monday, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft founder, announced his foundation will provide an additional $1 billion in funding for the organization over the next five years, while Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said his country will provide $210 million over the next three years, Reuters reports (Croft/Kelland, 6/13).
Insurers’ Payments To Hospitals Vary Significantly By Region
By Jordan Rau
November 18, 2010
KFF Health News Original
A study of four major insurers’ payments to hospitals finds great differences among different parts of the country. San Francisco is the most expensive city among the eight areas in the study.
CBO’s Health Law Estimate Indicates 10-Year Net Deficit Decrease Of $210 Billion
March 31, 2011
Morning Briefing
Previously, the Congressional Budget Office had estimated a 10-year deficit reduction figure of $124 billion. However, in other testimony at the same hearing, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief actuary Richard Foster offered a more skeptical view of the whether the measure will ultimately reduce the deficit.
