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Despite ACA Cost Protections, Most Adolescents Skip Regular Checkups

By Michelle Andrews November 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Only 48 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 have well-child visits, even though the federal health law requires insurers to pick up the entire tab, a study finds.

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Maine Voters Greenlight Medicaid Expansion, But Governor Says Whoa

By Patty Wight, Maine Public Radio November 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A battle brews as Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he won’t implement the Medicaid expansion unless the Legislature funds Maine’s share. Other states, such as Idaho and Utah, are keenly watching.

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Beyond The Shattered Lives And Bodies, Money Worries Weigh On Las Vegas Victims

By Anna Gorman October 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Many of the gunshot survivors who suffered serious injuries face not only high deductibles and out-of-network charges but also lost wages.

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‘I’ve Never Been This Busy’: As Marketplace Deadline Nears, Navigators Feel The Pinch

By Michelle Andrews December 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With less federal funding and marketing, local groups are feeling the pressure to keep up enrollment in the plans offered through the federal health law’s marketplace.

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Eyes Fixed On California As Governor Ponders Inking Drug Price Transparency Bill

By April Dembosky, KQED October 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

“If it gets signed by this governor, it’s going to send shock waves throughout the country,” one legislator says. Pharma has spent $16.8 million lobbying against this bill and other drug laws in California.

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La mayoría de los adolescentes saltean chequeos médicos de rutina

By Michelle Andrews November 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A pesar de las protecciones que ofrece la ley de salud, adolescentes pierden la posibilidad de tener diagnósticos físicos y de salud mental clave.

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While Trump Moves To Dismantle Health Law, Public Favors Repair

By Jordan Rau October 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Nearly three-quarters of Americans would like to see the administration focus on efforts on making the Affordable Care Act work, rather than trying to make it fail.

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Infection Lapses Rampant In Nursing Homes But Punishment Is Rare

By Jordan Rau Photos by Heidi de Marco December 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A Kaiser Health News analysis of federal inspection records shows that nursing home inspectors labeled mistakes in infection control as serious for only 161 of the 12,056 homes they have cited since 2014.

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Money For Health Law Navigators Slashed — Except Where It’s Not

By Alex Olgin, WFAE October 30, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Two states, North and South Carolina, have very different outlooks since the Trump administration cut funding for the people who help others sign up for health insurance.

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Mirando al norte: ¿puede un sistema de seguro universal funcionar en EE.UU.?

By Shefali Luthra December 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

El senador independiente por Vermont, Bernie Sanders, es un promotor de este sistema de pagador único, que ha desarrollado Canadá.

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Looking North: Can A Single-Payer Health System Work In The U.S.?

By Shefali Luthra December 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

American single-payer advocates want to emulate Canada’s system. But many Canadian experts say the U.S. first needs to address some basic questions.

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Long-Term Disability Insurance Gets Little Attention But Can Pay Off Big Time

By Michelle Andrews October 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

People who become disabled because of accident, injury or illness can turn to long-term disability insurance to pay a portion of their income.

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To Wage War On Superbugs, FDA Clears Way For Scope With A Disposable Piece

By Chad Terhune September 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Agency says a removable cap will lower the risk of antibiotic resistant infections but some experts see it as a modest step in curbing the sort of deadly outbreaks that occurred a few years ago.

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California Cracks Down On Weed Killer As Lawsuits Abound

By Stephanie O'Neill November 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

California has listed the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup as a cancer-causing agent and will require warning labels on it starting next year. The company says that the listing is unjustified and that science is on its side.

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Winners And Losers: 40 Is Old In Senate GOP Health Plan’s Subsidy Structure

By Julie Appleby June 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The latest Republican plan to revamp the health law reshapes how age and income affect what help consumers get for paying premiums.

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Why One Insurer’s Collapse Could Whack Insurers, Policyholders Across the Country

By Chad Terhune August 7, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Little-known rules require all health insurance companies to help pay claims when any one of them fails. Penn Treaty failed big — and insurers around the country are likely to pass those costs onto policyholders.

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‘You’ve Got Mail’: Emails And Robocalls Hit Home In Promoting Medicaid Enrollment

By Michelle Andrews May 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

An Oregon study finds that spending a lot more money to reach out personally to low-income residents eligible for Medicaid doesn’t bring an advantage.

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Trump Plan Might Cut Expenses For Some Insured Patients With Chronic Needs

By Michelle Andrews July 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

High-deductible health insurance plans linked to a health savings account cannot cover some care and drug expenses for chronic health conditions until the patient has met a deductible.

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Fraud And Billing Mistakes Cost Medicare — And Taxpayers — Tens Of Billions Last Year

By Fred Schulte July 19, 2017 KFF Health News Original

At a hearing Wednesday, federal health officials pointed to billing errors, fraud and overcharges that led Medicare to overpay by staggering sums.

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Whichever Way ‘Repeal And Replace’ Blows, Pharma Is Due For Windfall

By Emily Kopp July 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A little-noticed provision in President Donald Trump’s executive order on drug prices may offer a clue to why Big Pharma hasn’t opposed a bill that could bleed their balance sheets of millions of patients.

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