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Enfermedades raras: farmacéuticas manipulan reglas de drogas huérfanas para crear monopolios de precios

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin January 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Una investigación de Kaiser Health News analiza las acciones de compañias farmacéuticas para manipular los precios de medicamentos huérfanos, utilizados para tratar enfermedades raras.

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Long-Term Care Insurance: Less Bang, More Buck

By Barbara Feder Ostrov March 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Seniors slammed with big premium increases face tough choices.

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In Tracking Outbreaks Of Food Poisoning, Can Yelp Help?

By Barbara Feder Ostrov October 22, 2015 KFF Health News Original

During a recent, widespread food poisoning outbreak in San Jose, some of the most detailed accounts surfaced on the popular consumer review site.

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Seniors Tell Medical Students What They Need From Doctors

By Susan Jaffe September 25, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Many students avoid geriatrics because of the low pay and high complications, but six people over 90 offer a different perspective to help attract young doctors.

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Web Briefing Transcript: Covering Caregiving, Dec. 2, 2015

By Kathleen Hayden December 27, 2015 Page

This transcript is lightly edited for clarity. | Get More Webinar Resources Mary Agnes Carey: Hello and welcome. My name is Mary Agnes Carey, and I’m partnerships editor and a senior correspondent for KFF Health News. Thanks for joining today’s webinar on “Covering Caregiving: Background and strategies for reporters examining the role for families, governments and […]

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Can Health Care Be Cured Of Racial Bias?

By April Dembosky, KQED August 20, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Even as the health of Americans has improved, the disparities in treatment and outcomes between white patients and black and Latino patients are almost as big as they were 50 years ago. A growing body of research suggests that doctors’ unconscious behavior plays a role in these statistics.

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850,000 Floridians Stuck In Health Care Limbo — And No Solution In Sight

By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald April 20, 2015 KFF Health News Original

With legislators seemingly deadlocked on Medicaid expansion in Florida, residents in the “coverage gap” are stitching together their medical care through personal ingenuity, half doses of medicines and low-cost clinics.

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Canceled Health Plans: Round Two

By Julie Appleby October 2, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Those who held onto plans that didn’t comply with the health law may have to choose new ones for 2015, and they could cost more.

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Colorado Health Exchange Workers Paid More Than Similar Positions In Three Other States

By Arthur Kane, Denver Post March 18, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Nearly half of the employees of Colorado’s health care exchange make more than $80,000 per year — outpacing peers in several states.

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Safety Net Hospitals Already Seeing More Paying Patients – And Revenue

By Phil Galewitz May 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Many inner-city hospitals in Medicaid-expansion states report big drops in the number of uninsured people for whom they provide care.

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Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Expansion To Require 723 New Workers

By Don Sapatkin, Philadelphia Inquirer May 15, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The number of state workers needed to expand the federal-state health care program for poorer Americans is far higher than most states have needed — typically in the dozens, not hundreds.

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Obama Announces 6 Million Have Signed Up For Insurance

By Mary Agnes Carey March 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

More than 6 million people have signed up for health insurance through the health law’s state and federal online marketplaces, or exchanges, since Oct. 1, the administration announced Thursday. President Barack Obama, who is traveling in Europe, announced the number in a conference call with groups that are helping consumers sign up for coverage. In a blog […]

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Consumer Data Errors, Other Bugs Reduced At Healthcare.gov, Administration Says

By Phil Galewitz December 2, 2013 KFF Health News Original

For the first time since its mangled Oct. 1 launch, users can now go to the federal government’s insurance enrollment website and get detailed information about the costs and benefits of health plans in their county without first enrolling. Before this week, the “window shopping” feature on healthcare.gov showed only average monthly premium prices until […]

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Health Insurers Face An Uncertain Future

By Jim Doyle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 18, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Insurers battle to increase profits while adapting to health law’s new constraints.

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Colorado Exchange Releases Health Insurance Rates

By Eric Whitney August 19, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Colorado released its Obamacare insurance rates on Friday, joining 13 states and the District of Columbia in making rates public. The state earlier made the call to be a clearinghouse exchange, rather than an active purchaser, and so, it has approved all 242 health plans submitted for sale on its marketplace, Connect for Health Colorado.  Thirteen carriers will […]

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Obamacare Delay Is A Relief For A Family Business

By Jay Hancock July 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The owner of Angelo’s restaurant says he’s happy to have a reprieve from the health law

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Navigating The Marketplaces: Reader Questions Answered

By KFF Health News Editors October 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Appleby, the Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff and Consumers’ Checkbook’s Robert Krughoff answered readers questions today about enrollment in the health law’s new insurance marketplaces. A transcript of the discussion follows. READER QUESTION:  My daughter earns $22,000 a year. Her employer offers insurance. Does she have to get insurance through her employer if it’s not more […]

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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.

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TurboTax, Not Travelocity, May Be Better Analogy For Health Exchanges

By Eric Whitney, Colorado Public Radio January 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Consumers in Colorado focus groups said they know very little about insurance and will need a lot of customer support to purchase coverage online.

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Aging Doctors Face Greater Scrutiny

By Sandra G. Boodman December 10, 2012 KFF Health News Original

There are no mandatory retirement ages for doctors or formal evaluations of their skills, but some hospitals are now requiring older physicians to have periodic physical and cognitive exams.

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