Transcript: Health On The Hill
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing this week to discuss how to protect consumers from unreasonable health insurance premium increases.
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House Rules Committee’s Analysis Of The Health Bill
The House Rules Committee released this "section-by-section analysis" of the Democrats' health bill, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010.
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‘Cadillac’ Insurance Plans Explained
The Democrats final health bill negotiated by the House, Senate and White House and released today contains a scaled-back tax on high-cost insurance policies. Here is a brief guide to these types of insurance plans.
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‘Cadillac’ Insurance Plans Explained
The Democrats final health bill negotiated by the House, Senate and White House and released Thursday contains a scaled-back tax on high-cost insurance policies. Here is a brief guide to these types of insurance plans.
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Nine Major Changes In The Democrats’ New Health Reform Bill
In their push to pass a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, House Democrats unveiled a package of legislative fixes to lure undecided or opposed members of their party to the "yes" category.
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True or False: Seven Concerns About The New Health Law
The bill signed by President Obama is long and technical, so it's no wonder that consumers are confused. KHN staff writers check out several key concerns.
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How Health Overhaul Would Affect The Uninsured
As a part of our "Are You Covered?" series, KHN and NPR also examine how the health overhaul would impact the uninsured.
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Will Health Care Savings Be Used To Reduce The Deficit?
As health care legislation falters, health groups worry that proposed spending cutbacks might be used to narrow the budget gap, not expand coverage.
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What Price For Medical Miracles? High Costs At End Of Life Still Part Of National Health Debate
Finding the right balance between too much and too little care is excruciating and highly personal for physicians, patients and families - one reason it's not discussed at a national level. This reluctance is mirrored by an unwillingness by lawmakers to confront hard choices on medical spending.
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Opinion Column
Individual Mandate Would Impose High Implicit Taxes on Low-Wage Workers
A Cato Institute new study finds implicit marginal tax rates would hover near 70-80 percent over broad ranges of income. In many cases, they would exceed 100 percent, financially penalizing those who try to climb the economic ladder.
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Business Is Booming For Big Drug Negotiators
If your health insurance covers prescriptions, you are probably a customer of a pharmacy benefit management company. These third-party administrators for prescription drug programs make up one of the few industries growing during this recession, and are now poised for even more growth, as baby boomers age and Congress prepares to insure more Americans.
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Opinion Column
A Smaller, Bipartisan Health Care Bill: Where to Start
A few modest first steps could do a lot to begin to build some bipartisan trust -- and actually help some Americans who need it.
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Democrats Move To Regulate How Insurers’ Spend Customers’ Money
Both the House and Senate health overhaul bills would force insurers to spend the vast majority of premium revenue on medical care for their customers, reducing the amount available for profits, executive salaries, sales and administration.
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Opinion Column
Transparency and Sausage Making
Compared to George W. Bush's administration, President Obama has made significant gains in legislative transparency.
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Transcript: White House Health Summit, Afternoon Session
The White House transcript of yesterday's remarks from the health care summit convened by President Barack Obama.
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High-Tech Medicine Contributes To High-Cost Health Care
The U.S. leads the world in creating state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic treatments with the potential to work miracles for patients. But is the overuse of pricey technologies in preventive medicine driving up health care costs unnecessarily?
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Full Text: Obama’s Health Care Proposal
Read the full text of President Obama's health care proposal, which he will bring to his Thursday health 'summit' with Congressional leaders.
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Ethicist Callahan: ‘Set Limits’ On Health Care
Renowned medical ethicist Dan Callahan confronts the rationing controversy head-on. He says Medicare should determine what benefits it will make available, based on costs and other considerations, and then simply not pay for those that don't pass their tests.
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Opponents Try To Undo Health Bill Deals
While top members of the House and Senate are struggling to put together health care overhaul bills on Capitol Hill, elsewhere in Washington, patient advocates and other groups are trying to take apart some of the deals already cut with top health care industry groups.