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Mujeres aplauden la decisión de Michelle Obama de hablar de su aborto espontáneo

By Emmarie Huetteman November 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

En su libro de memorias, la ex primera dama relata la dolorosa experiencia que tuvieron que vivir con Barack Obama al perder un embarazo.

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Women Applaud Michelle Obama’s Decision To Share Her Trauma Of Miscarriage

By Emmarie Huetteman November 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The attention may help women understand that miscarriage is common but still not easily talked about.

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Congress Wades Into Emotional Debate Over High-Cost Prescription Drugs

By Emmarie Huetteman and Rachel Bluth January 29, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Key House and Senate committees kick off hearings on drug prices, and patients’ families weigh in with tragic stories.

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House Dems In New Seats Of Power Will Steer Health Policy, Attack Drug Prices

By Emmarie Huetteman November 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Democrats, who have a history of championing the Affordable Care Act and railing about drug prices, will now chair several house committees.

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In Swing Districts, Republicans May Pay For Having Tried To Reverse The Health Law

By Emmarie Huetteman October 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Though Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) counts himself a moderate, many of his voters heading to the polls are furious about how he aided his party’s efforts to dismantle Obamacare.

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The Feds’ Termination Of A Tiny Contract Inflames Bitter Fight Over Fetal Tissue

By Emmarie Huetteman October 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Just weeks before midterm elections, a move by federal health officials spotlights a contentious issue: the use of human fetal tissue in research. Here’s what you need to know to understand the debate.

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Threat To The ACA Turns Up The Heat On Attorney General Races

By Emmarie Huetteman September 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As Republican and Democratic attorneys general square off on a Texas case that threatens to dismantle consumer protections in the federal health law, campaigns across the country for states’ highest legal officer get hotter.

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Let’s Talk Politics

July 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about health care’s emergence as a possible voting issue in the coming midterm elections. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Emmarie Huetteman about July’s “Bill of the Month”: a transgender woman’s “bait-and-switch” $92,000 surgical bill.

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Wisconsin Reinstates Coverage Of Transgender Treatment For State Workers

By Emmarie Huetteman August 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Group Insurance Board reversed a decision made last year to bar coverage of transgender hormone therapy and surgery for public workers.

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McCain’s Complicated Health Care Legacy: He Hated the ACA. He Also Saved It.

By Emmarie Huetteman August 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The six-term Arizona senator, who died Saturday, took on some of health care’s goliaths, such as the tobacco industry and insurance companies, in addition to the health law.

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Drugmakers Funnel Millions To Lawmakers; A Few Dozen Get $100,000-Plus

By Emmarie Huetteman and Sydney Lupkin October 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Drugmakers’ contributions to lawmakers have peaked as surging drug prices emerge as a hot-button political issue. In the past decade, Congress has received nearly $79 million from 68 pharma PACs, run by employees of companies that make drugs treating everything from cancer to erectile dysfunction.

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A Transgender Woman’s Quest For Surgery Caught In Political Crosswinds

By Emmarie Huetteman July 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Dramatic policy swings, from an unprecedented expansion of transgender rights under the Obama administration to the unpredictable reduction of trans rights under President Donald Trump, have left many trans Americans feeling the whiplash.

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A Transgender Woman’s ‘Bait-And-Switch’ $92,000 Surgery Bill

By Emmarie Huetteman July 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

After being promised a significant discount for paying cash upfront and forgoing insurance, a Wisconsin patient gets caught in the middle between hospital and insurer — and feels snookered by a last-minute surprise and billing snafu.

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Unwieldy Health Costs Often Stand Between Teachers And Fatter Paychecks

By Emmarie Huetteman June 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Cash-strapped school boards, cities and legislatures scrounge to cover pay raises and pricey benefits and turn to teachers to fork over more of their shrinking take-home pay.

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Postcard From D.C.: Kicking Around The ACA? For Tom Price, That’s So 2017.

By Emmarie Huetteman May 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services says the law eliminating penalties for most people who don’t have insurance coverage will hurt the insurance marketplaces.

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Make Room For Baby: After Giving Birth, Duckworth Presses Senate To Bend Rules

By Emmarie Huetteman April 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Illinois Democrat is the first sitting senator to give birth. She’s using the opportunity to call for adjusting Senate rules to accommodate new parents.

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Under Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Be Inclined To Shun Health Benefits

By Christina Jewett and Melissa Bailey and Paula Andalo May 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A proposed change in immigration policy from the Trump administration could make it more difficult for immigrants to obtain a green card if family members use Medicaid or other government benefits for medical care.

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Por plan de Trump, inmigrantes podrían tener miedo de recibir beneficios de salud

By Christina Jewett and Melissa Bailey and Paula Andalo May 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Bajo la norma propuesta, el que un immigrante haya usado beneficios públicos como Medicaid o SNAP, puede poner en peligro el proceso para obtener la residencia permanente.

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At New Health Office, ‘Civil Rights’ Means Doctors’ Right To Say No To Patients

By Emmarie Huetteman March 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The HHS civil rights division refocuses on the rights of health care providers who have moral objections to treatments such as abortion or sterilization, alarming critics.

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Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs

By Julie Rovner and Shefali Luthra February 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The agreement would add $2 billion to the National Institutes of Health and fund community health centers around the country. But it does not include provisions to help stabilize the federal health law’s marketplaces.

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