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Gun Store Owner Marshals Voters To Expand Medicaid In Idaho

By Phil Galewitz October 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Idaho is one of four conservative states where voters next month will determine whether to buck the GOP’s resistance to the Affordable Care Act and implement or renew its expansion of Medicaid to adults.

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5 formas en las que el sistema colapsaría si se eliminara la ley de salud

By Julie Rovner December 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

No solo las disposiciones más prominentes del Obamacare se verían afectadas si se considera a la ley inconstitucional.

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Booming Economy Helps Flatten Medicaid Enrollment And Limit Costs, States Report

By Phil Galewitz October 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The drop in the number of people enrolled in the federal-state program for low-income residents is the first since 2007.

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Health Care Tops Guns, Economy As Voters’ Top Issue

By Phil Galewitz October 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nearly three-quarters of voters say that health care is the most important issue for them, but fewer than half are hearing much from candidates about it, according to a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Medicare For All? CMS Chief Warns Program Has Enough Problems Already

By Phil Galewitz October 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Seema Verma, who heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, tells private insurance officials that a push by some Democrats to expand Medicare would only increase troubles the program already faces.

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Medicare Advantage Riding High As New Insurers Flock To Sell To Seniors

By Phil Galewitz October 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The private health plans that are an alternative to government-run Medicare continue to grow despite the Affordable Care Act’s cuts of billions of dollars in funding.

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Doctors Give Medicare’s Proposal To Pay For Telemedicine Poor Prognosis

By Phil Galewitz October 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials are proposing that Medicare pay doctors for a 10-minute “check-in” call with beneficiaries. But many doctors already do this for free, and the plan would require a cost-sharing charge of many patients.

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Medicare Advantage Plans Shift Their Financial Risk To Doctors

By Phil Galewitz October 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some private Medicare Advantage plans are offering large physician-management companies more money upfront and control of their patients’ care, but the doctors are responsible for staying within the budget.

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Rx: Zucchini, Brown Rice, Turkey Soup. Medicaid Plan Offers Food As Medicine

By Phil Galewitz June 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A small group of insurers offers some members with serious illnesses medically tailored meals to improve their health.

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Calabacita, pavo y arroz integral: Medicaid ofrece alimentos como medicinas

By Phil Galewitz June 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Un programa en Philadelphia entrega a domicilio comidas médicamente preparadas, que paga Medicaid, para ayudar a personas con condiciones crónicas a comer sano y mejorar.

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In Trump’s First Year, Nation’s Uninsured Rate Unchanged

By Phil Galewitz September 12, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Census Bureau reports that the nation’s uninsurance rate was 8.8 percent in 2017 but notes that the rate did increase in 14 states.

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Readers And Tweeters: Are Millennials Killing The Primary Care Doctor?

October 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Medicaid Covers Foster Kids, But Daunting Health Needs Still Slip Through The Cracks

By Phil Galewitz August 24, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nearly all children in the foster care system are covered by Medicaid. Yet, foster parents still struggle to meet the extraordinary health needs of their children. To solve this, some states are experimenting with a coordinated approach to care — with mixed results.

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Hospitals Battle For Control Over Fast-Growing Heart-Valve Procedure

By Phil Galewitz August 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Medicare limits payments for valve replacement via a catheter to hospitals with large numbers of heart procedures. But smaller facilities are crying foul.

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Medicare To Overhaul ACOs But Critics Fear Less Participation

By Phil Galewitz August 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The moves could lead to a dramatic decrease in hospitals and doctors participating in the program, industry officials said.

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Marketplace Subsidies May Be Option In 2020 For Plans That Skirt Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby October 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The new guidance allows states to ask for waivers from provisions in the Affordable Care Act governing not only subsidies, but also the benefits insurers must offer in all their plans.

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Subsidios del mercado se podrían usar para planes que no cumplen con el Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby October 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Los estados podrían utilizar fondos federales para otorgar subsidios a las personas que compran planes de salud de corto plazo, bajo una nueva de la administración Trump.

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Readers And Tweeters Slice And Dice Precision Medicine, Step Therapy

September 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Obamacare Premiums Dip For First Time. Some Call It A Correction.

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby October 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration announces that the average price for insurance offered to people buying their own coverage on federal exchanges is going down.

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Florida: elecciones de noviembre y la expansión de Medicaid

By Phil Galewitz July 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Expertos se preguntan si Florida seguirá el ejemplo de Virginia y aprobará la expansión de Medicaid en un futuro cercano.

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