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Uninsured Rate Falls To Record Low Of 8.8%

By Phil Galewitz September 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Census Bureau reports that 28.1 million people in the country were without insurance in 2016, down from 29 million the year before.

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Congress’ Tight Timetable Complicates Renewal Of Children’s Health Plan

By Phil Galewitz September 7, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Senate Finance Committee begins hearings Thursday on the program, which provides coverage to more than 9 million children and is up for renewal on Sept. 30.

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CBO: Killing Cost-Sharing Subsidies Would Hike Silver Plan Premiums And Deficit

By Phil Galewitz August 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The change would not be expected to have much long-term effect on the number of uninsured people. But it could cause a shift in which plans are popular with marketplace customers.

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Hospitals Ramp Up Hyperbaric Therapy For Diabetics, Despite Concerns

By Phil Galewitz June 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicare is trying to deter overuse of hyperbaric therapy, and some experts question its effectiveness for healing diabetic wounds, one of the treatment’s fastest-growing uses.

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Estadounidenses quieren que sus líderes hagan funcionar la ley de salud

By Phil Galewitz August 11, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Casi 8 de cada 10 estadounidenses dicen que el presidente Donald Trump debería estar tratando de hacer que la ley de salud funcione, revela una nueva encuesta.

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Americans Eager For Leaders To Cooperate To Make Health Law Work

By Phil Galewitz August 11, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Majorities of Democrats and Republicans — and people who say they are supporters of President Donald Trump — say they want the country to make the law successful.

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La tormenta pasó, pero la salud de Puerto Rico enfrenta una larga recuperación

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Rachel Bluth October 16, 2017 KFF Health News Original

La isla enfrenta el riesgo de brotes de enfermedades, y desafíos en la atención médica luego del devastador paso del huracán María.

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A Health Reporter Walks Into Reagan National Airport …

By Phil Galewitz March 16, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Half-believing he could be free for just one night from covering Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, writer Phil Galewitz instead experiences eerie close encounters of the senatorial kind.

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Even Without Congress, Trump Can Still Cut Medicaid Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz July 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration is poised to grant states waivers that some critics say could change the shape of the program.

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Sin rechazar el Obamacare, Trump todavía puede desmantelar el Medicaid

By Phil Galewitz July 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Funcionarios de salud del presidente Donald Trump podrían diseñar una inscripción más baja, aprobando solicitudes de varios estados republicanos ansiosos por controlar los presupuestos del Medicaid.

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Seema Verma Runs Medicaid. Her Husband’s Practice Won’t Accept It.

By Phil Galewitz July 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Sanjay Mishra, the husband of CMS Administrator Seema Verma, is part of a group practice in Indiana that does not accept Medicaid payments.

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Tragedia de Las Vegas plantea la capacidad de un hospital para atender a las víctimas

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz October 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

En la ciudad hay un solo centro de trauma, especializado en tratar a pacientes con lesiones severas producto de disparos, caídas o accidentes automovilísticos. Qué pasa a nivel nacional

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Las Vegas Faced a Massacre. Did It Have Enough Trauma Centers?

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz October 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals view adding trauma care as a potential profit tool, but experts say having more centers does not necessarily improve the system’s ability to respond to a mass casualty event.

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GOP Medicaid Cuts Hit Rural America Hardest, Report Finds

By Phil Galewitz June 7, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid covers more children and adults in rural counties and small towns than in urban areas and rural America would be affected most by changes in Medicaid.

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Medicare’s Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say

By Phil Galewitz July 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The assessment pushes back the date for the hospital insurance trust fund to go bankrupt by one year. It also says Part B premiums next year will be stable.

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Senators Grill Top Indian Health Officials About Trump Budget

By Phil Galewitz July 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The administration officials could not answer some basic questions from senators, including how much money the agency has gained from the health law’s Medicaid expansion and whether President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would help the agency hire more staff.

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Texas Hospitals Fear Losing $6.2B Medicaid Deal 

By Phil Galewitz June 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Texas is asking the Trump administration to renew a 2011 agreement set to expire in December that helps pay hospitals’ costs of caring for the state’s uninsured residents.

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‘Coverage Gap’ For Poor May End, But Many Will Still Have Trouble Affording Plans

By Phil Galewitz June 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Although some people below the poverty level will now be able to qualify for premium subsidies, they may have trouble covering the out-of-pocket costs.

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Trump Administration Whacks Millions From Budget Used To Push Obamacare

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz August 31, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The federal government plans to spend millions of dollars less this year on advertising and outreach efforts to support the health law’s open enrollment period, which starts Nov. 1.

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Drástica reducción de fondos para promover el Obamacare

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz August 31, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Menos dinero para los navegadores y nuevas fechas para el período de inscripción abierta son dos de las medidas de la administración Trump para bloquear al Obamacare.

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