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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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In Deep-Red Western N.C., Revered Congressman Leads Charge Against GOP Bill

By Phil Galewitz March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Is Republican Rep. Mark Meadows the man who would kill “Trumpcare”? He enjoys strong support in his gerrymandered western North Carolina district as he leads conservative opposition to the GOP’s plan for repealing and replacing Obamacare.

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AARP: States Lag In Keeping Medicaid Enrollees Out Of Nursing Homes

By Phil Galewitz June 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

States are not doing enough to help elderly and disabled Medicaid enrollees receive services in homes and community locations instead of in nursing homes, where care is more expensive, AARP report says.

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Florida Congressman Draws Jeers At Home For Backing Failed GOP Health Care Plan

By Phil Galewitz April 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Rep. Brian Mast, a first-term Republican congressman, defends his party’s push to repeal Obamacare in a meeting with constituents but concedes its health care plan needs more work.

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CMS Gives States Until 2022 To Meet Medicaid Standards Of Care

By Phil Galewitz May 11, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration has given states three more years to meet federal standards aimed at helping elderly and disabled Medicaid enrollees receive services without being forced to go into nursing homes.

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Pharmacies Thrive Selling Opioids For Depressed Small Town Pain

By Phil Galewitz February 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Prescription pain pills are strong sellers in this southeastern Kentucky region that’s long struggled with high rates of joblessness and poor health.

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Political Theater: How A Bill That Nearly All Opposed Managed To Pass The House

By Phil Galewitz May 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

House Republicans can say they kept their campaign promise to replace Obamacare, but they’re counting on the Senate to backstop them.

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Dentistry Advocates Aim To Fill Medicare Gaps

By Phil Galewitz March 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Brushing aside a political climate that favors federal cuts in health care spending, advocates for oral health are pushing to expand Medicare to provide America’s elderly with dental benefits.

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CMS Chief To Sit Out Watershed Decision On Medicaid Work Mandate In Kentucky

By Phil Galewitz April 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma will recuse herself from the agency’s decision-making on whether to approve Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver because she helped develop the proposal in her former job as a health policy consultant.

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Some GOP Congress Members Could Pay Politically For ACA Repeal Vote

By Emily Bazar and Ana B. Ibarra May 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Some political analysts and community advocates say members of California’s Republican congressional delegation, which voted unanimously for the House bill, could be haunted at the polls.

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Insurers May Notch Bigger Profits From Fewer Customers In ‘Trumpcare’

By Phil Galewitz March 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

As Congress and the White House try to strike a bargain on an Obamacare repeal plan, the insurance industry likes what it’s seeing.

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CBO Deals Blow To Senate Health Bill With Estimate Of 22 Million More Uninsured

By Mary Agnes Carey and Phil Galewitz June 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The much anticipated score by the nonpartisan agency could make it more difficult for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to round up the 50 votes he needs to pass his plan to replace Obamacare.

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GOP Health Plan Aims To Curb Medicaid, Expand State Options

By Phil Galewitz March 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

House Republicans’ latest plan to repeal Obamacare would give states flexibility in managing their Medicaid programs, but also some difficult decisions to make.

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On Medicaid Money, GOP Has Win-Or-Lose Proposition For States

By Phil Galewitz March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The House Republicans’ bill to repeal Obamacare would change how the federal government allocates matching funds to state Medicaid programs — and could cost some states billions of dollars a year in federal aid.

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Late Move To Dump ‘Essential’ Benefits Could Strand Chronically Ill

By Jay Hancock March 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Republicans seek lower cost and more choice for health insurance sold to individuals, but cutting coverage standards could leave fewer comprehensive plans, analysts say.

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In Towns That Lost Most Obamacare Insurers, Rate Increases Still Competitive

By Phil Galewitz January 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Premiums on 2017 plans are rising by comparable amounts both in counties where multiple insurers still compete and in those where only one insurer remains after several companies stopped selling individual plans under the health law, according to Avalere, a consulting firm.

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Grupo lucha para que el Medicare cubra atención dental completa

By Phil Galewitz March 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Un grupo formado por miembros de la industria de la salud oral, médicos y ex funcionarios federales, se unieron con una meta que también es un desafío de salud pública: lograr que el Medicare cubra ampliamente servicios de salud dental.

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Influence Of GOP Doctors Caucus Grows As Congress Looks To Replace Health Law

By Phil Galewitz February 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

As conservative physicians rise to more powerful positions in government, some question whether they speak for the nation’s doctors.

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