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Safety Net Hospitals Already Seeing More Paying Patients – And Revenue

By Phil Galewitz May 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Many inner-city hospitals in Medicaid-expansion states report big drops in the number of uninsured people for whom they provide care.

Do Seniors Have Too Many Medicare Plans To Choose From?

By Phil Galewitz May 14, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Most seniors face a dizzying array of options each year when it comes time to choose a Medicare health or prescription drug plan. Beneficiaries can select from an average of 18 health plans and 31 prescription drug plans. In South Florida, they have 88 plan choices altogether. While choice may sound like a good thing, […]

What Surge? Nation’s Primary Care System Holding Up Well So Far Under Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz May 12, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Some say early concerns were exaggerated, though late enrollment and Medicaid problems also have cut demand.

States’ Medicaid Decisions Leave Health Centers, Patients In Lurch

By Phil Galewitz May 9, 2014 KFF Health News Original

More than 1 million patients who use federally funded community health centers will remain uninsured because they live in one of 24 states that chose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released Friday by researchers at George Washington University. Most of those patients live in the South, because […]

Arizona Offers ‘Sneak Peak’ At Costs Of Shifting Kids Off CHIP

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Families of Arizona children who were forced to switch from the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to private plans sold in the federal marketplace are likely paying more and getting fewer benefits, according to a study released Thursday. Millions of families who are ineligible for Medicaid could soon face the same choice if Congress chooses […]

Hospitals’ Purchase Of Doctors Leads To Higher Prices, Spending, Study Finds

By Phil Galewitz May 5, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A new study gives ammunition to what health economists and health insurers have argued for years: When hospitals buy physician practices, the result is usually higher hospital prices and increased spending by privately insured patients. The study, published Monday in the journal Health Affairs, was based on an analysis of 2.1 million hospital claims from workers […]

Healthcare.gov Finished Strong Despite Rocky Start, Enrollment Data Show

By Phil Galewitz May 1, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Obama administration officials on Thursday predicted health insurance premiums would be stable next year despite concerns that not enough young and healthy people signed up through the online insurance exchanges. “The risk pool is fundamentally large and varied to support that kind of pricing…in every state,” said Mike Hash, director of the office of health […]

Most States To Rely On Federal Website For 2015 Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz April 24, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Tight deadlines and technical challenges dampen enthusiasm among states to set up their own online insurance marketplaces.

Hospitals Get Into Doctor Rating Business

By Phil Galewitz April 17, 2014 KFF Health News Original

After some doctors at University of Utah Health Care noticed scathing online reviews about themselves in 2012, the hospital system decided the best way to respond was by posting its patients’ ratings of physicians on the hospital’s own website. The hospital was already randomly surveying patients about their experiences with physicians. Now, when potential patients […]

Florida’s Decision Hurts County With Highest Uninsured Rate

By Phil Galewitz January 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Many Hendry County residents earn too little for federal subsidies but are ineligible for Medicaid since state lawmakers opted against expanding the program.

Medicaid Enrollment Increased By 3 Million From October To February

By Phil Galewitz April 4, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The number of low-income people enrolled in Medicaid rose by 3 million to 62.3 million from October through February as more Americans joined the state-federal insurance program through state and federal online insurance marketplaces, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services. States that expanded Medicaid eligibility under the […]

States Accelerate Shift Of Nursing Home Residents Into Medicaid Managed Care

By Phil Galewitz February 11, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Insurers say that safety is their No.1 concern, but consumer advocates and nursing home owners are wary.

Arkansas’ Medicaid Experiment, Key To Obamacare Expansion, On Ropes

By Phil Galewitz February 10, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A decision to end the plan would cost tens of thousands of enrollees their coverage and have a chilling effect on other states.

10 States Are Critical To Administration’s Efforts To Enroll 6 Million In New Health Plans

By Phil Galewitz March 19, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Reaching that number might give Democrats bragging rights and make it more likely that state pools are big enough to keep down premiums.

Nearly 1 Million More Sign Up For Obamacare Plans In February

By Phil Galewitz March 11, 2014 KFF Health News Original

But the number of enrollees, especially those between 18 and 34, continues to lag expectations.

Business Groups Split On Medicaid Expansion

By Phil Galewitz March 10, 2014 KFF Health News Original

With several states weighing whether to expand Medicaid under the federal health law, supporters are looking to powerful business groups to help sway skeptical state legislators. But those groups are split on the issue — just like the public at large. Nationally, the National Federation of Independent Business, which represents mostly small employers, remains opposed to the […]

Obama Urges Latinos To Sign Up For Insurance Now

By Phil Galewitz March 6, 2014 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama appealed directly to Latinos on Thursday, telling them time is running out to sign up for health coverage this year and that they should enroll now to avoid problems. Open enrollment in the health law’s online health insurance marketplaces closes March 31 for coverage this year and that date won’t be extended, Obama said […]

Groups Make Final Push To Sign People Up For Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz March 5, 2014 KFF Health News Original

With less than four weeks to go before the deadline, ads and direct appeals take aim at young people, Latinos and others without insurance coverage.

Obama Sharply Criticizes Republicans As He Announces 8 Million Have Enrolled

By Daniela Hernandez and Phil Galewitz April 17, 2014 KFF Health News Original

President says others have been denied the law’s benefits because many states haven’t expanded Medicaid.

Tenet Expects 15% Of Its Uninsured To Get Obamacare Coverage

By Phil Galewitz February 25, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Tenet Healthcare Corp., the nation’s third largest for-profit hospital operator, said Tuesday it expects 15 percent of its uninsured patients to get covered this year as a result of the Affordable Care Act. But the company isn’t counting yet on any higher profits from the shift, Tenet officials said after a conference call with Wall Street […]

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