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Study: Most Seniors’ ER Visits Could Be Avoided

By Phil Galewitz October 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 60 percent of Medicare beneficiary visits to emergency rooms and 25 percent of their hospital admissions were “potentially preventable”–  had patients received better care at home or in outpatient settings —  according to results of a study released Friday by a congressional advisory board. “These are spectacular rates,” said Scott Armstrong, a member of the […]

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Berwick: Debate Underscores Challenge Explaining Health Law

By Phil Galewitz October 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

More than two and a half years after he signed the most far reaching health care legislation into law, President Barack Obama showed in his Wednesday debate with Mitt Romney that explaining the law is still no easy job. “It’s a great law and complex and complicated … but there is a continuing job to […]

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How Will The Election Change Medicaid?

By Phil Galewitz October 3, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Frequently asked questions about Romney and Obama’s very different visions for the future of state-federal health program.

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Medicaid Stars In New Obama Campaign Ad

By Phil Galewitz October 3, 2012 KFF Health News Original

http://www.youtube.com/v/dzMHhFOdXCc?version=3&hl=en_US At last, Medicaid is getting some respect. Medicaid, not Medicare, is the subject a new television campaign advertisement for President Barack Obama (above). The 30-second ad is being broadcast in five election battleground states — Colorado, Virginia, Nevada, Iowa and Ohio. It accuses GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney of supporting the plan passed by […]

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States Requiring Broader Choice Of Drugs Than Skimpy Federal Limit

By Phil Galewitz October 2, 2012 KFF Health News Original

When the Obama administration set initial rules last December to determine what minimum benefits insurers must offer in plans sold to individuals and small groups starting in 2014, one provision stood out: Insurers selling small group and individual policies would have to provide at least one drug per class of drug. In other words, insurers could cover just […]

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States Count Down To Decisions On Health Exchanges

By Alvin Tran and Phil Galewitz November 14, 2012 KFF Health News Original

With time running out, 17 states and D.C. commit to setting up the new markets, eight are undecided and the rest weigh partnering with the federal government — or letting the feds take over.

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States Moving Ahead On Defining ‘Essential’ Health Insurance Benefits Under Federal Law

By Phil Galewitz September 30, 2012 KFF Health News Original

At least 16 states have decided on a minimum set of benefits for individual and group health plans starting in 2014, and many more states are close to decisions.

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Boom In Trauma Centers Can Help Save Lives, But At What Price?

By Phil Galewitz September 24, 2012 KFF Health News Original

More than 200 centers have opened since 2009, but experts raise concerns about cost and quality.

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Obama, Ryan Offer Dueling Visions Of Medicare To AARP Members

By Phil Galewitz September 21, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Both candidates portray themselves as protectors of the popular entitlement program and argue their rivals’ plans would undermine it.

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Romney Adviser’s Firm Says Most States Will Expand Medicaid — If Obama Is Re-Elected

By Phil Galewitz September 21, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The consulting firm headed by the man planning Mitt Romney’s White House transition –should there be one — says most states eventually will expand Medicaid under the health law, if President Barack Obama is re-elected. A report completed this week by Leavitt Partners, led by Romney adviser and former Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, noted the […]

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Insurance Coverage Improves In 20 States, Census Shows

By Phil Galewitz September 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

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Census: Uninsured Numbers Decline As More Young Adults Gain Coverage

By Phil Galewitz September 12, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The number of people without health insurance fell to 48.6 million last year, or 15.7 percent of the population, the first drop since 2007, according to new census numbers reported Wednesday.

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Romney And Ryan Camps Walk Back Candidates’ Statements On Health Law

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2012 KFF Health News Original

On Sunday, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, said he would keep the popular provision in President Barack Obama’s health law that “makes sure those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage.” And on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulus, Paul Ryan appeared to back a lesser-known part of the law called […]

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What’s Your Guess On Newest Uninsured Numbers? Win A Prize (Well, Recognition)

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2012 KFF Health News Original

After the monthly jobs report on Friday, the next big federal report with  implications for the presidential race comes Wednesday morning when the Census Bureau releases its annual study on the number of people without health insurance. Last year, the Census reported that in 2010 the number of uninsured rose by 1 million to 49.9 million while the rate […]

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Judging The Health Law

July 3, 2012 Page

Here’s the latest from KFF Health News on the Supreme Court ruling and what’s next for the health law. Video: Your Questions Answered About The Supreme Court Ruling KFF Health News’s Mary Agnes Carey moderates a panel discussion with KFF Health News’s Marilyn Werber Serafini, Politico’s Jennifer Haberkorn and the L.A. Times’ Noam Levey. The […]

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Letters To The Editor: Readers’ Thoughts On Migrant Health Clinics, High-Deductible Health Plans, And More

June 27, 2012 KFF Health News Original

KHN periodically shares readers’ comments on recent original stories.

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Study: Nearly A Third Of Doctors Won’t See New Medicaid Patients

By Phil Galewitz August 6, 2012 KFF Health News Original

But the rate is almost twice as high in New Jersey, largely because the state pays doctors so little to participate in the program for low-income and disabled residents.

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States Cut Medicaid Drug Benefits To Save Money

By Phil Galewitz July 24, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Illinois is the latest state to act, imposing a limit of four drugs.

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Maine’s Efforts To Pare Medicaid May Put It On Collision Course With Administration

By Phil Galewitz July 12, 2012 KFF Health News Original

State is moving ahead with plans to cut thousands of residents from the health insurance program for the poor.

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Hospitals Finding Patients On Google, Facebook

By Phil Galewitz July 12, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Officials say the strategy helps patients, as well as providers. But critics complain it’s about revenue generation, not about improving health.

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