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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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sebelius Signal To States: Don’t Roll Back Medicaid Eligibility

By Phil Galewitz July 11, 2012 KFF Health News Original

In letter to governors, HHS Secretary Sebelius urges states to “take advantage of unusually generous” Medicaid expansion deal.

Hospitals Celebrate Decision, But Threats Remain

By Jay Hancock June 29, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The decision to let states opt out of the Medicaid expansion means hospitals serving the poor could still be stuck with unpaid care.

Medicaid Expansion Already An Issue In Some Gubernatorial Races

By Phil Galewitz July 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Hours after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s health law but made its Medicaid expansion optional, Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Randles said the state would be foolish to expand the health insurance program for the poor — even it means passing up hundreds of millions of federal dollars. “States that accept this new […]

States Could Cut Medicaid Rolls In 2014 As A Result Of Court Ruling

By Phil Galewitz July 3, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Some low-income adults could be thrown “into a black hole with nowhere to turn for coverage.”

States Balk At Expanding Medicaid

By Phil Galewitz July 2, 2012 KFF Health News Original

A growing number of Republican lawmakers and state Medicaid officials say they may pass up the nearly $1 trillion federal pot to expand the program. Politics is a factor, but cash-strapped states also have legitimate budget concerns.

What Will The States Do On Medicaid?

June 28, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court said the federal health law cannot force states to participate in the planned expansion of Medicaid. But since the federal government was paying the bulk of the bill, will states really forego the option?

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