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More Patients Making Appointments Online As Doctors Embrace Web

By Phil Galewitz January 3, 2011 KFF Health News Original

A web-based company called ZocDoc is piggybacking on doctors’ increasing willingness to let patients make appointments online.

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Blumenthal To Leave Obama’s Health IT Office

By Christopher Weaver and Phil Galewitz February 3, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Harvard researcher paved the way for a $27 billion effort to push doctors and hospitals into the digital age.

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Seniors May Not Rush In For Medicare Wellness Exams

By Phil Galewitz December 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The new health law adds coverage for an annual checkup, but in the past beneficiaries have not shown great interest in the “wellness exams” offered when they first qualify for Medicare.

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FAQ: Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines

By Phil Galewitz and Lexie Verdon January 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

More than 60 House Republicans are sponsoring a bill to permit the sale of health insurance across state lines. Consumer advocacy groups argue such provisions would erode many state protections.

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Health Law Expected To Boost Medicaid Enrollees In Managed Care

By Phil Galewitz November 12, 2010 KFF Health News Original

But states’ increasing use of the private plans is raising questions about whether low-income residents are getting adequate care.

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Poll: Economy-Not Health Law-Topped Voters’ Concerns

By Phil Galewitz November 9, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Health care ranked fourth among factors that influenced how people voted last week, according to a new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Conservatives’ Conflict: Try For Health Law Repeal – Or Revision?

By Phil Galewitz November 7, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Conservatives are already debating whether it’s better for Republicans to chip away at part of the health law or just lay the groundwork for 2012.

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HHS Cuts Premiums For Some High Risk Pools

By Phil Galewitz November 5, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Trying to spur enrollment in a new health insurance program for uninsured people with pre-existing medical conditions, the federal government is doing something private insurers almost never do: slashing rates.

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Fear + Worry = Fewer Kids Getting Vaccinated

By Phil Galewitz October 13, 2010 KFF Health News Original

After years of steady progress, the percentage of 2 year olds in private health plans being immunized dropped last year, while it went up for Medicaid patients.

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New Deficit Report Recommends Seniors Pay More For Medicare

By Jordan Rau and Phil Galewitz November 17, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A blue-ribbon bipartisan panel of experts, chaired by former budget director Alice Rivlin and former Sen. Pete Domenici, recommends major changes to the way the government pays for health care.

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Hospitals, Inc., A Kaiser Health News Series

October 17, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals play an enormous role in the health care system; they’re a crucial part of the public health safety net and an important community resource. But they are expensive. Hospital costs make up the largest portion of the health spending in this country.

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Feds Reassure Hospitals, Doctors On Cooperation Through ACOs

By Phil Galewitz October 5, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The agencies that oversee doctors and hospitals promised they will give unified guidance on how medical providers can form “accountable care organizations” without violating antitrust regulations. ACOs are a key part of the new health law.

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Some States To Get Hit Twice With Medicaid Funding Cuts In 2011

By Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune and Phil Galewitz December 7, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Already facing a record budget shortfall, Texas has received more bad news: The portion of state Medicaid costs paid by the federal government is about to drop.

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States Cutting Medicaid Benefits As They Stagger Under Economic Downturn

By Phil Galewitz September 30, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The recession’s double whammy – less money and more need – is leaving states with reduced tax revenues and increasing numbers of people enrolling in the federal-state health care program for the poor.

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Health Care Interests Push To Make ACOs Pay Off For Them

By Phil Galewitz and Jenny Gold October 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

From medical device makers to pharmacists to labor unions, a host of organizations want to ensure that accountable care organizations expand their business and influence.

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Participation In Children’s Health Insurance Program Varies Widely Across Country

By Phil Galewitz September 3, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A new study found states have very different rates of enrollment for eligible kids – from a high of 95 percent in Massachusetts to a low of 55 percent in Nevada.

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Employers Push Higher Health Insurance Costs Onto Workers

By Phil Galewitz September 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Premiums for family coverage rose about 3 percent to an average of $13,770, but workers are absorbing a greater percentage of the costs, survey finds.

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Health Reform and You

July 13, 2010 Page

What does the passing of health reform actually mean for consumers? KFF Health News reports on the impact of the new legislation.     What The New Health Law Means For You   Phil Galewitz The law will extend health insurance to 32 million currently uninsured Americans by 2019, and will also have an impact on […]

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Health Care Providers, Insurers: Accountable Care Organizations Bring Legal Worries

By Jenny Gold and Phil Galewitz October 5, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Obama administration has touted ACOs as a key way that the new health law will help providers work more closely together to lower health costs and improve patient care. But doctors and hospitals are worried about inadvertently violating antitrust and anti-fraud laws. Insurers fear the new doctor-hospital entities could boost health care prices. Industry and government officials are meeting Tuesday to deal with the concerns.

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CT Scans Can Increase Cancer Risk

By Phil Galewitz August 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Several recent studies show the risk of cancer associated with CT scans appears to be greater than previously believed.

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