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Experts Worry: Could Government Loans To Doctors Raise Health Costs?

By Phil Galewitz May 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

More than $2.5 billion in government-backed loans to doctors, dentists and other health care providers is helping to stimulate the economy and help patients, but some health experts say the money could increase health costs.

Cheers, Jeers For New Federal Rules On Changes In Health Benefits

By Mary Agnes Carey and Phil Galewitz June 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A new Obama administration regulation lays out how employers and insurers can revise their health plans

Consumers Guide To Health Reform

By Phil Galewitz April 13, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The new health reform law will extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, but also has an effect on almost every citizen. Here’s how the law might affect you.

From The KFF Health News Archives: Checking In With Dr. Donald Berwick

April 19, 2010 Page

Dr. Donald Berwick, the president’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Mediciad Services (CMS), talked with KFF Health News in November 2009 about how front-line health workers could reduce hospital deaths.

The First Test Of New Health Law: Covering Hard-To-Insure People

By Mary Agnes Carey March 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

In a test of the Obama administration’s ability to smoothly implement the sweeping health care overhaul law, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have just 90 days to launch an insurance program for people who can’t get private coverage because of health problems.

Doctors, Hospitals, Insurers, Pharma Come Out Ahead With Health Bill

By Phil Galewitz March 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and drug makers are among the biggest winners in the legislative bonanza.

Health Law’s “Grandfather” Clause Could Deprive Consumers Of Key Benefits

By Phil Galewitz and Mary Agnes Carey May 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Business and consumer groups are sparring over rules that might allow existing health plans to sidestep some patient protections in new health care law.

Nine Major Changes In The Democrats’ New Health Reform Bill

By Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey March 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

In their push to pass a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, House Democrats unveiled a package of legislative fixes to lure undecided or opposed members of their party to the “yes” category.

Novel Health Programs Try To Help Uninsured

By Phil Galewitz March 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Gold Dust Saloon owner Ruth McDonald uses an innovative “three share” model to provide health coverage for her workers. The restaurant is one of 30 employers in a Colorado program that provides low-cost coverage to small businesses.

How Health Reform Could Affect The ‘Young Invincibles’

By Phil Galewitz March 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Under the health bills being debated in Congress, young adults would be required to buy insurance – but they could buy low-cost “catastrophic” plans, requiring high deductibles. That’s igniting a fierce debate whether young adults – sometimes known as the “young invincibles” – would benefit from such plans.

Lobbyists Have Long Wish List For New Health Rules

By Mary Agnes Carey and Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby May 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups — representing doctors, insurers, small businesses and others — have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.

Coverage For Sick Kids Under Question In New Law

By Andrew Villegas and Phil Galewitz March 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Obama administration says the new health overhaul law bans insurers this year from denying coverage to kids with pre-existing illnesses. Insurers say that’s not their interpretation of the law.

Sebelius To GOP: ‘Don’t Get Wrong Impression’ About Obama Health Summit

By Phil Galewitz February 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that President Obama’s Feb. 25 bipartisan summit is to “get Republicans to re-engage in the process. It is not acceptable that half the legislative body pushed away from the table months ago and said ‘we do not want to participate.'”

Millions More Children Added To Medicaid, CHIP Rolls In 2009

By Phil Galewitz February 4, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A new study shows that, compared to last year, an additional 2.6 million children are now enrolled in the federal-state coverage programs, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Should Health Insurance Companies Be Allowed To Sell Individual Policies Across State Lines?

By Phil Galewitz February 4, 2010 KFF Health News Original

With health care legislation stalled, the GOP is touting its plan which includes allowing Americans to buy health coverage from another state. Democrats include a version in their bills. Critics say this would erode consumer protections.

The Debate Over Selling Insurance Across State Lines

By Phil Galewitz February 3, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Checking In With Dr. Donald Berwick,

November 12, 2009 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Phil Galewitz talks to Donald Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and clinical professor of pediatrics and health care policy at the Harvard Medical School.

State Regulators Criticize Obama Plan To Create Federal Authority Over Health Insurance Rates

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz February 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Three veteran state insurance commissioners said they’d welcome federal advisory help, but draw the line at giving the government authority over rates, a power they say states should retain exclusively.

Chamber Of Commerce Says Health Fight Over – But Sees Room To Maneuver

By Phil Galewitz January 12, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Officials at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce predict that House and Senate negotiators would finish their work and get a final bill to President Barack Obama by mid-to-late February.

Many Still Hope For Insurance Reform

By Jenny Gold and Julie Appleby January 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Some lawmakers are considering a scaled-back health bill in place of the comprehensive legislation now stalled in Congress. But there’s debate about whether popular insurance reforms, such as requiring insurers to accept applicants with health problems, can be successful without an unpopular individual insurance mandate.

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