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Two Medicare Advantage Insurers Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit For $32 Million

By Fred Schulte May 30, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging they overbilled Medicare.

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Tab For Single-Payer Proposal In California Could Run $400 Billion

By Chad Terhune May 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A state Senate panel considering the measure said money for existing public programs could cover half the cost. But the rest might have to come from new taxes — a serious political obstacle.

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Alexander-Murray Bill Would Reduce Deficit By Nearly $4B, Have Little Effect On Number Of Insured

October 26, 2017 Morning Briefing

The projections from the Congressional Budget Office bolster the bill’s chances, said authors Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.). But President Donald Trump has sent mixed messages about the legislation, and Republican leaders are waiting to move on the measure until the president says he favors it. Meanwhile, House Speaker Paul Ryan said that health care is something that should be looked at next year, instead of in the remaining months of this one.

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For Better Or Worse, Trump And GOP Now Own Health Care

By Julie Rovner April 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

More than six in 10 people think that moving forward the responsibility for dealing with the health law falls to President Donald Trump and Republicans controlling Congress, Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds.

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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Built Name Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana

By Emily Forman, Side Effects Public Media July 7, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Jerome Adams is the health commissioner in Indiana, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence.

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Has California Hit The Brakes In Regulating Breath-Robbing Big Rigs?

By Ngoc Nguyen Photos by Heidi de Marco July 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The state has made a huge dent in diesel pollution from freight trucks. But critics fear exemptions in a new law will stall progress, especially endangering the health of children and seniors near ports.

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Preexisting Conditions And Continuous Coverage: Key Elements Of GOP Bill

By Michelle Andrews May 16, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Republican health plan would require insurers to offer coverage to people who have preexisting medical conditions. But if states opt to allow insurers to charge sick people more than healthy ones, people who have been more than 63 days without coverage could see significantly higher insurance costs.

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Should Health Care Trainees Be Treated As Paid Employees?

By Anna Gorman May 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A bill pending in California’s Legislature, sponsored by an influential health care union, would require hospitals and clinics to pay minimum wage to student trainees.

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Charlottesville Postmortem: Why People Join Hate Groups

By Sharon Jayson August 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Unhappy childhood experiences can drive people to join white supremacist groups, studies have found.

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Nursing Homes Move Into The Insurance Business

By Jordan Rau July 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Although proponents say the policies offered by nursing homes are more attuned to patients, some report frustrations when trying to dispute care decisions.

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GOP Bill’s Unheralded Changes In Rules Could Undermine Health Of Neediest

By Emily Bazar March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Lesser-known provisions in the Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act would push some Medicaid enrollees out of coverage and cause financial pain for others.

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Texas Hospitals Fear Losing $6.2B Medicaid Deal 

By Phil Galewitz June 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Texas is asking the Trump administration to renew a 2011 agreement set to expire in December that helps pay hospitals’ costs of caring for the state’s uninsured residents.

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KHN On Call: Answers To Questions On Tax Credits, Penalties And Age Ratings

By Alison Kodjak, NPR News and Julie Rovner March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

KHN and NPR answer your questions on the GOP health bill.

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Say What? Fact-Checking The Chatter Around The GOP Health Bill

By Julie Rovner March 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In the heated political arguments as Republicans rush to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, some facts can get buried.

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Reactions To The GOP Health Bill: Voices From The States

May 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

What will happen to people with preexisting conditions is one worry some Americans expressed; the high costs of insurance under Obamacare is another.

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Florida Congressman Draws Jeers At Home For Backing Failed GOP Health Care Plan

By Phil Galewitz April 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Rep. Brian Mast, a first-term Republican congressman, defends his party’s push to repeal Obamacare in a meeting with constituents but concedes its health care plan needs more work.

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Tax Day Is Zero Hour For Health Insurance, Too

By Julie Rovner April 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

People who don’t have insurance coverage or get federal assistance to pay their insurance premiums need to take a little extra care when completing their tax forms.

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GOP Has No Choice But To Keep Pushing Health Care Rock Up The Hill

By Julie Rovner April 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The White House continues to look for a policy “win” while members of the House are concerned about heading home for the spring recess where they could “get hammered” for not fulfilling their promise to repeal Obamacare.

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‘It’s Not Like Other States’: High-Cost Alaska Sits In The Eye Of Health Reform Storm

By JoNel Aleccia April 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With the most expensive medical care and health insurance premiums in the nation, Alaska seeks a novel way to bail out Obamacare.

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In Face Of Skepticism, Republicans Vows Repeal Will Happen By 2019

September 28, 2017 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump remains optimistic that there will be movement in the next few months. “[In] the meantime, I have that little period of time, I’ll negotiate with the Democrats if we can come up with a fantastic health care bill, that’s okay with me. Good for both parties. Bipartisan,” the president says.

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