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By Chad Terhune and Julie Appleby July 19, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The failure this week of the U.S. Senate’s ACA repeal effort was one more twist in the ongoing political drama that has complicated routine rate setting for insurers and state officials.

Many Californians Could Be Priced Out Of Exchange Coverage, Analysis Finds

By Ana B. Ibarra March 16, 2017 KFF Health News Original

California’s health insurance exchange released an analysis showing that Republicans’ plan to trim subsidies, on average, by 40% would fall hard on elderly and very low-income people, especially in expensive areas like San Francisco.

A Fact Check Finds Many Misleading Letters From Lawmakers On Health Care

By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica March 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Four news organizations read through letters sent by 51 senators and 134 members of the House dealing with the health care debate.

Repeal, Replace … Revise: Your Guide To How A Trump Proposal Might Change ACA Insurance

By Julie Appleby April 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Even though the GOP health plan is stalled by intraparty negotiations, some big insurance changes are still in the works.

Health Care Worries Pull Crowd To Conservative Ohio Rep’s Town Hall

By Rachel Bluth April 25, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sparked discord at his meeting with his district’s voters Monday when he suggested churches, schools and families are best able to handle the opioid epidemic rather than the federal government.

In Deep-Blue State, Millions in Reddish Heartland Are Counting On Medicaid

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco March 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The prospect of cutbacks has led to agitation and activism in California’s largely agricultural Central Valley, with relatively high poverty rates and a significant number of Trump voters.

HHS, States Move To Help Insurers Defray Costs Of Sickest Patients

By Steven Findlay April 25, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In a letter to all governors, HHS Secretary Tom Price invited them to consider seeking federal help to set up reinsurance funds that would help cover losses that insurers have because of high numbers of sick patients.

Senate Republicans Unveil Health Care Proposal

June 22, 2017 Morning Briefing

The Senate bill — once promised as a top-to-bottom revamp of the health bill passed by the House last month — instead maintains its structure, with modest adjustments.

A Spoonful Of Kids’ Medicine Makes The Profits Go Up

By Shefali Luthra April 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Even as drug pricing issues continue to draw scrutiny, federal safety regulations and incentives offer drug companies a new avenue to get a sweet return on their development costs.

Drugmakers Dramatically Boosted Lobbying Spending In Trump’s First Quarter

By Sydney Lupkin April 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With high drug prices creating widespread controversy, top pharmaceutical companies and their trade group vastly increased their lobbying spending on Capitol Hill.

Markups On Care Can Fatten Hospital Budgets — Even If Few Patients Foot The Full Bill

By Chad Terhune April 3, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A study finds that higher charges are associated with greater payments by private insurers, which can drive up costs for employers and consumers who pay their way.

Trump’s Promise To Rein In Drug Prices Could Open Floodgate To Importation Laws

By Rachel Bluth March 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bill to allow Americans to buy cheaper medicines from Canada would bypass a requirement that blocked past legislative efforts over two decades.

California Doctors Again Press For More Money To Treat Poor Patients

By Barbara Feder Ostrov March 30, 2017 KFF Health News Original

They want the state’s new tobacco tax to help pay for a raise in Medicaid rates, but so far Gov. Jerry Brown has other plans for that money.

Deciphering CBO’s Estimates On The GOP Health Bill

By Julie Rovner March 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The federal government’s budget experts estimate that the Republican plan would reduce the deficit but dramatically drive up the number of uninsured.

By Decade’s End, Calif. Estimates It Would Lose $24B Annually Under GOP Health Plan

By Anna Gorman March 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

“It’s challenging to see how it would not … jeopardize the entire [Medicaid] program,” a top health official said.

House Sends Bill Extending Veterans Choice Program To Senate

July 31, 2017 Morning Briefing

The bill would extend the program for six months and devote $1.8 billion to authorize 28 leases for new Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities and establish programs to make it easier to hire health specialists.

Houston Hospital Checking To See If Patients’ Cupboards Are Bare

By Charlotte Huff May 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Starting in fall 2015, Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System began to examine the food struggles among patients at four medical sites and found that 11 percent to 30 percent said they had run out of food in the prior month or thought that they would.

Proposed Law Would Require All California Children To Be Screened For Lead

By Ana B. Ibarra March 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Under the current statute, kids are tested for lead only if they’re on certain government programs or live in older buildings. That leaves many other California children at risk, lawmaker says.

Docs Bill Medicare For End-Of-Life Advice As ‘Death Panel’ Fears Reemerge

By JoNel Aleccia February 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The federal program paid $16 million in the first six months of 2016 to counsel 223,000 patients about treatment preferences in their last days.

Conservatives’ Goal To Relax Mandatory Health Benefits Unlikely To Tame Premiums

By Julie Rovner April 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The federal health law requires most insurance plans to offer 10 specific categories of essential benefits. Conservatives would like to get rid of that rule in the hopes of bringing down premium costs.

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