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Next Goal For Abortion-Rights Backers: Reducing Stigma

By Julie Rovner January 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Groups urge women to tell their own abortion stories to helps change the public view of abortion.

States Add Dental Coverage For Adults On Medicaid But Struggle to Meet Demand

By Phil Galewitz February 18, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Dentists say they’re reluctant to see Medicaid patients because they’re typically paid about half as much as they get from private patients.

Hatch Vows To Dismantle Health Law But Predicts Bipartisan Success On Other Issues

By Mary Agnes Carey January 20, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The new Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says the GOP will chip away at Obamacare “piece by piece.” Still, he says he will work with Democrats to continue funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program and overhauling Medicare pay for doctors.

Texas Has High Stakes in Lawsuit Over Health Law

By Edgar Walters, Texas Tribune February 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 1 million Texans who signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov would be affected if the court invalidates subsidies in federal exchange states – and not just the ones getting subsidies.

Some Pediatricians Don’t Have Adequate Training With IUDs

By Shefali Luthra February 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Although IUDs — a form of long-acting birth-control — are growing in popularity and recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, some pediatricians face challenges in offering it to teenage patients who are sexually active.

Is Arkansas’ ‘Private Option’ Medicaid Expansion A Solution For Other Red States?

By Misty Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution March 23, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Several GOP-led states are taking note of Arkansas’ market-based approach to Medicaid expansion, but questions remain about its long-term costs and effectiveness.

Attention, Shoppers: Prices For 70 Health Care Procedures Now Online!

By Jay Hancock February 25, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Guroo.org shows the average local cost of 70 common diagnoses and medical tests in most states. That’s the real cost — not “charges” that often get marked down — based on a giant database of what insurance companies actually pay.

Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Special Stickers On Marketplace Insurance Cards

May 27, 2015 Morning Briefing

Advocates say the marking will help remind customers to pay their monthly premiums, but critics wonder why such a designation is needed. In other news from state legislatures, efforts have stalled in California on Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to expand a tax to more managed care plans and in Oregon on a bill to institute a state-wide sick leave policy.

California Takes Different Path On Insuring Immigrants Living In U.S. Illegally

By Anna Gorman January 22, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Local initiatives offer free care and legislation proposes coverage for all regardless of immigration status. Will other states follow suit?

Judge Orders California To Make Timely Decisions On Medicaid Coverage

By Anna Gorman January 23, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A California judge has ruled that the state must make timely decisions on Medi-Cal applicants, and that those who have waited more than 45 days for approval from the state can get temporary coverage.

Supreme Court Insurance Subsidies Decision Could Trigger Price Spikes

By Julie Appleby February 26, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A Supreme Court decision invalidating subsidies in 37 federal exchange states would lead to sharp premium increases and prompt many to drop coverage, say experts.

Indiana Medicaid Expansion May Tempt Other GOP-Led States

By Phil Galewitz January 28, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A three-year agreement between Indiana and the federal government imposes cost-sharing on poor adults and uses a cigarette tax and a fee on hospitals to pay the state’s costs of expanding Medicaid — and could lead to other GOP-led states following suit.

Critics: Medicaid Services Ill. Gov. Rauner Would Cut Save Illinois Money

By Wes Venteicher, Chicago Tribune February 24, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Some legislators and patient advocates say the targeted services, including dental and mental health services, not only help keep people healthy — they save the state money.

Limited Insurance Choices Frustrate Some Patients In California

By Pauline Bartolone, Capital Public Radio January 15, 2015 KFF Health News Original

California is seen as an Obamacare success story, but about 30,000 people there are stuck with only one choice of insurer on the exchange.

Lindsey Graham Introduces Senate Bill Banning Most Abortions After 20 Weeks

June 12, 2015 Morning Briefing

The Republican presidential candidate’s measure includes exemptions for some cases when the life of the mother is endangered or for victims of rape or incest. The U.S. House approved a similar bill last month. Support of such legislation by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, another likely White House hopeful, helped push a similar 20-week measure through the Wisconsin Senate. Meanwhile in Florida, two groups are suing the state to try to stop a 24-hour abortion waiting period from taking effect.

More Governors Embrace Medicaid Expansion, But With Changes

By Jordan Shapiro, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch February 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Some advocates worry these changes could push Medicaid further away from its original purpose, which was to provide affordable health insurance for the needy.

HHS Secretary Burwell Is Grilled About Health Law Contingency Plans

February 26, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell says her agency would be unable to counter the damage of a Supreme Court decision striking subsidies in about three dozen states.

Fate Of 500,000 North Carolinians Tied To High Court Case

By Ann Doss Helms, Charlotte Observer March 2, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. Supreme Court hears a challenge Wednesday to the insurance subsidies available through the federal health insurance exchange used by North Carolina residents.

Health Exchange Bill Fizzles In Illinois Legislature

By Ellen Jean Hirst, Chicago Tribune December 4, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Proponents of state-based health exchange bill say residents’ subsidies are now at risk.

No Medicaid Expansion? No Problem For Many Safety-Net Hospital Profits

By Phil Galewitz March 4, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In some of the largest states that did not expand Medicaid, many safety-net hospitals turned in strong performances in 2014, according to financial documents.

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