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Latino Enrollment Key To Success Of Health Law Marketplaces

By Jenny Gold June 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The administration is making a strong push to entice Hispanic Americans and legal residents to get insurance through the online insurance exchanges.

How Will The ‘Unbanked’ Buy Insurance On The Exchanges?

By Sarah Varney May 20, 2013 KFF Health News Original

One in five households in the United States has only a tenuous relationship with a traditional bank, and many of these people are also uninsured. It’s still an open question how the unbanked will buy insurance on the exchanges.

Florida Providers Jump On ACO Bandwagon

By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald July 24, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The health care model encouraged by the Affordable Care Act rewards physicians for coordinating patient care and controlling costs.

With A Little Planning, Women Can Get Emergency Contraceptives For Free

By Michelle Andrews June 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Like other types of birth control, these medications are required to be covered as a preventive benefit without cost sharing in many health plans. But to do so, women must get a prescription for the soon-to-be over-the-counter pills.

Tax, Accounting Firms See Opportunity In Health Law

By Eric Pianin and David Francis, The Fiscal Times June 18, 2013 KFF Health News Original

With a new slew of complicated laws and regulations on the books, someone has to interpret them for average Americans and the business community.

Advocates Head To Court To Overturn Medicare Rules For Observation Care

By Susan Jaffe May 3, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Some hospital stays are not considered in-patient care, but seniors often don’t know that until they find they don’t qualify for full Medicare coverage.

White House Readies Major Health Law Push

August 30, 2013 Morning Briefing

The strategy will feature the president, as well as first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, appearing in key states over the next six months to encourage people to enroll in new coverage options. Politico also looks at how former President Bill Clinton will be part of the effort to sell the American public on the overhaul.

Minnesota Ranked Best State For Seniors

By Judith Graham May 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Mississippi, Oklahoma are least healthy states for people over 65, according to a United Health Foundation analysis of 34 measures of health.

St. Louis’ Busiest Safety Net Hospital Braces For Health Law Challenges

By Jim Doyle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 6, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Christian Hospital’s struggle to serve the disadvantaged is not likely to get easier under the Affordable Care Act.

Texas’ Struggling Rio Grande Valley Presses for Medicaid Expansion

By Sarah Varney May 21, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Health providers and patients in Brownsville make do with one of the nation’s highest uninsured rates. With billions in federal funding on the line, Texas counties along the border with Mexico plead their case to Gov. Rick Perry.

Officials Unveil More Details Of Colo. Exchange Funding

By Eric Whitney March 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A week after approving a tax on health insurance policies, Colorado officials are offering more details of their plans to fund the state’s health insurance exchange after federal backing runs out in 2014. Last week the state’s exchange board approved, with broad support, a 1.4 percent fee on all policies sold in the exchange. This […]

House Republicans Promise New Efforts To Fight Health Law’s Individual Mandate

July 10, 2013 Morning Briefing

Speaker John Boehner vows to hold a vote this month to remove the requirement that Americans get insurance, and some in the GOP suggest they could attach the effort to bills raising the U.S. debt limit.

Some Doctors Questioning Whether Shorter Shifts For Interns Are Endangering Patients

By Sandra G. Boodman July 9, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The work day for doctors in their first year out of medical school was cut to 16 hours to reduce fatigue and medical errors. But recent studies suggest it may be making the situation worse.

Questions About Colon Screening Coverage Still Vex Consumers

By Michelle Andrews April 16, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Although the federal government has tried to clarify the preventive care provisions that mandate no out-of-pocket expenses for patients on screening exams, there is still a good bit of confusion.

Oregon’s Medicaid Lottery: A Participant’s View

By Jordan Rau May 10, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Amid the cacophony of expert views about the implications of a landmark study, a Medicaid beneficiary weighs in on the values and shortcomings of public health assistance.

Advocates Urge More Government Oversight Of Medicaid Managed Care

By Jenni Bergal July 5, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The health law’s expansion of Medicaid is putting a spotlight on how regulators monitor the performance of privately-run plans.

Bloggers See Own Reflections In Oregon Medicaid Study

By Jordan Rau May 3, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This week’s study of Oregon Medicaid recipients has quickly become a Rorschach test for how partisans and health policy wonks view the health care law. To recap, that study compared the health care of the winners and losers of a lottery held by Oregon in 2008 to decide who could enroll in the limited spots in the […]

House Panel Votes To Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy

June 13, 2013 Morning Briefing

An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said a vote by the full House is planned later this month. Rep. Trent Frank, R-Ariz., one of the bill’s sponsors on the House Judiciary Committee, drew criticism for arguing against an amendment to exclude victims of rape and incest by saying that the pregnancy rate from rape is “very low.”

D.C. Hospitals And Nurses Fight Over Staffing Ratios

By David Schultz February 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals say a proposal requiring minimum nurse-to-patient ratios would put them out of business. Nurses say the ratios are needed to ensure quality care.

Worries Mount About Enrolling Consumers In Federally Run Insurance Exchanges

By Jenny Gold April 7, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Few consumers know what they’ll need to do to sign up for the new health insurance marketplaces. Advocates worry about the outreach strategy and funding in states that defaulted to the federal government to run the exchanges.

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