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Bill Clinton Calls For Obamacare Opponents And Supporters To Work Together

By Christine Vestal, Stateline September 5, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This story comes from our partner Stateline, the daily news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Former President Bill Clinton Wednesday championed the new Affordable Care Act, but urged Congress and the states to fix its worst problems. Speaking to an invitation-only audience at his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., Clinton touted the law’s […]

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Nurse Practitioners Try New Tack To Expand Foothold In Primary Care

By Julie Appleby September 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Advanced practice nurses say that despite growing need for primary care, they are stymied by insurers that won’t credential them.

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FAQ: How Will The Individual Mandate Work?

By Alvin Tran September 3, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The controversial health law provision that requires most individuals to get insurance is still not well understood.

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Answering Consumer Questions About Obamacare Marketplaces

By KFF Health News Editors September 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

As part of the Washington Post’s continuing series of online discussions about the health law’s new insurance marketplaces, KHN’s Phil Galewitz and the Post’s Sarah Kliff answered readers questions today. A transcript of today’s discussion follows. READER QUESTION:  Neither my husband nor I receive health insurance through an employer and have had an individual plan […]

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Views On Obamacare Closely Track Party Preference In Washington State

By Lisa Stiffler, The Seattle Times September 23, 2013 KFF Health News Original

In Washington state, 80 percent of Democrats surveyed approve of the Affordable Care Act while 80 percent of Republicans don’t, according to an Elway Poll conducted on behalf of The Seattle Times.

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Missouri, Illinois Health Insurance Exchanges Gear Up Quietly

By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch September 23, 2013 KFF Health News Original

In Missouri, a decidedly low-profile campaign stems from a voter referendum last year barring the governor from moving forward on an exchange. In Illinois, officials partnered with the federal government to build the marketplace. Nonetheless, neither exchange has given any cost information to consumers.

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Letters To The Editor: The Health Law And Alternative Medicine; Understanding Premium Rates; More On Hospital Readmissions

August 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Letters to the Editor is a periodic KHN feature that details readers responses to recent KHN stories.

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Many Consumers With High-Deductible Plans Are Concerned About Health Law Changes

By Michelle Andrews August 6, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Many policy holders are not aware that the plans, which generally have low premiums and can have high out-of-pocket costs, don’t meet the standards set in the health overhaul.

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Baltimore Ravens To Host Ads for Maryland Health Exchange

By Jay Hancock September 3, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Updated 8:15 pm Tuesday. The National Football League backed away from promoting Obamacare insurance marketplaces this summer after a sharp warning from Republicans. But the Baltimore Ravens seem to have stepped — or at least edged — into the gap. By including health insurance ads on their Gameday TV show and other content, the Super […]

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How Will Immigrants Fare Under Obamacare? It’s Complicated

By Lornett Turnbull, The Seattle Times September 6, 2013 KFF Health News Original

What benefits, if any, immigrants get under the health-care overhaul depends on several factors: their immigration status, income, length of stay in this country and – in limited cases – their country of origin.

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Little Evidence to Back Texas Abortion Law, According To Official Records

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune September 16, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Texas has strict new regulations on abortion facilities and the doctors performing them. But a Texas Tribune review of state inspection records turned up little evidence to suggest the facilities were putting patients in danger.

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Fight Over Obamacare Is Anything But Over In Florida

By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald September 24, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The nation’s most diverse political swing state is ground zero in the battle over the federal health law.

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Moratorium Targets Houston Ambulance Service Providers

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune July 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This story was produced in partnership with The federal government has announced a six-month moratorium to halt enrollment of Houston-area ambulance service providers in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in a bid to combat waste. The moratorium, announced last week, marks the first use of a new law created by the Affordable Care […]

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New Missouri law Imposes Hurdle For Insurance Exchange

By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 17, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The law requires insurance counselors

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Health Insurers Tune In To Twitter For Customer Service

By Ankita Rao August 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Companies are amping up their social media presence in an effort to help patients and do quick damage control on complaints aired in this public sphere.

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Talking Scales and Telemedicine: ACO Tools To Keep Patients Out Of The Hospital

By Elizabeth Stawicki, MPR News August 15, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A Minnesota hospital’s care for congestive heart failure patients set the stage for it to become an Accountable Care Organization under the health law.

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Questions And Answers About Obamacare Marketplaces

By KFF Health News Editors September 24, 2013 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Appleby were hosted once again by the Washington Post’s Charity Brown  for a live discussion with Post readers about how the new online marketplaces will work under the health law. KHN reporters will participate in more live discussions with Post readers in the coming days. A transcript of today’s discussion […]

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364 Hospitals Have High Rates Of Overall Readmissions, New Medicare Data Show

By Jordan Rau January 6, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Medicare’s new comprehensive measure of hospital readmissions shows that at least 20 percent of the hospitals in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island have higher rates of patients returning than the national average. Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Washington led the states with the highest proportion […]

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‘Peers’ Seen Easing Mental Health Worker Shortage

By Christine Vestal, Stateline September 11, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Peer programs such as Georgia’s “certified peer specialist” licenses could become especially important once the Affordable Care Act takes effect early next year.

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President: GOP Shutting Down Government To Defund Obamacare Is ‘A Bad Idea’

August 9, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Republicans have made it their “holy grail, their number one priority” to deny millions of Americans health insurance coverage through the 2010 health care law, President Obama said today.

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