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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Economic Changes Hurt The Bottom Line For Rural Ga. Hospitals

By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News March 27, 2013 KFF Health News Original

To save money, some cut procedures, such as labor and delivery services, but a growing number are forced to close.

As Refugees Settle In, Health Care Becomes A Hurdle

By Ankita Rao April 17, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Ashenafi Waktola relies on his own experience as a refugee from Ethiopia to shape his practice in Silver Spring, Md. where almost 50 percent of his patients are refugees. The 76,000 new arrivals from troubled countries who come to the U.S. each year qualify for government health care for eight months, but they often face language barriers and a confounding system when that special status elapses.

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.

Medicaid Expansion Divides Florida GOP

By Lynn Hatter, WFSU March 7, 2013 KFF Health News Original

House speaker talks about his family’s reliance on “safety net” help when he was young, but he still opposes health law’s new Medicaid funding.

Long Waits For Consumers When Medicare Is ‘Secondary Payer’

By Michelle Andrews January 28, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A new law sets schedules for providing details about medical claims in cases where a beneficiary suffers a personal injury due to someone else’s negligence.

The ‘Yawning’ Chart Med School Students Fear

By Ankita Rao February 13, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Medical school students call this chart the “jaws of death.” The graph from the Association of American Medical Colleges displays a yawning gap between the increasing number of med school grads looking for residencies and the number of residency slots available to them. “This is the only time in the history of the U.S. that […]

Ohio, Arkansas May Provide New Model For Insuring Low-Income Residents

By Christine Vestal, Stateline March 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Other states are watching as the federal government appears likely to allow the two states to use federal Medicaid dollars to purchase private coverage on their insurance exchanges.

Obama: ‘The Law Is Here To Stay’

May 10, 2013 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday on the health law, and he emphasized his administration’s commitment to moving forward with a full rollout of all the law’s provisions.

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