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Obama Plan To Cut Pediatric Training Draws Protests

By Lawrence Lindner June 13, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Administration’s budget proposal would end a 12-year program that funds residencies at children’s hospitals.

Today’s Headlines – July 18, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton July 18, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Today’s health policy headlines include the latest news on the debt-ceiling talks as well as reports on IPAB and health exchanges. The Washington Post: Congress Tees Up Crucial Votes On Debt Limit A bipartisan effort in the Senate to allow President Obama to raise the federal debt ceiling in exchange for about $1.5 […]

Doctors In Small Practices Slow To Dump Paper Records

By Susan Jaffe, iWatch News July 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Despite carrots and sticks from the federal government, some physicians are leery about moving to electronic health records.

Today’s Headlines – August 1, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton August 1, 2011 KFF Health News Original

August is here and a debt deal looks near. Here’s what we’re reading to get up to speed. Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how the politics and policies involved of the debt-ceiling deal are taking shape. The New York Times: Obama And Leaders Reach Debt Deal President Obama and […]

Medicaid’s Moment (Guest Opinion)

By John E. McDonough July 13, 2011 KFF Health News Original

While Democrats are effusive in their praise of Medicare, their silence in response to public attacks on Medicaid has been deafening. All the more important, then, is the study released this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research. It makes the job even easier.

Today’s Headlines – June 29, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton June 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Here’s what we’re reading early this Wednesday: Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations include reports about a new plan offered by two senators to cut Medicare spending — but some top Democrats are lined up against it. The Washington Post: Top Democrats Reject New Plan To Cut Medicare Spending Leading […]

At Age 46, Is Medicare Ripe For A Change?

By Mary Agnes Carey and Shefali S. Kulkarni July 26, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Seven experts explore what it would take to muster the political will to revamp the popular health care program.

Health Law Expands Medicare To Montana Asbestos Patients

By Phil Galewitz June 18, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The provision could help cover the hundreds of people diagnosed with the condition, but Republican efforts to repeal the law raise concerns for patients.

Are You Better Off With Medicaid Than No Insurance? A Landmark Study Says Yes (Guest Opinion)

By Jonathan Cohn July 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Conservative critics of Medicaid argue that the program doesn’t actually help beneficiaries. A new study offers empiracle evidence to the contrary.

Medicare Payment Board Draws Brickbats

By Julie Rovner, NPR News July 12, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The health care overhaul law calls for an independent board to make recommendations for ways to reduce Medicare payments without cutting benefits or increasing costs to beneficiaries. But Congressmen from both sides of the aisle are growing doubtful that such a board will work.

As The CLASS Act Comes Under Fire, The British Propose A New Model for National Long-Term Care Insurance (Guest Opinion)

By Howard Gleckman July 20, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Since the 1990s, nearly every developed country on the planet has reformed the way it finances long-term care for the frail elderly and adults with disabilities. Among the handful of exceptions: The U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Health On The Hill Transcript: Obama Tries To Aid Deficit Talks With Meetings

June 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about President Obama’s separate meetings with Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid in which the trio is trying to find common ground on Medicare cuts to help lower the deficit.

FAQ: ‘Super Committee’ Could Have Big Impact On Medicare, Medicaid Spending

By Phil Galewitz and Mary Agnes Carey August 11, 2011 KFF Health News Original

A guide to how the congressional “super” committee’s deliberations could influence Medicare and Medicaid.

Excluded Groups Want In On Health Information Technology Funding

By Kimberly Leonard, iWatch News May 23, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Providers who were frozen out of a pool of $27 billion in federal funds to convert to electronic medical records are trying to fight back to qualify for the money and increase the size of the money available.

Health Care Recommendations From Previous Bipartisan Deficit-Reduction Groups: Document

August 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The debt-ceiling agreement calls for a bipartisan “super committee.” This is not the first effort to find a bipartisan agreement on reducing the federal deficit; here is a guide to the health-care recommendations from four groups.

Medicaid Makes ‘Big Difference’ In Lives, Study Finds

By Julie Rovner, NPR News July 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

But a new study – the first of its kind in nearly four decades – finds that Medicaid is making a bigger impact than even some of its supporters may have realized.

Memo To GOP: Cutting Medicaid Is Unpopular, Too

By Julie Rovner, NPR News May 26, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Changing Medicare is looking politically risky, so budget-cutters may focus on Medicaid instead. That, too, could prove unpopular because a recent poll shows the public does not favor large cuts to the program.

Why It’s Okay That EHR Adoption Will Fall Behind 2011 Goals (Guest Opinion)

By Brian Klepper, PhD, and David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA July 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials had hoped a multitude of doctors and hospitals would adopt electronic health records in 2011. But, in reality, the number of physicians using EHRs won’t likely move beyond the current 20 percent to 25 percent rate. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Some Church Groups Form Sharing Ministries To Cover Members’ Medical Costs

By Michelle Andrews April 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The groups are financed through a monthly fee, and those revenues are divvied up and sent to members when they have health care expenses.

Florida Legislature Passes Massive Medicaid Overhaul

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida May 8, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Arguing that the proposal will save tax dollars and improve patient care, Republican lawmakers Friday approved a massive overhaul of Florida’s Medicaid system.

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