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Today’s Headlines – July 28, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton July 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good Morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the ever-growing U.S. health care tab and about the petition filed by a conservative legal center to bring their health law challenge to the Supreme Court. The Washington Post: Boehner, Other GOP Leaders Ramp Up Pressure On Republicans To Pass Debt Plan […]

Growing Hospice Care Costs Bring Concerns About Misuse

By Jordan Rau June 27, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Although the benefit is intended for patients who have no more than six months to live, 19 percent now receive hospice services for longer.

Washington’s Rebate Tax Would Be Paid By Seniors (Guest Column)

By Grace-Marie Turner July 27, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Some Democrats are backing a “tax” on prescription drugs that would increase Medicare drug plan premiums by as much as 40 percent. Those lawmaker wouldn’t describe their plan that way, of course, but that would be the effect of their plat to require drug companies to pay Medicaid-style rebates to Medicare.

Penalties For Doctors Who Keep Patients Waiting

By Jessica Marcy July 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Jessica Marcy selects interesting reading from around the Web. MedPage Today: Time Is Money And Some Doctors Are Paying The Price When she makes a doctor’s appointment, Cherie Kerr makes it clear that she better not be kept waiting long. She said she usually tries to schedule the first appointment […]

What Will States Do If Federal Dollars Stop Flowing?

By Stephanie Stapleton July 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

With Congress continuing to struggle to reach a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline, speculation abounds about what might happen if the federal government goes into default. Many of the questions have to do with health care spending. The bottom line: It’s a climate of uncertainty. Gail Wilensky, who ran Medicare and Medicaid during the George […]

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 […]

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 – 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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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