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State Worker Backlash Spreads Across The Country

By Merrill Goozner and Adam Corey Ross, The Fiscal Times February 23, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The public employee backlash against Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to help balance the state’s budget by imposing higher health care and pension co-pays is spreading across the nation, as newly-elected conservative governors seek to roll back benefits granted during better economic times.

Health On The Hill Transcript: Democrats On Defense As Republicans Plan Attack On Health Law

February 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

House Republicans are holding committee hearings this week on the health law’s provisions governing Medicare, abortion and small business.

Lobbyists Challenging Limits On Health Flexible Spending Accounts

By Jordan Rau February 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Companies that administer or profit from flexible spending accounts are trying to change provisions in the new health law restricting the pre-tax funds used by millions of consumers.

A Slippery Slope To Defunding The Health Law

By Timothy Jost February 15, 2011 KFF Health News Original

As the House considers its repeal of the health law’s unpopular 1099 reporting provision, the measure’s premium tax credits are being eyed as a possible pay-for.

Haley Barbour Draws Fire For Medicaid Changes In Mississippi

By Julie Appleby March 13, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Mississippi Gov. Barbour’s ways to control the rising costs of Medicaid are sometimes controversial, but he maintains that states need more freedom to run the program.

Democrats Seek Right Message To Boost Health Law

By Julie Rovner, NPR News January 17, 2011 KFF Health News Original

For Republicans intent on repealing the new health care law, the message has been simple: It’s bad. Democrats, on the other hand, have had a much more difficult job selling the merits of the law — often doing more to confuse than to enthuse the public.

Who Is A President To Turn To? HHS Or The Business Roundtable?

By Phil Galewitz January 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In health care speech, Obama ignores new HHS study on insurance costs and cites 2009 industry report instead.

Ariz. Medicaid Cuts Spur Debate Over Impact On Providers

By Phil Galewitz March 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Doctors and hospitals raise concerns that reducing eligibility may spur ER crowding and premium increases, but experience in Missouri shows less dire consequences.

It Will Be Democratic Senators Leading The Charge To Fix Or Improve The New Health Law

By Robert Laszewski January 31, 2011 KFF Health News Original

A survey of public opinions and the current political landscape suggests it will be those vulnerable Senate Democrats facing election in 2012 who are most likely to push the agenda to improve the health overhaul.

Anti-Hunger Leaders Fast To Protest Proposed Spending Cuts As FY11 Budget Debate Resolution Appears Elusive

March 28, 2011 Morning Briefing

Leaders from “five anti-hunger organizations on Monday will lead open-ended fasts to protest proposed cuts to domestic and international food programs contained in the House-passed six-month spending bill,” The Hill’s “On The Money” blog reports.

Insurers Sometimes Reject Neonatal Intensive Care Costs

By Michelle Andrews January 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In these specialized units for premature infants or babies with special needs, the doctors and other personnel may not be under contract with an insurer’s network even though the hospital is covered.

In Campaign Ads, Democrats Mostly Silent About Health Law

By Julie Rovner October 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

When Democrats passed their health overhaul bill back in March, they hailed it as the biggest domestic achievement since Medicare. But seven months later, most of the noise about the new law on the campaign trail is coming from opponents

Democrats And Republicans Angle For Public Support In Health Law Debate

By Jenny Gold January 20, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The House vote to repeal the health law marks the beginning of a new phase of the debate over an issue that both parties hope to turn to their advantage in elections next year.

House Subcommittee Approves Bill Calling For Report On USAID’s Efforts To Address Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak

April 1, 2011 Morning Briefing

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on Thursday “approved by voice vote a bill (HR 1016) that would require the Obama administration to report to Congress within six months on the handling of U.S. funds for combating a cholera outbreak that occurred after last year’s earthquake in Haiti,” CQ reports.

Obama Health Care Officials Switch Jobs, Reorganize

By Christopher Weaver and Laurie McGinley January 6, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Besides an array of health care challenges, the new year is bringing changes in the staff putting the new law into effect.

Insurer and Hospital System: Why Can’t We Be Friends?

By Christopher Weaver January 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In North Carolina’s Research Triangle, two forces so often at odds — a major health care system and the region’s dominant insurer — announced that they would work together in the interest of better, cheaper medicine.

Transcript: Republicans Schedule Health Law Repeal Vote

January 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

House Republicans have scheduled a Jan. 12 vote to repeal the health care law. While the measure is expected to pass the House, Democrats in the Senate have pledged to stop the bill.

Democrats Ramp Up War On GOP Health Benefits

By Julie Rovner, NPR News December 13, 2010 KFF Health News Original

While Republicans continue to plot ways to reverse the Affordable Care Act when they take over the House Jan. 5, Democrats are stepping up their attack on Republicans’ own health benefits.

Transcript: Michelle Andrews On What Sept. 23 Could Mean For Health Consumers

September 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

For the past few months, health reporter Michelle Andrews has written about various aspects of the new law for her weekly feature “Insuring Your Health.” Today, the six-month anniversary of the signing of the health bill, a number of key provisions officially kick in and Jackie Judd sat down with her to discuss them.

Text: President Obama Makes Health Law Defense At Conference

By KFF Health News Staff January 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama Friday morning addressed a group of people gathered at the Families USA Health Action conference and continued his defense of the health law.

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