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June 28, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Health and Human Services is facing July 1 deadlines for creation of high-risk pools to help individuals who have been without health insurance for six months or longer and a new web portal to provide consumers with information about health insurance plans.

Health On The Hill – June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Senate has passed a six-month payment increase for Medicare physicians but it is unclear if the House will pass that measure.

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care Delivery?

By John Goodman July 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Almost everyone believes there is an enormous amount of waste and inefficiency in health care. But why is that? In a normal market, wherever there is waste, entrepreneurs are likely to be in hot pursuit – figuring out ways to profit from its elimination by cost-reducing, quality-enhancing innovations. Why isn’t this happening in health care? […]

Growing Number Of Patients Find A Hospital Stay Does Not Mean They’re Admitted

By Susan Jaffe September 7, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The use of observation care is rising as hospitals cope with increasing constraints from Medicare, which is under pressure to control costs. But the decision can mean more out-of-pocket expenses for patients.

Democrats Scale Back Medicare ‘Doc Fix,’ COBRA Subsidy Extension In Jobs Bill

By Andrew Villegas May 27, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Caught up in the congressional politics swirling around a pending tax bill are proposals that affect health care for newly laid-off workers as well as Medicare and Medicaid patients.

The Immediate Effects Of The Health Reform Bill

By Kate Steadman and Julie Appleby March 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A number of provisions in the health bill would take effect within a few months. The question for Democrats is whether promoting the early changes will help them in November.

Week In Review: State Insurance Regulators Take Center Stage; New Polls Released; Medicare Drug Premiums

By Lexie Verdon, KFF Health News August 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners met in Seattle and pushed through a much debated recommendation on how federal officials should judge insurance company expenses.

Insurer Mounts Offensive And Defensive Strategies On Health Law

By Arlene Weintraub August 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Cigna Corp. has geared up with a high-powered team of executives to find new business under the health law while also preserving current benefits for customers and for the company.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – June 1, 2010

June 1, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Bowing to pressure from Democratic fiscal conservatives, House Democratic leaders scaled back health-related provisions in tax extenders legislation the House passed before beginning its Memorial Day recess.

COBRA Subsidy Starts Running Out For Some As Congress Grapples With Extension

By Andrew Villegas June 4, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The proposal to extend COBRA subsidies to those laid off through the end of the year is languishing in Congress. So the unemployed may soon pay more to remain on COBRA, look for insurance on the individual market, go on Medicaid or lose coverage altogether. And that could further tax a health system already struggling to keep up with the number of uninsured.

High-Risk Pools: A Rare Opportunity For Bipartisanship

By Harold Pollack July 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Obama should greet a letter from Congressional Republicans about insufficient funding for the new high-risk pools as an opening bid in constructing a bipartisan bill to fix any deficiencies.

Administration To Release New HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Kate Steadman July 13, 2010 KFF Health News Original

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised greater focus on HIV/AIDS but the effort was postponed as the administration wrestled with other issues.

About Those Presidential Promises

By James C. Capretta June 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Despite the relentless sales pitch, there was always a lot of skepticism among voters that such a government-heavy plan would leave them alone and be cost-free. Now, of course, their skepticism is being validated.

Renewed Threat Of Medicare Pay Cuts Leaves Doctors With ‘Sense Of Fatigue’

By Christopher Weaver and Andrew Villegas and Jessica Marcy June 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Doctors across the country find themselves

Obama’s Health Plan Getting Tested In Court

By Carrie Johnson, NPR News July 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Obama administration’s biggest domestic policy accomplishment — the new health care law — is under steady legal attack. On Thursday, lawyers argued the first case to hit the courts, filed by the attorney general of Virginia. More than a dozen other state challenges are in the pipeline.

Week In Review: Doctor Payment Fight; State Budgets And Medicaid; Medicare Brochure Protests

May 28, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Challenges from conservative Democrats forced party leaders this week to cut some major spending programs, such as extending COBRA benefits for workers being laid off and providing extra money to state Medicaid programs.

Week In Review: Details On Health Reform’s High-Risk Insurance Pools And HHS’ Insurance Website

By Stephanie Stapleton July 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Two of the new health law’s early deliverables – high-risk insurance pools and a federal website for consumers – took center stage as July 1 marked a busy day in the administration’s implementation schedule.

Health Policy Week In Review: The White House Touts Medicare Rebate Checks And Senate Dems Struggle To Advance Jobs Bill

By Stephanie Stapleton June 11, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Administration officials tout the Medicare drug rebate as an early and tangible benefit of health reform while Senate Democrats continue trying to advance a legislative package that includes the Medicare physician payment fix and, potentially, an extension of enhanced Medicaid funding for states.

Feds To States: Set Up Health Insurance Pools For High-Risk Patients By July 1

By Mary Agnes Carey June 17, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is giving states until June 25 to say how they intend to run high-risk pools to insure people who have been denied coverage due to a pre-existing medical condition and have been uninsured for at least six months.

Are Doctors Like Wall Street Lenders?

By Andrew Villegas May 7, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Unless clarifications are made in the financial overhaul legislation currently pending in Congress, doctors and dentists — as well as other health practitioners — are concerned that they will face hefty costs and paperwork burdens.

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