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New Long-Term Care Insurance Will Provide Flexible Cash Benefits

By Harris Meyer April 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The CLASS Act, part of the health care overhaul, will provide about $75 a day to people who sign up for the long-term care insurance policy. Advocates say it could help people stay in their homes. But critics raise concerns about the financial viability of the program.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill

March 1, 2010 KFF Health News Original

House and Senate Democratic leaders continue to determine support in their chambers for moving health care legislation by using the budget reconciliation process, which would allow the measure to be approved in the Senate by 51 votes rather than a filibuster-proof 60 vote margin.

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True or False: Seven Concerns About The New Health Law

By KFF Health News Staff April 6, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The bill signed by President Obama is long and technical, so it’s no wonder that consumers are confused. KHN staff writers check out several key concerns.

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Transcript: President Obama’s Health Care Rally In Iowa

March 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama’s speech on health reform takes place today, in Iowa. Read his speech, as released by the White House.

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Long-Term Care Program Debuts In New Health Law

By Julie Rovner, NPR News April 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The act will promote saving for long-term assistance and will especially benefit senior citizens. This story comes from our partner NPR News.

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Bipartisan Agreement: Health Insurers Shouldn’t Revoke Coverage

By Joanne Silberner, NPR News March 1, 2010 KFF Health News Original

While Democrats and Republicans are at odds over much of health reform, they do agree that insurers should not be allowed to retroactively cancel health insurance policies. Capitol Hill watchers say the practice could be outlawed within a few months.

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Final Health Care Package Shaped By Changing Political Landscape

By Jordan Rau March 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Democrats scaled back their ambitions for health overhaul legislation amid a year-long series of turbulent shifts in the political landscape.

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The First Test Of New Health Law: Covering Hard-To-Insure People

By Mary Agnes Carey March 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

In a test of the Obama administration’s ability to smoothly implement the sweeping health care overhaul law, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have just 90 days to launch an insurance program for people who can’t get private coverage because of health problems.

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Post-Summit Health Reform: What A Mess

By Robert Laszewski February 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House health summit looks to this observer as a draw. Neither side scored any knockout blows.

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Piecemeal COBRA Health Insurance Subsidy Extensions Puzzle Laid-Off Workers

By Jenny Gold March 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Congress has extended the COBRA subsidy periods again and again, helping many laid-off workers keep health insurance but sowing confusion as well.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – Day After House Passes Health Reform

March 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Late Sunday night, the House of Representatives made history by passing the Senate version of health care overhaul legislation. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and The Fiscal Times’ Eric Pianin report on the scene during the vote on Capitol Hill, what’s next in the Senate and what health reform may mean for consumers.

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Audio: Health On The Hill – Post-CBO Estimate on Reconciliation Package

March 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

With a new preliminary Congressional Budget Office score released Thursday morning and language of the health care reconciliation package posted in the afternoon, House Democratic leaders continue their push to pass their health care overhaul legislation this weekend.

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Coverage For Sick Kids Under Question In New Law

By Andrew Villegas and Phil Galewitz March 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Obama administration says the new health overhaul law bans insurers this year from denying coverage to kids with pre-existing illnesses. Insurers say that’s not their interpretation of the law.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – What’s Ahead This Week

March 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Obama will visit Philadelphia and St. Louis this week to continue his push to have Congress pass health overhaul legislation this month.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – A Big Week For The House

March 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Over the weekend, White House officials urged the House of Representatives to vote on the Senate-passed health overhaul bill.

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House Dems Trying To Win Health Bill, One Vote At A Time

By Liz Halloran, NPR News March 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

While President Obama hit the road with a campaign-style sales pitch for his health care overhaul, House Democratic leaders continued their behind-the-scenes arm-twisting and wooing. The goal: to persuade at least 216 of their 253-member caucus to back the bill.

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How Blue Cross Became Part Of A Dysfunctional Health Care System

By Jonathan Cohn March 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

If the Democrats get their way, Blue Cross companies will have to change their business model, so that they act a bit more like the Blue Cross plans of old–the ones that helped schoolteachers, not stockholders.

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Insurance Protection For Adult Children Won’t Come Fast Enough For Some Parents

By Michelle Andrews April 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A much-publicized provision of the new health overhaul law would give parents the option of keeping adult children on their insurance plans until age 26, but many details affecting eligibility and timing remain to be worked out.

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How Health Reform Could Affect The ‘Young Invincibles’

By Phil Galewitz March 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Under the health bills being debated in Congress, young adults would be required to buy insurance – but they could buy low-cost “catastrophic” plans, requiring high deductibles. That’s igniting a fierce debate whether young adults – sometimes known as the “young invincibles” – would benefit from such plans.

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Powerful Catholic Quietly Shaping Abortion, Health Bill Debate

By Laura Parker March 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ point man on abortion, Richard Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome.

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