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The New Health Law Will Affect States’ Budgets

By Alan Greenblatt, NPR News April 4, 2010 KFF Health News Original

State officials like the amount of increased federal spending in the new health care law, but they worry that their costs could go up and their workload will become heavier.

House Rules Committee’s Analysis Of The Health Bill

March 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The House Rules Committee released this “section-by-section analysis” of the Democrats’ health bill, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010.

The Changing Status Quo On Federal Abortion Funding

By Jessica Arons March 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Mr. Stupak and his allies have threatened to deny health insurance expansion to millions of Americans all because the legislation does not go far enough in restricting abortion rights. Even without getting his amendment into the final bill, however, he has made large gains in achieving his agenda.

Transcript: Health On The Hill: What A Difference A Year Makes

February 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Obama has scheduled a bipartisan summit for Feb. 25 to discuss ways to pass health care overhaul legislation this year. On Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders in both chambers are trying to resolve differences between House and Senate-passed health care bills and make progress on the issue once lawmakers return from the President’s Day recess.

Obama Signs Bill To Expand Health Care Access For Veterans, Provide More Caregiver Benefits

May 6, 2010 Morning Briefing

President Barack Obama signed a bill that expands access to health care for veterans and gives caregivers of severely injured American soldiers from wounds received in Afghanistan or Iraq a monthly stipend and health care.

Medicare Pay Fix For Doctors Hitches Ride On Jobs Bill

By Julie Rovner, NPR News February 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Physicians are the immediate beneficiaries of a provision in the jobs bill that would postpone a 21 percent cut in the amount Medicare pays them.

Daschle: Incremental Health Reforms Won’t Work

March 2, 2010 Page

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle says Democrats need to seize the moment to pass a sweeping health care overhaul. He’s “confident” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will get the votes to pass the bill.

Republicans Spurn Once-Favored Health Mandate

By Julie Rovner, NPR News February 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The last time Congress debated a health overhaul, when Bill Clinton was president, several senators who now oppose an individual mandate actually supported a bill that would have required it. In fact, says Len Nichols of the New America Foundation, the individual mandate was originally a Republican idea.

Sebelius To GOP: ‘Don’t Get Wrong Impression’ About Obama Health Summit

By Phil Galewitz February 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that President Obama’s Feb. 25 bipartisan summit is to “get Republicans to re-engage in the process. It is not acceptable that half the legislative body pushed away from the table months ago and said ‘we do not want to participate.'”

State Regulators Criticize Obama Plan To Create Federal Authority Over Health Insurance Rates

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz February 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Three veteran state insurance commissioners said they’d welcome federal advisory help, but draw the line at giving the government authority over rates, a power they say states should retain exclusively.

How Health Overhaul Would Affect The Uninsured

By Christopher Weaver February 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

As a part of our “Are You Covered?” series, KHN and NPR also examine how the health overhaul would impact the uninsured.

Analysis: Health Lobbyists’ Powerful Impact On Reform Bills

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell February 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A Center for Public Integrity analysis shows that more than 1,750 a diverse list of companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists to influence health reform bills in 2009.

As Medicare Pay Shrinks, Some California Docs Hike Patient Fees

By Christopher Weaver March 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

One California cardiology group has confronted steep Medicare cuts with a tactic that may irk patients who already face soaring health costs in that state: Beginning April 1, Pacific Heart Institute, in Santa Monica, will charge some patients annual fees ranging from $500 to $7,500, in addition to the regular fees paid by patients and insurers.

Don’t Stop Now

By Judy Feder February 11, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Too many Democrats seem not to grasp the choice before them – the legislation simply has too much to offer to believe for a minute that doing nothing is the better choice.

The Price They Paid

By Jordan Rau January 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Lemacks got permission for out-of-network care for their son Joshua’s heart defect, but the Virginia family still ended up drowning in debt.

Millions More Children Added To Medicaid, CHIP Rolls In 2009

By Phil Galewitz February 4, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A new study shows that, compared to last year, an additional 2.6 million children are now enrolled in the federal-state coverage programs, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Transcript: White House Health Summit, Afternoon Session

February 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House transcript of yesterday’s remarks from the health care summit convened by President Barack Obama.

Full Text: Obama’s Health Care Proposal

February 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Read the full text of President Obama’s health care proposal, which he will bring to his Thursday health ‘summit’ with Congressional leaders.

Parity Law Expands Mental Health Access

By Sandra G. Boodman March 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Many patients seeking mental health treatments, such as Denise Camp of Baltimore, have been forced to pick up a bigger share of the cost than they do with other medical bills. But a law that went into effect Jan. 1 prohibits such double standards.

Transcript: White House Health Summit, Morning Session

February 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House released the first set of this morning’s remarks from the health care summit convened by President Barack Obama.

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