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Latest Destination For Medical Tourism: The U.S.

By Julie Appleby July 7, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Forget sending workers overseas for lower cost medical care: A growing number of employers are encouraging workers to travel within the states to medical facilities they say have better quality and lower costs.

What Health Care Reform Means for Main Street

By Blaire Briody and Sarah Stodola, The Fiscal Times April 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Health care coverage differs among Americans, and many details of the health care reform bill are still unclear. To help clear up the confusion, The Fiscal Times recruited six volunteers representing different incomes, geographic areas, ages and lifestyles to look at how the bill will affect a variety of people.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – April 26, 2010

April 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The new health law mandates that states adhere to several changes, including setting up high-risk health insurance pools by June. Jackie Judd and Noam Levey discuss where efforts now stand.

New Health Law Brings Better Coverage For Women

By Joanne Silberner, NPR News April 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Among the many goals of the new health law is one that hasn’t received much attention: to improve women’s experiences in the health insurance world.

Boehner: GOP Will Repeal Health Care Law

By NPR Staff April 30, 2010 KFF Health News Original

House Republican Leader John Boehner has said that his party will repeal the new health care law if the GOP gains a congressional majority in November.

Medicare Doctor Pay ‘Fix’ Deadline Looming – Again

By Julie Rovner, NPR News May 6, 2010 KFF Health News Original

For the third time this year, Congress has just days to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in pay to doctors who treat seniors and others on the Medicare program. And no one seems to be able to figure out how to solve the problem in anything except a stopgap way.

Florida’s Health Exchange Doesn’t Fit New Law

By Jim Saunders, Health News Florida May 11, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Florida Health Choices, a deregulated health-insurance market for small businesses, is two years old and still not selling any products. It would be well-positioned to develop into the exchange called for under the new federal law. But that would require political and philosophical compromises that its leaders may not be willing to make.

Transcript: Health On The Hill

April 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing this week to discuss how to protect consumers from unreasonable health insurance premium increases.

Health Care Model Faces Hurdles On Quality and Cost

By Adam Graham-Silverman, The Fiscal Times June 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

If President Obama succeeds in slowing the growth of health care spending, it will be with some of the innovative services and procedures being used as part of a pilot project in Annapolis, Md.

Health Law Rolls Back Abortion Rights, Groups Say

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

Recent fights between anti-abortion groups could leave people with the impression that the new health overhaul law expands women’s access to abortion. But abortion-rights groups vehemently disagree. “There are extraordinary things in health care reform for women,” says Judy Lichtman, a senior adviser to the National Partnership for Women and Families, which supports abortion rights. […]

Conservative Target Rep. Betsy Markey On Health Law: ‘I’m Proud To Have Voted For It’

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Colorado Democrat Rep. Betsy Markey opposed health reform legislation in the House, but later was a critical vote for the final bill. Now, she is working to defuse criticism before the November elections.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – March 26, 2010

March 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

With a package of legislative changes to the health care bill on its way to President Obama, congressional Democrats have concluded work on their plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. Republicans have said they will continue in their efforts to repeal the bill while Obama and Democrats are focused on the measure’s implementation.

New Health Law Will Require Industry To Disclose Payments To Physicians

By Arlene Weintraub April 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Doctors who accept speaking fees, five-star meals and other compensation from pharmaceutical or medical device companies will soon see their names — and the value of the gifts they accept — revealed on the Web.

Analysis: Everything You Need to Know About the Fiscal Commission

By Edmund L. Andrews, The Fiscal Times April 27, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama’s fiscal commission meets today for the first time. Here’s a guide to help you follow the proceedings.

Cancer Patients’ Dilemma: Expensive Pills Vs. Invasive Chemo Treatment

By Sandra G. Boodman April 27, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Gaps in insurance policies make oral drugs too pricey for some cancer patients.

Big Health Insurers Have A Gift For College Grads

By Julie Rovner, NPR News April 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

This year’s crop of college graduates may have trouble finding a job, given the state of the economy. But some of them will have a much easier time keeping health insurance while they look.

Federal Employee Health Program Unlikely To Extend Young Adult Coverage On Parents’ Plan This Year

By Jessica Marcy April 27, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The federal government says current law will likely keep it from following the lead of some private insurance companies that will begin offering coverage this year to young adults.

Will Private Long-Term Care Insurance Supplement the CLASS Act?

By Howard Gleckman April 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

CLASS takes a step towards moving long-term care financing from the welfare-like Medicaid program to an insurance-based system. But CLASS alone won’t get there. Private insurance, currently a niche product that covers only about seven million Americans, will have to play an important role as well.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – Early Implementation Challenges To Health Law

April 6, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Obama administration officials have begun the process of implementing health care overhaul legislation the president signed into law last month.

Companies Get Help To Insure Early Retirees

By Christopher Weaver May 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Companies that provide health insurance to retirees who are too young for Medicare may get some financial relief due to a new $5 billion federal program.

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