Doctors, Hospitals, Insurers, Pharma Come Out Ahead With Health Bill
Hospitals and drug makers are among the biggest winners in the legislative bonanza.
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Full Text: Obama’s Health Care Proposal
Read the full text of President Obama's health care proposal, which he will bring to his Thursday health 'summit' with Congressional leaders.
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – March 26, 2010
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.
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Audio: Health On The Hill – Post-CBO Estimate on Reconciliation Package
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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Transcript: White House Health Summit, Afternoon Session
The White House transcript of yesterday's remarks from the health care summit convened by President Barack Obama.
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True or False: Seven Concerns About The New Health Law
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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Health On The Hill – April 12, 2010
Physicians face a 21 percent cut in their Medicare payments unless the Senate approves legislation this week to stop the scheduled reduction. Meanwhile, education efforts about elements of the health care overhaul package are continuing, with the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies and outside groups working to give the public more specifics about the measure.
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – Day After House Passes Health Reform
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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Health On The Hill Transcript: Democrats, Republicans Stake Out Positions In Budget Talks
PBS Newshour's David Chalian talks with Jackie Judd about the latest developments in the budget negotiations being led by Vice President Joe Biden and the role of Medicaid and Medicare in those talks.
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Why Public Support For Health Care Faltered
The Democrats' health overhaul legislation is in trouble for many reasons, including key policy decisions that led many Americans to wonder whether they would wind up worse off.
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Doctors In Small Practices Slow To Dump Paper Records
Despite carrots and sticks from the federal government, some physicians are leery about moving to electronic health records.
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In Medicare Debate, Both Sides Claim An Edge
In the debate over Medicare, both Democrats and Republicans are claiming the upper hand after years of honing their attacks on the other, and next week's special congressional election in N.Y. will provide a test case of who is winning.
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House, Senate View Health Exchanges Differently
One key element of both the House and Senate health bills would create health insurance "exchanges" where individuals and small businesses could purchase health insurance. However, the House and Senate versions would work in very different ways. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
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Feds Vs. States: Who Should Run Proposed Health Insurance Marketplaces?
The final decision on who should supervise health exchanges is critical to health plan choices available to consumers, the cost of the premiums and the clout regulators may have.
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Remaking Medicare: Saving Money Or Shifting Costs?
Lawmakers disagree, fundamentally, on how to save costs in the Medicare program and if recent proposals -- like the GOP one passed recently in the House -- will save money or just shift costs to Medicare patients.
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Opinion Column
The Hypocritical And Reckless Attacks On The Ryan Medicare Plan — Guest Opinion
Last week, the president said the country has serious issues to address. He's right. One of the biggest is the budget challenge. Unfortunately, the president's carefully orchestrated attack on the Ryan plan has made it much less likely that real progress will be made before 2013 to address the problem.
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Opinion Column
ACO Fairy Tale Faces a Rumpelstiltskin Moment — Guest Opinion
When writing the final ACO rules, CMS has the chance to spin the dross of the current regulations into something of genuine value to providers, even if it's not quite Rumpelstiltskin-quality gold. If the feds fail, it is all of us, not just those on Medicare program, who could live unhappily ever after.
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Opinion Column
Legislation Needs “Any Willing Provider”
The Senate health care reform bill contains none of the features needed for real reform. The principal lobbyists have all scored impressive victories.
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ACOs Spell Gold Rush For Health Care Consultants
Hospitals, doctors scramble for outside help in deciphering how to capitalize on health law's "accountable care organizations."
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The House, Senate and You: A New Guide to Health Reform
Now that the Senate has passed a hotly debated health care bill, Congress is headed to the next step: House-Senate negotiations in January to try to hammer out a final version. Here's where things stand and how you might be affected.