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Denver Debate: The Candidates Discuss Medicare

October 4, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Medicare and how to rein in its rapidly growning costs was a major focus of Wednesday night’s presidential debate in Denver between President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney.

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WellPoint Profits Up 38% As Insurer Girds For Big Changes In 2013

January 24, 2013 Morning Briefing

WellPoint’s 4th quarter earnings surged even as the company offered a cautious outlook for 2013 as it prepares to sell policies in new online health insurance marketplaces and expands its Medicare Advantage business.

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Avoiding The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Likely Means Changes In Medicare

By Mary Agnes Carey November 13, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Congress would probably look for cuts in the health care program for seniors and the disabled as it seeks to find ways to curb federal spending.

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Today’s Headlines – Nov. 6, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton November 6, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Happy Election Day! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including an array of stories previewing today’s election possibilities and what the outcome might mean for the health law, Medicare and the health care industry. The Associated Press/Washington Post: No More Days: Obama, Romney Fight On Into The Night At The End Of […]

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Voters’ Voices: Three Reagan Democrats Talk Medicare

By Sarah Varney October 21, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The Reagan Democrats of the 1980s are older and and many are on Medicare, a program that the GOP wants to alter dramatically. Do they still hold true to the Gipper’s smaller government ethos, even if it might mean big changes to the program for seniors and the disabled?

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Today’s Headlines – Sept. 24, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton September 24, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the latest health politics and policy news. The New York Times: Obama And Romney Offer A Possible Preview Of Their First Debate Mr. Romney said he would consider means-testing for Social Security benefits for future retirees, and he put some distance between his […]

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HHS IG: Still Not Many Medicare Advantage Fraud Probes Despite 2007 Investigation

January 10, 2013 Morning Briefing

Elsewhere, 2013’s changes to Medicare are coming into focus.

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Today’s Headlines – Sept. 25, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton September 25, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a new study that details accelerating health care spending. Los Angeles Times: Presidential Debate Questions Sync Up With Voter Concerns A new Pew Research Center polling analysis, released Monday, finds that the economy is voters’ dominant concern in this fall’s presidential election. An […]

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FAQ: Decoding The $716 Billion In Medicare Reductions

By Mary Agnes Carey August 17, 2012 KFF Health News Original

As the political campaigns tussle over how to handle the program, KHN examines the ongoing debate.

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Analysis: Access To Health Care Beginning To Look Like Airline Travel

By Michael L. Millenson September 26, 2012 KFF Health News Original

This metaphor may be useful in decoding the gradations and complexities of insurance coverage and access to care.

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Connecticut Races To Reach Uninsured, Open Health Insurance Marketplace

By Phil Galewitz March 25, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Officials hope to ‘make history’ by signing up two-thirds of those without coverage after the marketplaces launch nationwide Oct. 1.

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Obama: ‘I’ve Offered Sensible Reforms To Medicare’

February 5, 2013 KFF Health News Original

In a statement to the press Tuesday, the president emphasized the need to reduce the cost of health care in the U.S.

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Obama: ‘The Law Is Here To Stay’

May 10, 2013 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday on the health law, and he emphasized his administration’s commitment to moving forward with a full rollout of all the law’s provisions.

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Video: Weighing The Impact Of Health Issues On Campaign 2012

October 17, 2012 KFF Health News Original

KHN hosts a discussion on the Obama and Romney plans with former Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle and conservative health care analyst Avik Roy, followed by a reporters’ roundtable with KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Sarah Varney, Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post and Politico’s Jonathan Allen.

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Research Roundup: Medicare Advantage Plan Beneficiaries May Get More Appropriate Services; CHIP Participation Grows

December 7, 2012 Morning Briefing

This week’s studies come from Health Affairs, The Urban Institute, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Journal of American College Health and other news sources.

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Is A Competitive Health Care Model All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

By Julie Appleby and Marilyn Werber Serafini September 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The track records of two programs often cited by Republican candidates suggest a more complicated picture.

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Today’s Headlines – Sept. 14, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton September 14, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including stories detailing the politics stirred up by GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s return to Capitol Hill, as well as reports about new poll numbers and the latest about how health issues are playing on the campaign trail. The Wall Street Journal: Spending Package Passes […]

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Hospices, Wary Of Costs, May Be Discouraging Patients With High Expenses

By Michelle Andrews January 21, 2013 KFF Health News Original

A survey finds that more than three-quarters of hospices have restrictive enrollment policies designed to keep away patients with high-cost medical needs.

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Tick, Tock: Administration Misses Some Health Law Deadlines

By Phil Galewitz January 31, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Programs to increase fees to Medicaid primary care doctors and to entice states to eliminate some Medicaid copays are delayed as feds focus on insurance markets.

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Today’s Headlines – August 22, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton August 22, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including political reports related to the abortion debate and Medicare issues. The New York Times: Patients Would Pay More If Romney Restores Medicare Savings, Analysts Say Mitt Romney’s promise to restore $716 billion that he says President Obama “robbed” from Medicare has some health care experts […]

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