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Today’s Headlines – April 23, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton April 23, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good Monday morning! Here are your headlines to get you back in the swing of things: The Associated Press/Washington Post: Social Security, Medicare Strained By Slow Economic Recovery, Aging Workforce An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government’s two […]

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 7, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton September 7, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including examinations of health policy references in yesterday’s Democratic convention speeches. Los Angeles Times: Obama, Biden Make their Case For Four More Years Spilling well past the hour of prime-time coverage allotted by the major TV networks, Obama offered a long list of achievements including passage […]

Medicare Advantage Enrollment Goes Up As Premium Costs Decline

June 13, 2012 Morning Briefing

A report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the enrollment increases were also due in part to seniors’ reduced access to supplemental coverage as well as greater comfort with managed care.

Revamping Medicare: A Guide To The Proposals, Politics And Timeline

By Marilyn Werber Serafini April 3, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Competing ideas and election-year politics will thwart major legislation in 2012, but look for budgetary action at year’s end.

Today’s Headlines – April 26, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton April 26, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Politico: Government Shutdown On The Horizon? Plunging ahead along party lines, the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a set of Republican-backed spending targets that break with the August debt accords by demanding more than $27 billion in additional savings from non-defense programs. The 28-21 vote sets up a long summer of political skirmishing, all […]

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 4, 2012

By Lexie Verdon September 4, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including previews of the Democratic convention and a New York Times analysis of how the Obama and Romney campaigns vary on Medicaid policy. The Wall Street Journal: Obama To Press Case For Four More Years A senior Obama campaign official said the president may offer one […]

AARP Arming For Medicare Battle

By Marilyn Werber Serafini March 19, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Against a backdrop of proposals to overhaul the popular social insurance program and a presidential campaign likely to address entitlement spending, the seniors group is mobilizing.

Medicare Official Sees Medicare Advantage Enrollment Continuing To Grow

May 31, 2012 Morning Briefing

Jonathan Blum, the deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the director of the Center for Medicare, said he expects enrollment to increase at double-digit rates.

UnitedHealth’s Shareholders Will See Dividend Boost

June 7, 2012 Morning Briefing

The UnitedHealth board approved an increase in quarterly dividends of more than 30 percent. Also in the news, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group is facing allegations of Medicare Advantage overpayments.

Today’s Headlines – April 4, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton April 4, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Here are your early a.m. headlines to get your day started: The New York Times: Obama, In Talk, Calls House GOP Budget The Work Of Rightist Radicals President Obama opened a full-frontal assault on Tuesday on the federal budget adopted by House Republicans, condemning it as a “Trojan horse” that would greatly deepen […]

National Health Spending Grew Slowly In 2010

By Marilyn Werber Serafini January 9, 2012 KFF Health News Original

But officials say that for the first time in years premiums for people in private insurance plans rose faster than what was spent on their care, according to KHN’s Marilyn Werber Serafini.

Enrollment Still Growing In Medicare Advantage Plans, GAO Says

By Mary Agnes Carey December 1, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Predictions of the demise of Medicare’s private insurance plans are premature, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Can GOP Deliver On Its Promise To Preserve Traditional Medicare?

By Marilyn Werber Serafini March 8, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Republicans say they can overhaul the entitlement program while still offering the current option. But it may not look the same as it does today.

Medicare Expenditures, Quality Rating System Grab Headlines

May 21, 2012 Morning Briefing

Kaiser Health News looks at criticisms of the government’s program for rewarding higher-quality Medicare Advantage plans, while Modern Healthcare reports on a memo from the Medicare actuary that projects expenditures in the federal health care program.

Democrats And Republicans See Medicare Issue Working To Their Advantage

October 22, 2012 Morning Briefing

Regardless of who emerges as the victor, the Medicare debate makes it likely that changes will be made to the program in the future, according to The Associated Press. Also, Kaiser Health News examines how Medicare policies are playing among Reagan Democrats.

Humana Reports Drop In First Quarter Profits

April 30, 2012 Morning Briefing

The insurer attributed the decrease to paying out more in claims, as well as additional investment as it anticipates strong growth in its Medicare Advantage plans.

Seniors Missing Out On Some New Medicare Benefits

By Phil Galewitz June 11, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Next time President Obama vacations in Hawaii– his usual Christmas destination –he might want to tell seniors there about how his health law provides free annual wellness visits for people enrolled in Medicare. So far, just 1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries who live there, or 890 people, have used the benefit this year, the lowest percent of any […]

Today’s Headlines – February 7, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton February 7, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Here are your headlines to get your day started: The Wall Street Journal: Budget Plan Has Familiar Ring The president will propose cutting spending on Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly, and Medicaid, the joint federal-state program for the poor and disabled. However, he isn’t proposing the structural changes that experts […]

Today’s Headlines – July 20, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton July 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports from the presidential campaign trail and from the health care marketplace. The New York Times: Obama Visits Florida To Win Over Older Voters After weeks of focusing on Mr. Romney’s private-sector business deals, Mr. Obama turned to another front by attacking Republican plans to […]

Today’s Headlines – March 29, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton March 29, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Here are your morning headlines — much of them trying to wrap up a tumultuous three days of health law oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Enjoy! The New York Times: On Day 3, Justices Weigh What-Ifs Of Health Ruling The justices seemed divided on both questions before them: What should happen to the rest of […]

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