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Today’s Headlines – Oct. 11, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton October 11, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including previews of how Medicare and other health policy issues might play in tonight’s vice presidential debate. The New York Times: This Election, A Stark Choice In Health Care When Americans go to the polls next month, they will cast a vote not just for president […]

GAO Questions Legality Of Medicare Advantage Bonuses

July 12, 2012 Morning Briefing

In a 10-page letter sent Wednesday to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the Government Accountability Office’s general counsel raised questions about the $8.3 billion demonstration program, which Republicans had criticized as a ruse to mask some of the health law’s cuts in seniors’ benefits.

Letters To The Editor: Readers’ Thoughts On Hospital Readmissions Penalties; Arkansas’ Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative; And Drug Coupons

October 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Letters to the Editor is a periodic KHN feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We will edit for space, and we require full names.

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 11, 2012

By Andrew Villegas September 11, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports exploring how, based on his recent comments, Mitt Romney’s health law replacement goals could become tricky. The New York Times: It Will Be Tricky For Romney To Keep Best Of Health Law While Repealing It Mitt Romney’s pledge to guarantee access to health insurance […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 9, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton October 9, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how a new poll indicates GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney gained a significant bounce from last week’s debate performance. The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire: Romney Leaps Past Obama In Pew Poll Mitt Romney’s debate performance has wiped out President Barack Obama’s advantage, […]

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 26, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton September 26, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organiations, including reports about a round of new polls sizing up the status of the presidential campaign as well as one from The Associated Press measuring public opinion about the implementation of the health law. The New York Times: Test For Obama As Deficit Stays Over $1 […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 18, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton October 18, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organiztions, including resports about how the presidential candidates are crafting messages on women’s health issues in order to appeal to female voters. Politico: Boehner And Obama Haven’t Talked Fiscal Cliff It’s a striking admission from the nation’s top elected Republican and clear evidence that the most urgent […]

Travel Insurance Can Protect Your Health Or Wallet On Vacation

By Michelle Andrews April 24, 2012 KFF Health News Original

For a few dollars you can buy travel health insurance coverage that protects you if you have to cancel or shorten a trip if you, your traveling companions or even a family member not traveling with you becomes ill and requires care.

Health Law Accelerates Industry Changes

By Phil Galewitz March 26, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Experts don’t expect the Supreme Court’s ruling to alter that course.

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 18, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton September 18, 2012 KFF Health News Original

The New York Times: Limits Placed On Immigrants In Health Care Law The White House has ruled that young immigrants who will be allowed to stay in the United States as part of a new federal policy will not be eligible for health insurance coverage under President Obama’s health care overhaul. The decision — disclosed […]

Today’s Headlines – August 30, 2012

By Lexie Verdon August 30, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports on Rep. Paul Ryan’s speech to the GOP convention. The New York Times: Rousing G.O.P., Ryan Faults ‘Missing’ Leadership Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, whose budget plans have come to define conservative opposition to President Obama’s governing philosophy, accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination […]

Gym Memberships In Medicare Advantage Plans Cater To Healthy Seniors

By Shefali S. Kulkarni January 11, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Despite federal regulations that prohibit health insurance plans from cherry-picking their beneficiaries, some Medicare Advantage plans may be doing just that, only indirectly. A new study from the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that when Medicare Advantage plans alter their benefits to include perks like gym memberships, they tend to attract healthier seniors. That […]

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 […]

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 […]

Analysis Finds Double Payments For Medicare, VA Plans

June 26, 2012 Morning Briefing

A retrospective anlysis determines that the government pays duplicate costs for health care for peole who are enrolled in both Medicare Advantage and the Veterans Administraiton health care program.

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 […]

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.

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.

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