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Poll: Democrats Hold Political Advantage on Contraception, Medicare Debates

March 1, 2012 Morning Briefing

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s February poll, opinions tracked party affiliation more closely than gender. Meanwhile, the public remains skeptical of the health law.

FAQ: Seniors May See Changes in Medigap Policies

By Julie Appleby July 15, 2011 KFF Health News Original

As debt limit talks drag on, lawmakers are eying possible changes in Medicare supplemental plans – moves that could increase seniors’ out-of-pocket costs.

Today’s Headlines – January 20, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton January 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good morning and happy Friday to you! Here are your morning headlines post the GOP debate in South Carolina: The Associated Press/Washington Post: Obama To Press Congress to Revisit Last Year’s Failed Attempt At $1.2T Deficit Cut The proposal runs counter to the common wisdom in Washington that any major deficit reduction effort is unlikely […]

Get Yer Summer Health Care Fact-Checking Here

By Peggy Girshman July 15, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The debt ceiling debate this month has sent claims and counter claims flying, keeping the nation’s fact checkers busy. Here’s a sampling of their mid-summer efforts: FactChecker.org was very curious about a number of claims by the conservative group Crossroads GPS, which is running a $7 million ad campaign aimed a number of Democrats, including […]

Research Roundup: Medicare Advantage Stops Some Hospitalizations

September 9, 2011 Morning Briefing

This week’s studies come from Health Affairs, The Journal Of The American Medical Association, The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Care Management Science.

Health Care In The States

March 8, 2012 Page

Read more Health Care in the States stories from: 2012 Where You Live Determines How Much You Pay For Health InsuranceBy Julie Appleby and Jordan Rau, Sept. 29 In several states, consumers in high-cost areas will pay at least 50 percent more for the same type of coverage as those in lower-cost areas. Q&A With […]

Not All Medicare Cuts Are Created Equal (Guest Opinion)

By Jonathan Cohn May 26, 2011 KFF Health News Original

An issue for voters — both in this week’s New York special election and in the run up to 2012 — has to do with the differences in the two parties’ visions for Medicare’s future. After all, Medicare cuts come in all different shapes and sizes.

First Edition: September 16, 2011

September 16, 2011 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that, despite dire predictions by health law opponents about the Medicare Advantage program, its premiums are falling and its enrollment is rising.

CMS: Insurers Need To Create Plans For Dual Eligibles

August 29, 2011 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule last week that detailed how Medicare Advantage insurers must develop individualized plans to coordinate care for some in this expensive, special needs population.

Fact Check: Pat Boone On The Ryan Plan

By Marilyn Werber Serafini May 27, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Even as some Republicans distance themselves from the House-passed budget that would fundamentally change the Medicare program, the conservative seniors group 60 Plus’ celebrity spokesman Pat Boone is boosting the plan.

A Health Policy Reality Check (Guest Opinion)

By John E. McDonough June 12, 2011 KFF Health News Original

We occupy a strange time in U.S. health policy. Over the past two years, assumptions and beliefs that bridged the liberal-conservative health policy divide have been blown apart.

Transcript: What Is The Super Committee Doing? Advocates Elbow Lawmakers On Cuts

October 12, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Jackie Judd talks with KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey about the latest in talks around the “super committee’s” efforts to cut the deficit. Advocates and lawmakers are busy whispering what health programs should be shielded from cuts and which should be on the chopping block.

Health Insurers Opening Their Own Clinics To Trim Costs

By Christopher Weaver May 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Some private plans serving people in Medicare and Medicaid have set up health care centers to help make sure patients get needed treatments and avoid hospitalizations.

Today’s Headlines – Sept. 22, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton September 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that young adults are making gains in health coverage rates. Los Angeles Times: AARP To ‘Supercommittee’: Hands Off Social Security And Medicare AARP, which lobbies on behalf of seniors, has launched a television campaign designed to persuade members of the congressional “super committee” charged […]

Medicare Patients Aren’t Taking Advantage Of Some Newly Free Tests

By Susan Jaffe April 26, 2011 KFF Health News Original

This year, seniors enrolled in Medicare no longer have to pay for more than a dozen tests and services to prevent disease thanks to the health law. Many, however, aren’t lining up for mammograms or colonoscopies though free wellness checks are luring many.

The Ryan Plan: An Attempt To Reduce Health Care Spending, But At A High Cost

By Jonathan Cohn April 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The GOP vision for health care reform, as expressed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., is to limit federal health care spending to levels far below what they are today, and then let individuals make the best of it. The federal health law not only offers a more realistic approach to controlling costs, but a more humane one.

Understanding Rep. Ryan’s Plan For Medicare

By KFF Health News Staff April 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Are vouchers the same as premium support? Will seniors’ health care look like that offered federal workers? A guide to some of the questions and issues in the House Budget chairman’s plan.

ACO Fairy Tale Faces a Rumpelstiltskin Moment — Guest Opinion

By Michael L. Millenson April 19, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

‘Playing the Granny Card’s Gotta End’ – Douglas Holtz-Eakin On Medicare And Politics

By Marilyn Werber Serafini and Mary Agnes Carey March 18, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In an interview with KHN, the former adviser to President George W. Bush and presidential candidate John McCain says the health law is standing in the way of reining in Medicare and Medicaid spending and that he always believed that the law “was a dead man walking.”

VA Experience Shows Patient ‘Rebound’ Hard To Counter

By Jordan Rau September 12, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The Veterans Health Administration has long used approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to cut unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed.

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