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Health Insurance Costs Rise Sharply For Unemployed As COBRA Subsidy Ends

By Phil Galewitz and Andrew Villegas August 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

When a program subsidizing health insurance for people who lose their jobs ended this year, it created a costly problem as the recession continues to throw workers off the payroll. COBRA coverage, which employees of many businesses can obtain after being laid off, typically is very expensive.

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Health On The Hill – April 12, 2010

April 12, 2010 KFF Health News Original

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: White House Health Summit, Afternoon Session

February 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House transcript of yesterday’s remarks from the health care summit convened by President Barack Obama.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – Day After House Passes Health Reform

March 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

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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Aetna Hit With Penalty, Suspended From Signing Up New Medicare Members

April 12, 2010 Morning Briefing

Aetna is hit with a Medicare penalty and suspended from signing up new members for Medicare Advantage and drug plans.

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Humana First Quarter Earnings Up, Stock Price Drops On Health Reform ‘Fears’

April 26, 2010 Morning Briefing

The health insurer saw big growth in its Medicare Advantage plans, saw its stock price drop because of profit-taking and worries about the effects of the new health law.

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Why Public Support For Health Care Faltered

By Jordan Rau and Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey January 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

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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Seniors Often Don’t Choose Best Quality Medicare Advantage Plans, Study Finds

April 29, 2010 Morning Briefing

“How the plans score on a quality rating system set up by the government is about to have a direct impact on insurers’ finances” under the new health law, The Associated Press reports.

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Aetna Faces Medicare Sanctions

April 9, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services informed the insurer that it is suspending the company’s enrollment and marketing of Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Medicare prescription-drug plans to new members.

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Medicare Advantage Insurers Won’t See Increase In 2011

April 6, 2010 Morning Briefing

The administration and congressional Democrats have pushed reductions in the growth of payments to these plans as a way to help pay for the health-care overhaul.

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Seniors Worry About Medicare Reforms, Especially Changes To Medicare Advantage

April 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

“There’s no doubt that broad cuts in projected Medicare payments to insurance plans, hospitals, nursing homes and other service providers will sting. What hasn’t sunk in yet is that the new law also improves the lot of many Medicare beneficiaries,” The Associated Press reports.

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COBRA Subsidy Starts Running Out For Some As Congress Grapples With Extension

By Andrew Villegas June 4, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The proposal to extend COBRA subsidies to those laid off through the end of the year is languishing in Congress. So the unemployed may soon pay more to remain on COBRA, look for insurance on the individual market, go on Medicaid or lose coverage altogether. And that could further tax a health system already struggling to keep up with the number of uninsured.

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Health Reform Brings Significant Changes To Medicare, Medicare Advantage

March 26, 2010 Morning Briefing

New outlets examine changes to Medicare with the new health reform law.

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House, Senate View Health Exchanges Differently

By Julie Rovner, NPR News January 12, 2010 KFF Health News Original

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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State Round-Up: Penn. Medicare Advantage; N.J. Cuts Immigrant Care; Hospitals Face Hardships

April 16, 2010 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, a Pennsylvania court ruling addressing issues with a state malpractice fund.

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Today’s Opinions And Editorials: Immigration As A Solution; Health Care Comparative Shopping; And Medicare Advantage Competitive Pricing

April 12, 2010 Morning Briefing

Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.

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Health Dept. IG Says Six Medicare Advantage Insurers Broke Rules

March 31, 2010 Morning Briefing

Six firms violated Medicare marketing rules, including two Fortune 500 companies.

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Ad Audit

December 8, 2009 Page

“Ad Audit” is KFF Health News’s ongoing feature examining advertising campaigns designed to influence the health reform debate.          Dissecting The Claims On Both Sides Of Health Reform Ads    “Not Happy” by the Americans United for Change and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees    “Rethink Health Care […]

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Feds Vs. States: Who Should Run Proposed Health Insurance Marketplaces?

By Mary Agnes Carey January 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

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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New Law Could Help Hospice Patients Continue Aggressive Medical Treatments

By Jordan Rau May 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

People who are dying currently can’t get Medicare to pay for hospice care if they continue aggressive curative treatment. But the new health overhaul law could lead to a major change in olicy that allows both hospice and curative care.

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