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Coming Soon To Massachusetts’ Dental Offices-Maybe

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR March 7, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Could the mid-level dental care providers now at work in Minnesota solve the access problem in Massachusetts and other states?

The National Alzheimer’s Plan: An Opportunity For Action

By Rachelle S. Doody January 31, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Alzheimer’s expert Dr. Rachelle Doody writes that the recently released draft framework for a national Alzheimer’s plan is somewhat vague even as it contains excellent goals and begins to focus the minds and resources of key stakeholders on these issues.

Nowhere To Go But Up For The Poor Lacking Insurance, Says Study

By Jordan Rau February 7, 2012 KFF Health News Original

In anticipation of the expansion of health insurance that will start in 2014 under the federal health care law, the Commonwealth Fund has begun tracking coverage of low-income Americans. The first of the surveys reconfirms what’s already well-known: the poor are starting from a pretty bad place in terms of coverage. A few examples: A […]

Health Care In The States

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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 […]

Medicare Spends Less Than Private Insurers On Knee Replacements

By Julie Appleby February 28, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Study finds that’s mostly because the government pays far lower rates for hospital care

Today’s Headlines – March 5, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton March 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good Monday morning! Here are your headlines: The Wall Street Journal: Romney Advances As Obama Gains The resurgence of Mr. Romney, who hadn’t led the Journal poll since November, lays the path for a potential matchup against a president whose own position is strengthening. President Barack Obama’s approval rate hit 50% in the poll, its […]

‘Tiered’ Insurance Confounds Consumers, Docs In Mass.

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR January 17, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Tiered insurance is being offered by various companies in Massachusetts as a way to meet employers’ demands for cheaper insurance premiums.

Today’s Headlines – March 1, 2012

By Stephanie Stapleton March 1, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Here are your morning headlines: The New York Times: Political Memo: Candidates Scramble To Create Differences Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum both support the repeal of President Obama’s national health care law. Mr. Santorum has criticized Mr. Romney for creating the Massachusetts plan that served as the federal model. Mr. Romney, meanwhile, recently […]

Employers Tie Financial Rewards, Penalties To Health Tests, Lifestyle Choices

By Julie Appleby April 2, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Whether such programs spur long-term change is unclear, and some fear discrimination against those with chronic conditions.

The Public Option Did Not Die

By Sarah Varney, KQED January 12, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Unique in the nation for having public health insurance plans that are run by counties, California has public plans that stretch from San Francisco to the Mexican border and cover 2.5 million people.

Romney’s Evolution On Abortion; The Birth Of The HIV Epidemic

By Karl Eisenhower March 1, 2012 KFF Health News Original

This week’s selection of intriguing weekend reading includes articles from Slate, the Los Angeles Times, American Medical News, Salon, Columbia Journalism Review, The Washington Post, BBC and Medscape. Slate: The Conversion: How, When, And Why Mitt Romney Changed His Mind On Abortion (GOP presidential candidate Mitt) Romney began his political career as a pro-choicer. In the story […]

Companies Steering Workers To Lower Priced Medical Care

By Julie Appleby September 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Businesses want employees to be more sensitive to the cost of medical care, but consumer advocates worry that decisions will be based on price, not quality.

Advocates Demand Clarity About Options For Patients In Financial Need

By Jessica Marcy January 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Many Americans continue to struggle with the high cost of medical care, unaware that non-profit hospitals are required to provide information about potential financial assistance or relief. But, a provision in the 2010 health law seeks to clarify what help hospitals should offer. Advocates were on Capitol Hill Friday to raise awareness about the provision […]

Consumer Groups Ask Obama To Not Weaken Provisions For Insurance Labels

By Susan Jaffe January 24, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Leaders from some of the nation’s top consumer and seniors advocacy groups today urged President Barack Obama not to weaken a key consumer provision of his signature health care overhaul law. The provision requires health insurers and employers to use standardized, easy-to-understand information documents to describe health plan benefits and costs. These forms would explain how […]

32 ‘Pioneers’ Selected To Test New Health Care Model For Seniors

By Christian Torres December 19, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Thirty-two groups were named Monday to test a new health care model, called for in the health care law, which is designed to improve care for seniors while reducing costs. The groups, which range from Boston-based Partners Healthcare, the largest health care provider in Massachusetts, to the doctor-led Healthcare Partners of southern Nevada, were selected […]

The KHN Conversation: ‘Innovation’ Advisors On Achieving CMS’ Triple Aim

By Christian Torres January 19, 2012 KFF Health News Original

In advance of their first Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services meeting next week, four of the newly named innovation advisors talked with KHN’s Christian Torres.

New Group To Set Priorities for Medical Effectiveness Research

By Julie Appleby January 16, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Congress is betting more than $3 billion over the next decade that “comparative effectiveness” research can transform medical care by helping determine the best approach to a particular illness.

The Parent Trap: Adult Children Care For Elderly Parents

By Marilyn Werber Serafini March 1, 2012 KFF Health News Original

This story by Kaiser Health News’ Marilyn Werber Serafini features members of the sandwich generation: raising children, dealing with elderly parents and the care they need – and sometimes feeling like they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.

Connecticut Drops Insurers From Medicaid

By Phil Galewitz December 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The ‘Insurance Capital’ bucks the nationwide trend of states turning to private managed care plans.

HHS Gives States Flexibility On Health Law’s ‘Essential Benefits’

By Julie Appleby December 16, 2011 KFF Health News Original

States will be given wide latitude to decide what “essential benefits” insurers must offer in policies offered on new health exchanges come 2014, the Obama administration said Friday in a move that pushes off final federal rules on those benefits until sometime next year.

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