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The Golden State was the first to create a health care exchange under federal law. But setting up the online marketplace will take time -- and money that the cash-strapped state might not have.
Located in one of the nation's most medically underserved areas, St. John's Well Child and Family Center is bracing for GOP-backed Medicaid cuts that the facility's director says would be disastrous.
GOP lawmakers generally oppose efforts to set up the insurance marketplaces called for in the health law - but they aren't crazy about the alternatives either.
The recent policy debate surrounding the health care safety net seems predicated on the philosophy that we must sharply shrink government despite the accompanying human costs. That vision is most congenial to those who feel comfortable and safe without public help.
Hospitals, doctors scramble for outside help in deciphering how to capitalize on health law's "accountable care organizations."
The billing can get complicated if doctors find a polyp during a screening: Some insurers
Nearly half of the states have received some type of help, including 11 states with Republican governors.
Wright Lassiter is doing the seemingly impossible as CEO of the Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Calif.: He's turned a mismanaged urban safety-net hospital system in one of America's most violent cities into a model for other public hospitals by trimming costs -- and did it while expanding services.
The Senate health care reform bill contains none of the features needed for real reform. The principal lobbyists have all scored impressive victories.
Remember all those allegations from Republicans that the Affordable Care Act would inevitably lead to health care rationing? It turns out the same might be true of the House GOP budget plan for Medicare.
Entrepreneurs create new private marketplaces
KHN's Jordan Rau explains how the Obama administration envisions accountable care organizations, which are designed to help hospitals and doctors form new networks to coordinate patients' care.
The health overhaul law is spurring a major expansion of programs that will benefit ex-offenders and other indigent people in California beginning this summer.
About 1.3 million children live with serious or life-limiting illness and many need an interdisciplinary approach to care to help their families make sense of the maze of medical treatment.
The GOP "Path to Prosperity" 2012 budget blueprint includes proposals to restrain spending growth in health care costs by voucherizing Medicare and giving Medicaid block grants to states.
An untold number of dialysis patients are injured or die as a result of needle dislodgements, but Medicare rules don't require clinics to report such adverse incidents to outside authorities.
Some patient advocates, as well as the nursing home industry, object to using managed care for such vulnerable patients, but health plans say they can provide quality services while holding down costs.
Consumers are increasingly expected to manage their complex regimens but that is especially challenging for those who don't have the ability to comprehend health information.
President Barack Obama Friday morning addressed a group of people gathered at the Families USA Health Action conference and continued his defense of the health law.
Some patient advocates and nursing homes object, but health plans say they can reduce states' costs.
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