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Florida Legislature Passes Massive Medicaid Overhaul

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida May 8, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Arguing that the proposal will save tax dollars and improve patient care, Republican lawmakers Friday approved a massive overhaul of Florida’s Medicaid system.

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ACOs Spell Gold Rush For Health Care Consultants

By Bara Vaida April 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals, doctors scramble for outside help in deciphering how to capitalize on health law’s “accountable care organizations.”

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Letter From California: Exchange Board Has Daunting Task

By Hilary Abramson May 10, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Dispatch From Los Angeles: Cockroaches, Podiatrists And Fears About Medicaid’s Future (Guest Opinion)

By Jonathan Cohn May 11, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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The Real Impact Of Cutting Medicaid — Just When We Need It The Most (Guest Opinion)

By Harold Pollack May 5, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Budget Office: GOP Medicare Plan Could Lead To Rationing

By Julie Rovner, NPR News April 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Minnesota GOP Between A Rock And Hard Place on Health Exchange Options

By Guy Gugliotta May 16, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Federal Medicaid Teams Deployed To Help States Cut Costs Get Mixed Reviews

By Christopher Weaver April 13, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Nearly half of the states have received some type of help, including 11 states with Republican governors.

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Out Of Network ER Visits Won’t Cost More Under New Health Law

By Michelle Andrews July 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The health overhaul prohibits new insurance plans from charging higher copayments or coinsurance amounts for out-of-network emergency services or from imposing other coverage limitations that wouldn’t apply to in-network care.

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Under Health Law, Colonoscopies Are Free – But It Doesn’t Always Work That Way

By Harris Meyer April 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The billing can get complicated if doctors find a polyp during a screening: Some insurers

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Medical Wonder: Meet the CEO Who Rebuilt a Crumbling California Hospital

By Russ Mitchell April 20, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Health Insurance Open Season Questions? Here Are Some Answers

November 10, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Readers of The Washington Post posed questions about potential taxes on insurance, how to pick a plan and the increase in costs and KHN’s Michelle Andrews provided answers.

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Hospitals, Inc., A Kaiser Health News Series

October 17, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals play an enormous role in the health care system; they’re a crucial part of the public health safety net and an important community resource. But they are expensive. Hospital costs make up the largest portion of the health spending in this country.

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Transcript: Understanding The New HHS ACO Rule

March 31, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Health Care Expands For Ex-Offenders In California

By Rick Schmitt March 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Some Employers Already Sending Workers To Exchanges to Buy Health Insurance

By Julie Appleby April 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Entrepreneurs create new private marketplaces

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Health Law’s 8 New Changes To Insurance – With 7 Caveats

By Mary Agnes Carey September 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A set of new consumer protections went into effect Sept. 23. Here’s a guide to some of the changes

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Palliative Care Can Help Children And Families Navigate Bewildering Medical Terrain

By Joanne Kenen March 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Health Law Requires Continued Coverage For Patients In Clinical Trials

By Michelle Andrews August 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

In the past, many patients who opted for experimental treatments for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses found that their insurance companies stop covering all routine care for their illness. The health overhaul mandates that insurers continue to pay for doctor visits, hospital stays, test and other routine treatments.

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States Pushing Managed Long-Term Care For Elderly And Disabled Medicaid Patients

By Phil Galewitz February 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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