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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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Text: President Obama Makes Health Law Defense At Conference

By KFF Health News Staff January 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Insurers Clash With Hospitals And Doctors Over ACO Rules

By Jordan Rau January 9, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Powerful interests that are supposed to create and run the health law’s new accountable care organizations are fighting over what the rules governing ACOs should say.

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More Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Patients Headed for Managed Long-Term Care

By Phil Galewitz February 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Some patient advocates and nursing homes object, but health plans say they can reduce states’ costs.

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Helping Patients Understand Their Medical Treatment

By Sandra G. Boodman March 1, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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The Health Law’s Co-op Program: A Political Device Or The Affordable Alternative Consumers Need?

By Sabrina Corlette January 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

It will take a serious and sustained effort to make co-ops a viable insurance option for consumers and small business owners.

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Key Health Law Provisions Begin Sept. 23

By Michelle Andrews September 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Some insurers have already altered their plans to reflect the law. But starting this month, a number of provisions become mandatory for insurance plans, including a ban on lifetime benefit limits and the ability to keep adult children on parents’ plans.

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Documents: Medicare, Medicaid In The GOP’s ‘Path to Prosperity’ Budget

By KFF Health News Staff April 5, 2011 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Health Law Guarantees Protections For Emergency Room Visits

By Maggie Mertens May 13, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The new health law mandates that insurers cannot pay less for emergency care in “out-of-network” hospitals and eases consumer worries about having to pre-authorize an emergency room visit.

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Health Programs On The Chopping Block As States Gird For Drop In Federal Aid

By Julie Appleby February 9, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are at risk of losing access to health services as states prepare to make yet another round of budget cuts.

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Text: President Obama’s Proposed 2012 HHS Budget

February 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Text of President Obama’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Campaign Claims: Health Law Myths And Facts

By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News and N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post October 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The debate that preceded passage of the health-care overhaul resumed as a heated issue in the midterm elections. Politicians and advocacy groups seeking repeal of the law are making dramatic claims about the its cost and effects. How valid are they? We evaluate some of the most common criticisms.

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In Dialysis, Life-Saving Care at Great Risk and Cost

By Robin Fields, ProPublica November 11, 2010 KFF Health News Original

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.

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