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Obama Administration’s Balancing Act: Health Insurance Benefits Vs. Costs

By Julie Appleby January 11, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Advocacy groups are lobbying as government advisory panel tackles key question: What benefits must insurers cover?

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A Defense Of High-Risk Insurance Pools — From One Critic To The Others

By Harold Pollack January 17, 2011 KFF Health News Original

An ironic partisan tinge has become evident in recent criticisms leveled at the health overhaul’s high-risk insurance pools.

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A New ‘Definition’ For Health Care Reform

By James C. Capretta and Tom Miller January 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Pursuing health reforms that transform current health insurance arrangements into aproaches based on defined contributions will set in motion a competitive dynamic from which all Americans would benefit.

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When Bad News About Health Reform Isn’t Bad

By Jonathan Cohn July 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

This column is a collaboration between KHN and The New Republic. The weekend’s newspapers included a pair of headlines about health care reform. And they were probably not the kind that reform advocates like to see. One was in the Boston Globe: “Firms Cancel Health Coverage.” According to the article, a number of small businesses […]

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Some Policies Restrict Coverage By Limiting Visits To The Doctor

By Michelle Andrews December 21, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The new health law eliminated lifetime and most annual dollar limits for consumers but some plans cut costs by covering only a defined number of doctor appointments, prescriptions or other services.

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Big Hospitals Dictate Premiums Using Their Clout

By Sarah Varney, KQED November 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are using their size and pricing clout to define premiums for people around America, like in the Sutter Health system in California, where hospital prices are among the highest in the nation.

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Liberals Pounce On GOP Congressman Who Wants His Health Care

By Julie Rovner, NPR News November 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

When a little-known GOP Congressman-elect who campaigned against the new health law demanded that the benefits of his new federal health plan start immediately, it was an irresistible opening for some.

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Health Law Expected To Boost Medicaid Enrollees In Managed Care

By Phil Galewitz November 12, 2010 KFF Health News Original

But states’ increasing use of the private plans is raising questions about whether low-income residents are getting adequate care.

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As Hospital System Expands, Patient Advocates Worry

By Jordan Rau November 21, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Sutter Health, the most expensive health system in California, is expanding at a rapid pace and transforming itself into an “accountable care organization.” Some worry about the nonprofit hospital’s growing leverage.

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Health Reform and You

July 13, 2010 Page

What does the passing of health reform actually mean for consumers? KFF Health News reports on the impact of the new legislation.     What The New Health Law Means For You   Phil Galewitz The law will extend health insurance to 32 million currently uninsured Americans by 2019, and will also have an impact on […]

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New Law’s Health Insurance Regulations Could Mean Rebates For Consumers

By Julie Appleby November 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Millions of Americans might be eligible for rebates starting in 2012 under regulations released Monday detailing the health care law’s requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of their revenue on direct medical care.

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Hospice Or Hospital? Where You Die Depends On Where You Live

By Jordan Rau November 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

An analysis of Medicare data finds many cancer patients are getting aggressive end-of-life care. The intensive approach might not be best for them and adds to the drain on Medicare’s budget.

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California Hospitals: Prices Rising Rapidly, But Quality Varies

By Jordan Rau October 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Prominent hospitals and networks, especially those in the San Francisco Bay Area, can keep raising prices beyond inflation because their sizes or reputations give them clout in negotiating rates with insurers, researchers say. Yet high prices don’t always equate with superior care.

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Can Florida Really Alter Medicaid?

By Jim Saunders, Health News Florida November 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Florida Republican leaders said Tuesday they want to overhaul the Medicaid program and don’t want the federal government tying their hands. But their message may fall on deaf ears in Washington.

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Q&A With Sutter Health’s CEO, Patrick Fry

November 19, 2010 Page

Patrick Fry is president and CEO of Sutter Health, one of Northern California’s largest provider networks with 22 acute care hospitals and thousands of physicians in affiliated medical foundations.

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Health Care Cost Control Is Hard, And Humbling

By Austin Frakt November 3, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Though lots of different approaches to controlling health care costs have been discussed, it’s hard to know which of them will really work.

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Health On The Hill Transcript: The Campaigns And Health Reform

October 28, 2010 KFF Health News Original

With the elections less than one week away, ads making claims about the health law are flooding the airwaves. Many Democrats continue to not mention health reform, while Republicans criticize the law as too large, too expensive and intrusive into Americans’ lives.

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High Risk Pools For People With Medical Issues Start Slowly

By Michelle Andrews October 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Response has been modest and reviews are mixed for insurance plans set up by the federal health law for people with medical problems.

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Justice Dept. Pushes For Services To Move Patients Out Of Mental Hospitals

By Andy Miller October 21, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Sweeping agreement with Georgia points to new Obama administration campaign to ensure people with mental illness and developmental disabilities get community services and are not forced into institutions.

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Aging in Place – A Graceful Living Option for Seniors

By Barbara Bedway, The Fiscal Times September 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Communities and companies are devising innovative ways to help older Americans work longer, and age gracefully and affordably in their own homes.

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