Latest Scandal Too Much For HHS Secretary Tom Price. He’s Out.
By Julie Rovner
September 29, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Tom Price resigned from running the Department of Health and Human Services after a series of news stories detailing how he tallied more than $400,000 in private plane travel paid for by taxpayers.
Podcast: What The Health? Senate Bill Sparks Fireworks Before The Fourth
By Julie Rovner
June 29, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the state of the Senate’s effort to replace Obamacare.
Video Highlights: Trump Promises To Lower Cost Of Health Insurance
March 1, 2017
KFF Health News Original
President Trump called on Republicans and Democrats to work together to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Democrats Increasingly Embracing Progressive Health Care Ideas As Primary Season Gets Into Swing
June 5, 2018
Morning Briefing
California, Iowa and other states have primaries today where health care has played a role in the race. Many candidates are touting single-payer type systems, public options and universal coverage among other progressive ideas in an area where Republicans once dominated with their chants of “repeal and replace.”
Say What? Fact-Checking The Chatter Around The GOP Health Bill
By Julie Rovner
March 13, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In the heated political arguments as Republicans rush to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, some facts can get buried.
Trump Acting Solo: What You Need To Know About Changes To The Health Law
By Julie Rovner and Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Appleby
October 13, 2017
KFF Health News Original
A quick guide to revisions to the cost-sharing subsidies for lower-income marketplace customers and the proposal to add different plans to the market.
House Dems In New Seats Of Power Will Steer Health Policy, Attack Drug Prices
By Emmarie Huetteman
November 7, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Democrats, who have a history of championing the Affordable Care Act and railing about drug prices, will now chair several house committees.
The GOP Repeal Bill Is Imploding. Here Are 5 Things Left Hanging On Obamacare.
By Julie Rovner
September 26, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Even though the Affordable Care Act has dodged another legislative bullet, it still faces challenges.
Eyes Fixed On California As Governor Ponders Inking Drug Price Transparency Bill
By April Dembosky, KQED
October 6, 2017
KFF Health News Original
“If it gets signed by this governor, it’s going to send shock waves throughout the country,” one legislator says. Pharma has spent $16.8 million lobbying against this bill and other drug laws in California.
Overlooked By ACA: Many People Paying Full Price For Insurance ‘Getting Slammed’
By Julie Rovner
October 9, 2017
KFF Health News Original
For several million consumers who buy their own insurance but earn too much to qualify for subsidies, the ever-growing price of premiums takes a big toll.
Health Insurance: What If You Could Take It With You?
By Julie Appleby
March 1, 2017
KFF Health News Original
“Portability” will likely be a buzz word in the health law repeal-and-replace debate, but the concept raises a number of complicated policy issues.
Senate Parliamentarian Upends GOP Hopes For Health Bill
By Julie Rovner
July 21, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The parliamentarian finds that provisions of the bill cannot go forward with a simple majority vote.
In Strong-Arm Tactic, Trump Puts Congressional Health Benefits Into Play
By Julie Rovner
August 1, 2017
KFF Health News Original
By taking aim at the subsidies received by some congressional staff members who, under the Affordable Care Act, are mandated to get their health coverage from the Obamacare exchanges, the president reignited an old fight.
Cruz Plan Gets Thumbs Up From HHS But Thumbs Down From Most Everyone Else
By Julie Appleby and Julie Rovner
July 19, 2017
KFF Health News Original
During another day of fast-moving developments, Senate Republicans signaled their intent to attempt to bring an updated repeal-and-delay bill to the floor for a vote next week.
Health Care Simmers On Back Burner In California Heartland’s Hot House Races
By Ana B. Ibarra
June 4, 2018
KFF Health News Original
After rallies and protests in the San Joaquin Valley congressional districts, the urgency over protecting coverage under the ACA seems to have waned — at least in the primaries. Three of four seats in the region are likely to remain red, political forecasters say.
A Health Reporter Walks Into Reagan National Airport …
By Phil Galewitz
March 16, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Half-believing he could be free for just one night from covering Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, writer Phil Galewitz instead experiences eerie close encounters of the senatorial kind.
For Better Or Worse, Trump And GOP Now Own Health Care
By Julie Rovner
April 4, 2017
KFF Health News Original
More than six in 10 people think that moving forward the responsibility for dealing with the health law falls to President Donald Trump and Republicans controlling Congress, Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds.
GOP Health Bill Pleases Most Republicans, But Not Many Other Americans
By Julie Rovner
May 31, 2017
KFF Health News Original
While nearly half of Americans support Obamacare, fewer than a third are in favor of the Republican replacement legislation.
Vital Health Officials You’ve Never Heard Of: Insurance Commissioners In The Hot Seat
By Julie Appleby
September 6, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The fate of the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance marketplaces remains in play as state insurance commissioners take a central role in the debate.
In Massachusetts, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Kids’ Health Care At Risk
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
July 18, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Doctors, consumers and politicians say big federal cuts to Medicaid funding would jeopardize the treatment a lot of kids rely on. The state would either have to make up lost funding or cut benefits.