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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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HHS Defends Consumer Website After Insurer Group Questions A New Feature

October 2, 2010 Morning Briefing

HealthCare.Gov, the consumer health care insurance website run by the federal government, unveiled new features Friday, but America’s Health Insurance Plans, an industry group, complains that data about denials is misleading.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – July 6, 2010

July 6, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Congress left town for the July 4th recess without taking action on legislation that would give states additional Medicaid funding through June of next year. A bipartisan group of governors who came to Washington last week said that without the extra funds they would have to make budget cuts beginning July 1.

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Health On The Hill – July 6, 2010

July 6, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Congress left town for the July 4th recess without taking action on legislation that would give states additional Medicaid funding through June of next year. A bipartisan group of governors who came to Washington last week said that without the extra funds they would have to make budget cuts beginning July 1.

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Battle Continues Over Abortion In High-Risk Insurance Pools

By Julie Rovner, NPR News July 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The battle over whether the new federally-funded program to help people with pre-existing health conditions will pay for abortions just won’t go away.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – September 7, 2010

September 7, 2010 KFF Health News Original

As the Obama administration continues to implement the health care overhaul law, some myths

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Consumers Can Now Compare Hospitals On Medical Scans

By Christopher Weaver July 9, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The federal government recently handed consumers a new trove of data about how hospitals use their fancy medical scanners. The implicit message: Avoid hospitals that lean too heavily on devices that can expose you to radiation and other risks.

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Wired Homes Keep Tabs On Aging Parents

By Jennifer Ludden, NPR News August 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Baby boomers are increasingly using sensors and cameras to monitor their parents’ well-being.

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Week In Review: State Insurance Regulators Take Center Stage; New Polls Released; Medicare Drug Premiums

By Lexie Verdon, KFF Health News August 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners met in Seattle and pushed through a much debated recommendation on how federal officials should judge insurance company expenses.

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Some Medicaid Doctors Rely Heavily On Potent Drugs

By Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune July 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Over the last five years, Texas physicians wrote Medicaid patients nearly 3.4 million prescriptions for antipsychotics.

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Rating System For Medicare Advantage Plans Slated For Upgrade

By Susan Jaffe June 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A few years ago, federal officials began rating Medicare Advantage plans – using a scale of one to five stars – but seniors’ advocates, policy analysts, insurers and some top Medicare officials agree the ratings are flawed. Even so, the star system is about to become more significant.

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Doctor Discounts For The Asking

By Lisa Zamosky August 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

It takes some work, but patients can help control health care costs by avoiding unneeded care and negotiating prices, among other things.

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Want To Know What A Hospital Charges? Good Luck

By Christopher Weaver June 29, 2010 KFF Health News Original

More than 30 states and Congress have passed laws requiring hospitals to publish their prices, but the information often is of little use to consumers.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill

June 28, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Health and Human Services is facing July 1 deadlines for creation of high-risk pools to help individuals who have been without health insurance for six months or longer and a new web portal to provide consumers with information about health insurance plans.

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Blacks Face Bone Marrow Donor Shortage

By Habiba Nosheen, NPR News July 21, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Lower numbers of donors, rare genes make finding a match less likely for blacks than for whites.

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Behind The Scenes of Health Reform: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners

By Timothy Jost July 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The health overhaul does establish new national requirements that insurers must meet. To help coordinate state regulatory efforts, health reform looks to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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Week In Review: High-Risk Insurance Pools Rules Stoke Abortion Politics; Seniors Perplexed About The Impact Of Health Reform

By Stephanie Stapleton July 30, 2010 KFF Health News Original

This week, HHS issued rules on high-risk health insurance pools as well as guidance on children’s coverage issues. Two new polls focused on seniors and health reform, and both political parties continued to position themselves for the fall elections.

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Consumer Groups: Force Insurers To Provide More Details Justifying Price Increases

By Julie Appleby July 6, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Under the new health law, many insurers will have to publicly report how much they plan to raise premiums and why, but consumer advocates say draft rules on how much information is required to justify “unreasonable” increases fall short.

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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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Cholera Deaths In Haiti Top 900; U.N. Appeals For $164M To Deal With Outbreak That Could Affect 200,000

November 15, 2010 Morning Briefing

Haiti’s Health Ministry on Sunday said 917 cholera deaths had been reported in the country as of Friday and more than 14,600 people had been hospitalized, according to an update on the ministry’s website, Reuters reports. The disease has been detected in six of the country’s 10 provinces, according to the Health Ministry. “The central rural province of Artibonite, the epicenter of the epidemic, remained the worst affected, accounting for nearly 600 of the total deaths,” the news service writes. As of November 12, authorities had recorded 27 deaths in the capital city of Port-au-Prince (11/14).

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