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Six public radio reporters – Martha Bebinger (Mass.), Sarah Varney (Calif.), Elizabeth Stawicki (Minn.), Erika Beras (Penn.), Lynn Hatter (Fla.) and Elana Gordon (Missouri) – talk about how yesterday’s vote could affect the future of the health law implementation and public health in their states.
Newly elected lawmakers pledge to push ahead with health law implementation despite the Republican governor’s opposition.
Urgent care clinics are part of a growth strategy for some hospital chains. But some analysts wonder if hospitals will be able to provide good customer service at the clinics.
Jackie Judd talks to KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Richard E. Cohen about what the new political landscape means for the health law and for federal budget negotiations.
But the status quo on Capitol Hill doesn’t mean that the parties are unwilling to work on health care issues.
The president’s victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it.
Mounting pressures to reduce spending could lead the administration to change several key provisions of the health overhaul.
State lawmakers will control big coverage decisions, including whether to expand Medicaid to cover millions of uninsured.
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture to today’s contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
But election results could affect the rollout of insurance marketplaces, and the availability of federal subsidies to buy coverage.
Insurance columnist answers readers’ questions, including two about whether some older seniors are denied access to surgeries and whether the health law restricts the number of prescription drugs for patients.
Medicare officials are encouraging 525,000 beneficiaries to switch out of these 26 Medicare Advantage and drug plans that have received low ratings for three consecutive years.
Government is sending letters to a half million beneficiaries to alert them to their plans’ poor performance.
