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Today’s Headlines – Nov. 1, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including highlights from the campaign trail, from the top of the ticket to some of the attention-grabbing Senate races across the country, as well as a report that the Obama administration will not oppose efforts to reopen the religious challenge to the health law. The Wall […]
Employers, Unions Jointly Demand Health Care Price Transparency
Employees who feel completely mystified by the prices they’re charged for medical procedures might be surprised to know their employers feel the same way. On Thursday, a consortium of major companies and labor unions, including GE, Wal-Mart, Boeing and the AFL-CIO issued a manifesto demanding price transparency from both health care providers and insurance companies. Consumers […]
Physicians Swap Traditional Practices For New Models
Last Thursday Dr. L. Markham McHenry, a family physician, held a meeting with some patients to tell them about changes he was planning. After 15 years of working in a private practice, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based doctor is in the process of transitioning to a subscription-based model. His patients, who he said come from a range […]
State Averages: Quality Of Care At Community Health Centers
State averages of community health center scores on seven measures of clinical performance, collected by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Interactive Chart: Look Up How Your Local Health Center Performed
Community health center scores on seven measures of clinical performance, collected by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Quality Of Community Health Centers Varies Widely
Federally funded centers in New England generally perform better than those in the South and West.
Today’s Headlines – Oct. 31, 2012
Happy Halloween! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including that latest about how health policies are playing on the campaign trail as well as how Mega-Storm Sandy took its toll on New York hospitals. Los Angeles Times: Romney Says He’ll Undo Obama Healthcare Reform On Day 1. Can He? Mitt Romney has […]
Romney Narrows Gap With Obama On Voters’ Trust To Manage Medicare
As the race for the White House has tightened, President Barack Obama has seen his advantage on several key health issues narrow significantly among likely voters, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Wednesday. (KHN is an editorially independent program of the foundation). Most troublesome for Obama is that, among likely voters, GOP candidate Mitt Romney has pulled nearly […]
At New York University Medical Center, A Dramatic, Critical Evacuation
This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. One of the most dramatic stories to come out of New York last night is the critical evacuation of New York University Langone Medical Center. As CNN reports it, around 7:45 p.m. Monday, the hospital’s basement started taking on water. At one point, the “lower floors and […]
How the Election Will Affect Health Care in Texas
This story comes from The Texas Tribune. If President Obama wins a second term and the Affordable Care Act stays in place, the debate will likely turn to whether Texas will join an expansion of Medicaid. Gov. Rick Perry says Texas will opt-out of that expansion. But Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a liberal state […]
Insurance Policies Favoring Compounded Drugs For High-Risk Pregnancies Draw Scrutiny
Meningitis outbreak puts spotlight on rules favoring cheaper, but potentially riskier versions of drug to help prevent premature births.
Those Who Like The Health Law And Those Who Understand The Health Law
Sure there are those who support the health care law, and those who want to repeal it. But how many people in the U.S. actually understand the Affordable Care Act? That’s what a Stanford University professor asked in a nationwide survey in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GfK and the Associated Press. The […]
Today’s Headlines – Oct. 30, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the campaign landscape as well as issues related to the implementation of the health law. Los Angeles Times: Poll Finds 2012 Race Dead Even, Forsees Relatively High Turnout With only one week left in the 2012 campaign, a major new Pew Research Center […]
Consumer Advocate Cautions That State Rules Will Impact Scope Of Health Law
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost talks to Michelle Andrews about a report he co-authored for state insurance commissioners about setting up the federal law.
For Med Students, How To Define ‘Best’ Residencies
Attention medical students: When selecting your residency program, there’s more than just geography and the hospital’s reputation to consider. The nation’s 23 top academic medical centers also vary drastically in what researchers are calling “the intensity” of care they provide patients at the end of life, according to a new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project. And more intense […]
Vermont Pushes State Employees To Use CHIP Program For Their Kids
The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is encouraging state employees with children to consider dropping their kids from their parents’ health care plan and instead enrolling them in Dr. Dinosaur, Vermont’s version of the state-federal health insurance program for low-income children. The administration says the change could save state employees a lot of money — and […]
Pricey New Prostate Cancer Therapy Raises Questions About Safety, Cost
This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. Bill Sneddon had a feeling he was in trouble when his doctor called with his latest test results. “I just had a premonition that something’s not right,” said Sneddon, 68, of Ocean Township, N.J. And, sure enough, Sneddon’s instincts were right. He had prostate cancer. “Well, it’s […]
Today’s Headlines – Oct. 29, 2012
Good morning! Despite the foul weather in our neck of the woods, Kaiser Health News is online and publishing today. If you’re in Sandy’s path, please be safe! The Washington Post: WaPo-ABC Track: 49 Romney, 48 Obama, Three Days Running For the third consecutive day of the Washington Post-ABC News national tracking poll, a single […]
Health Law’s Promise Of Coverage Not Resonating With Miami’s Uninsured
Miami-Dade has one of the country’s highest rates of uninsured residents, but the issue is not rising to the top of the bitter campaign in Florida.
How The Individual Mandate Penalty Will Be Calculated
Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about the requirement to carry health insurance in 2014 and the options for subsidized coverage.