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Health on the Hill: Jackie Judd speaks with Politico Pro’s Matt DoBias about the super committee’s public hearing Wednesday when it heard from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf. Democrats on the panel are near a $2.5 trillion to $3 trillion proposal to cut the deficit that includes about $400 billion in cuts to Medicare.
Proposal to create mid-level dental care providers gains traction in Kansas as a university pledges to train the new professionals. But the idea faces stiff opposition from some dentists.
As they shoulder more health care expenses, workers in some plans can reduce their costs by participating in company wellness programs.
Florida Health Choices was created in 2008 to promote competition and transparency in the health insurance market and to bring prices down for small businesses. But it is still not operational.
Patents expired and Medicare beneficiaries turned to generics, saving Medicare billions of dollars.
Pollster Robert Blendon discusses the first comprehensive look at public opinion on costs since the state’s health reform law was passed in 2006.
Letters to the Editor is a periodic KHN feature. This installment offers a selection of comments on KHN’s recent “Building Ambitions” series that explores the world of funding for children’s hospitals.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul Minnesota heard arguments against the constitutionality of the health law’s mandate for individuals to buy insurance.
KHN staff writers Jenny Gold and Phil Galewitz report on the new rule, which will make it easier for health care providers to participate in the new models of delivering health care.
KHN’s Jordan Rau sits down with Paul Starr about Starr’s book on health reform “Remedy and Reaction.” In it, Starr looks back at America’s struggle with reforming its health care system — and what we can learn about its future.
