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The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released its long-awaited report on recommendations to cope with the national debt, now and into the future, "The Moment of Truth." Seven of the 66 pages concerned health care spending, especially focusing on Medicare.
The upper chamber's recent consideration of legislation to repeal a small revenue-raising provision within the health overhaul offers insights into why a more sweeping repeal effort would be a very difficult task.
New documents reveal that the drug industry's chief lobbyists, PhRMA, raised and spent at least $101.2 million in 2009 during the contentious health care debate.
Controlling Medicare costs is key to conquering the deficit, experts say, but there are few cost-containment measures that are politically viable.
As Congress resumed its lame duck session, the House passed a one-month extension of a Medicare physician payment "fix" that would stop scheduled cuts for another month. Meanwhile, the Senate rejected a repeal of the so-called "1099" tax reporting provision in the health law that requires that businesses file a form for any purchase of goods or services worth more than $600.
Health economist Uwe Reinhardt critiques the new health care law, talks about cost containment and gives his reasons why a single-payer system health system couldn't work in America.
What would happen if the rank and file of America's employers, financially overwhelmed by the burden associated with sponsoring health coverage, suddenly opted not to? It's an idea that is not so far-fetched.
One day after unveiling new minimum medical spending rules for health plans, Obama administration officials took insurers to task for claiming premium increases result from the new law.
Health-sector PACs - ranging from doctors to hospitals to drug companies - generally favored incumbent Democrats, according to a KHN analysis. Two doctor groups backed more Republicans.
KHN analyzed 20 health-sector political action committees' direct contributions to individual candidates in the 94 most competitive congressional races to determine the PACs' win-loss records.
Medicare doesn't cover dependents, and many private retiree health plans are not affected by the new health law so they can kick young adults out after school ends.
HHS released regulations on the medical loss ratio, a provision in the health law that requires insurers spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars of health care. Meanwhile, before the Senate adjourned for Thanksgiving it passed a one-month 'patch' to prevent physicians who see Medicare patients from having their payments reduced.
Millions of Americans might be eligible for rebates starting in 2012 under regulations released Monday detailing the health care law's requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of their revenue on direct medical care.
What if a Republican governor and a Republican legislature had the ability to implement their version of health insurance reform and the federal government would have to pay for it? It's a great idea. And I'm thrilled to say that a bi-partisan bill has already been introduced in the Senate by Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Scott Brown, R-Mass., that would help facilitate exactly this end.
Republicans in Congress say their priority for next year is to build momentum for an eventual repeal of the new health law. But they could be in for a surprise: While repeal may be popular with Republican voters, the GOP could face pushback from some allies in the health care industry.
Withdrawing from Medicaid would be political suicide. Despite post-election bluster, no governor or legislature will seriously attempt such a maneuver because of the related administrative, economic and organizational difficulties.
A new study finds that U.S. consumers report greater access to specialty health care but also have a tougher time seeing a doctor on the day they need help than consumers in many of other Western countries.
Facing what could be a tough reelection fight in 2012, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., is looking for politically safer alternatives to the individual insurance mandate that takes effect in 2014.
The Obama administration will spend up to $1.3 billion to extend special payments -- meant to reward top-performing insurers -- to those that score only average ratings.
The new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched Tuesday a series of initiatives aimed at improving care while reducing its cost.
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