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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ HHS Leaders Take To The Stump

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and new podcast panelist Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss this week’s spate of speeches by the leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services. They also discuss the slow progress on health legislation on Capitol Hill intended to fund the government and stabilize the individual insurance market. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.

March 8, 2018

Congress Races The Clock In Quest To Bring Stability To Individual Insurance Market

Bipartisan efforts on Capitol Hill seek to help keep premium prices from rising out of control and undermining the policies available to people who don’t get insurance through work.

By Julie Rovner

March 2, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The ACA Heads Back To Court. Again.

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Sarah Kliff of Vox discuss the latest lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. They also explore how your health care system increasingly depends on the state you live in. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.

March 1, 2018

Tens Of Thousands Of Medicaid Recipients Skip Paying New Premiums

Five states demand small payments from those who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, but enrollees often face few consequences if they don’t make their remittances.

By Phil Galewitz

March 1, 2018

ACA’s Popularity Grows, Even As GOP Lauds Change To Requirement To Have Coverage

Forty percent of people are unaware that Congress repealed the penalty for most people who don’t have insurance coverage starting in 2019.

By Phil Galewitz

March 1, 2018

Ask Emily

Ding Dong! The Obamacare Tax Penalty Is(n’t) Dead

When President Donald Trump signed the nation’s new tax law, he also killed the Affordable Care Act’s tax penalty — but not until 2019. Despite widespread confusion, experts caution that consumers still need to pay the tax penalty if they were uninsured last year or will be this year.

By Emily Bazar

Feb. 28, 2018

Insuring Your Health

Refusing To Work For Medicaid May Not Translate To Subsidies For ACA Plan

In states that are instituting work requirements for Medicaid coverage, refusing to get a job will not likely make you eligible for subsidies to buy a marketplace plan.

By Michelle Andrews

Feb. 27, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The Long Wait Ends For Short-Term Plan Rules

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the Trump administration’s proposed regulation that would allow the expansion of short-term health insurance policies that do not comply with all the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. The panelists also talk about federal funding (or not) of public health research around guns.

Feb. 22, 2018

Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Loosen Curbs On Short-Term Health Plans

The policy change is likely to entice younger and healthier people from the general insurance pool by allowing a range of lower-cost options that don’t include all the benefits required by the federal health law.

By Julie Appleby

Feb. 20, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common?

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield-Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss President Donald Trump’s budget plan and how some states are trying to stabilize the Affordable Care Act, while others are trying to violate it. Also, Rovner and KHN’s Sarah Jane Tribble interview Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Feb. 15, 2018

Idaho Blue Cross Jumps Into Controversial Market For Plans That Bypass ACA Rules

Focus turns to whether the Trump administration will challenge Idaho’s move to allow such plans to be sold to individuals.

By Julie Appleby

Feb. 14, 2018

Maryland Offers Many Insured Men Free Vasectomy Coverage

But state officials are trying to get assurances from the Internal Revenue Service that the new law does not conflict with federal rules for health savings accounts.

By Michelle Andrews

Feb. 13, 2018

Enrollment 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ There’s A Really Big Health Bill In That Budget Deal

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the health policy changes included in the just-concluded bipartisan budget deal on Capitol Hill. The panelists also talk about the final enrollment numbers for individual insurance purchased under the Affordable Care Act, and possible drug price proposals in President Donald Trump’s upcoming budget. Plus, Rovner interviews Andy Slavitt, who this week launched a health care advocacy group called “The United States of Care.”

Feb. 9, 2018

Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs

The agreement would add $2 billion to the National Institutes of Health and fund community health centers around the country. But it does not include provisions to help stabilize the federal health law’s marketplaces.

By Julie Rovner and Shefali Luthra

Feb. 7, 2018

Enrollment 2018

Despite Changes That Undermined ACA Enrollment, Marketplaces ‘Remarkably Stable’

A report issued by the National Academy for State Health Policy shows a small decrease in sign-ups last fall, but states running their own marketplaces did better than those that don’t.

By Julie Appleby

Feb. 7, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Readers And Tweeters Add Two Cents On Amazon Venture To Repackage Health Care

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Feb. 6, 2018

INSURING YOUR HEALTH

Cut In Federal Subsidies Threatens Basic Health Programs In N.Y., Minn.

President Donald Trump’s decision to stop paying cost-sharing reduction subsidies means the federal government will reduce its funding of the Basic Health Program that provides low-cost coverage to more than 800,000 low-income people in those two states.

By Michelle Andrews

Feb. 6, 2018

Community Health Centers Caught In ‘Washington’s Political Dysfunction’

The centers, which serve 27 million people, get about 20 percent of their funding from the federal government. But that revenue is slated to end on March 31.

By Steven Findlay

Feb. 5, 2018

Indiana Medicaid Drops 25K From Coverage For Failing To Pay Premiums

The state branded its Medicaid expansion with some key conservative policies, and officials and advocates across the country are keenly watching the results.

By Phil Galewitz

Feb. 1, 2018

Expert Advice For The Corporate Titans Taking On Health Care

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering up to address employee health care costs and improve satisfaction. Can they deliver? And would repackaging health insurance involve drones?

By KFF Health News Staff

Jan. 31, 2018

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