L.A. County Unlawfully Terminated Thousands Of Medi-Cal Recipients, Court Rules
A judge orders the county to fix problem that harmed low-income seniors and people with disabilities, including those with serious health conditions.
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Best Reads Of The Week With Brianna Labuskes
KHNâs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
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Consumers Brace For Premium Hikes While Lawmakers Grasp At Remedies
Health insurersâ initial premium requests indicate stiff price hikes for consumers, just as bipartisan talks in Congress fall flat.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â The Politics Of Rising Premiums And Menu Labeling
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss the latest on the politics of rising premiums, GOP efforts to take back money from the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program, and the controversy over new rules requiring calorie information on menus. Plus for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
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4 Takeaways From Trumpâs Plan To Rescind CHIP Funding
President Donald Trump is recommending that Congress approve his plan to take back about $7 billion in funding for the Childrenâs Health Insurance Plan. Experts are divided about whether it would have any effect.
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Medicare Beneficiaries Feel The Pinch When They Canât Use Drug Coupons
Federal law prohibits them from using the coupons drugmakers offer to help patients cover their share of a medicineâs cost.
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How The Farm Bill Could Erode Part Of The ACA
A provision of this massive legislation would provide funding to help agricultural groups set up association health plans â a longtime GOP-favored mechanism to reduce health insurance costs for small groups.
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Federal Officials Say No-Go To Lifetime Limits On Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rejects a plan by Kansas to cap benefits at three years.
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Todayâs Special: Obamacare Menu Labeling Rules Ushered In
Restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines and pizza delivery services are among the businesses that will have to provide calories counts to consumers.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Medicaid, Privacy And Tom Price’s Return
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the latest on statesâ efforts to reshape their Medicaid programs, the kerfuffle over President Donald Trumpâs medical records and comments by former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about Congressâ repeal of the Affordable Care Actâs âindividual mandateâ penalty. Rovner also interviews Harvard professor Robert Blendon about the complex politics of health in the coming midterm elections.
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Postcard From D.C.: Kicking Around The ACA? For Tom Price, Thatâs So 2017.
The former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services says the law eliminating penalties for most people who donât have insurance coverage will hurt the insurance marketplaces.
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Best Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â What’s Next For The VA?
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the collapse of the nomination of White House physician Ronny Jackson to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. They also discuss new bipartisan congressional efforts to address the opioid epidemic. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.
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Peak Health Plan Premiums Give Rise To Activism â And Unconventional Solutions
For people who buy their health coverage rather than get it from the government or through work, Charlottesville, Va., has claimed the title of having the countryâs highest health insurance costs, and its residents are fighting back.
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4 New Ways You Can Avoid Fines For Not Having Health Insurance
Among changes by the Trump administration, new rules protect consumers living in areas with only one marketplace plan as well as those who oppose abortion and canât find a plan that doesnât cover the procedure.
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Calif. Leads Nation In Pushing Back Against Trump Administration Health Policies
In the face of federal efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, policymakers in the largest state are proposing laws and other changes to counter them. Beyond that, theyâre aggressively pushing measures to expand health coverage beyond what the ACA envisioned.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Nothing In Health Care Ever Goes Away
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post examine how even after Republicans failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the health care debate continues to roil politics. They discuss how Republicans in Congress have shifted their ACA messaging and how the Democrats are looking to Medicare expansion. They also discuss state efforts to expand Medicaid and drug pricing. And they spend a moment talking about Congressâ push to do something about the opioid crisis.
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Great Weekend Reads From KHN
KHN's newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don't have to.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?’ Itâs Nerd Week
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the Trump administrationâs latest effort to revise rules for next yearâs Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They also discuss state efforts to stabilize their individual markets in light of some of the changes being made at the federal level.
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