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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Under Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Be Inclined To Shun Health Benefits
A proposed change in immigration policy from the Trump administration could make it more difficult for immigrants to obtain a green card if family members use Medicaid or other government benefits for medical care.
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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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Midterm Elections Are Shaping Up To Be A Referendum On Trumpism
Even voters who say they are more enthusiastic about voting in this congressional election than in past ones are not motivated by any specific issue. But, according to a poll out Thursday, health care policies rank high among topics voters want candidates to address.
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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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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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‘A Persistent Puzzle’: Californians Embrace Medicaid â But Food Stamps? Not So Much.
The Golden State ranks near the bottom in its enrollment of eligible people in the food assistance program known as SNAP. Now state officials want to tap its robust Medicaid rolls to boost SNAP signups. Â
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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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Dissecting The Rhetoric Vs. Reality Of Trumpâs Tough Talk On Drug Prices
President Donald Trumpâs upcoming speech on drug prices comes after months of public comments and debate about tackling the issue.
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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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Must-Reads Of The Week From 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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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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Nationâs Top Doc Wants The Overdose Antidote Widely On Hand. Is That Feasible?
Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged more people to carry the drug naloxone, a lifesaving treatment for opioid overdoses. But this policy is tricky to implement.
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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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Timeline: Despite GOPâs Failure To Repeal Obamacare, The ACA Has Changed
A look at the most consequential events that have reshaped the federal health law since President Donald Trump was inaugurated.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Alive And Limping: ACA In The Age Of Trump
In this special episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â 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 take a deep dive into the state of the federal health law, what happened in 2017 and the Affordable Care Act's viability going forward.