Health Reform News
Wait two years for a Supreme Court PPACA ruling? It's possible
The Supreme Court may wait to rule until 2014 on PPACA's individual mandate, some Court watchers speculate. Such a delay, say health care experts, wou...
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How to save almost $10k per employee over 5 years
When American workers engage in healthy habits offered in consumer-driven health plans, they can lower their total medical costs an average of $9,700 ...
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How to make employer wellness plans more effective
Dr. Fikry Isaac, chief medical officer at Wellness & Prevention, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, discusses how advisers can help companies develop a ...
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Key Issues to Consider for Outreach and Enrollment Efforts under Health Reform
This report identifies key issues to consider for outreach and enrollment efforts in implementing the coverage expansions under health reform.&nbs...
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Key Facts on Health Coverage for Low-Income Immigrants Today and Under Health Reform
This fact sheet provides an overview of coverage options for immigrants today and under health reform, and highlights key barriers to enrollment and a...
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National Journal Cover Story – The New Goliaths: The 2010 health law was designed to lower costs.
The cover story for this week’s National Journal - The New Goliaths: The 2010 health law was designed to lower costs. Instead, by encouraging hospit...
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Fact Check: Provider Consolidation Drives Up Prices
Research clearly demonstrates that provider consolidation is driving up health care costs for consumers and employers. Continue reading →...
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The Latest Health Care-Related Legislation
Check out the latest health care-related legislation introduced in the House and Senate. Continue reading →...
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New Health Care Law Helps Expand Primary Care Physician Workforce
The National Health Service Corps’ Students to Service Loan Repayment Program, made possible by the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act, pr...
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The Great State Experiment with Market Reforms and No Mandate = Higher Premiums, Coverage ...
A new Rand study says examines the impact of the Supreme Court overturning the individual mandate. The results from a hypothetical model does not mat...
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Pulling it Together: Small Area Variations and the ACA’s Coverage Expansions
In his latest column, Kaiser Family Foundation president Drew Altman spotlights a Foundation analysis showing the highly variable impact that Affordab...
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Explaining Variation in Private Health Care Spending – Hospital Prices
A new report by Center for Studying Health System Change and National Institute for Health Care Reform examines the factors that lead to variation in ...
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The State of Latino Health Twitter Chat
We want to talk to you about the law’s impact on the Latino community. On Tuesday, February 21st, at 3:00pm EST Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public He...
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Mapping the Effects of the ACA's Health Insurance Coverage Expansions
This analysis estimates the share of the non-elderly population in over 2,000 geographic areas across the U.S. who had family income up to four times ...
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Obama Administration’s Unprecedented Fraud Fighting Pays Off
Today, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) released an updated annual report showing that, for the second year in a row, an...
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Quality Care for Less Money: Can Regional Successes Go National?
This Kaiser Family Foundation event features clips from an upcoming PBS documentary with former Washington Post correspondent T.R. Reid – &l...
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A Mid-Year State Medicaid Budget Update for FY 2012 & A Look Forward to FY 2013
This KCMU report finds that, while most states are on track with their Medicaid budget and enrollment trends for FY 2012, some states are trying to cl...
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AHIP Statement on Summary of Benefits and Coverage
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni today released the following statement on the final summary of benefits and ...
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Kaiser Health News Story Highlights AHIP Research on Out-of-Network Charges
Kaiser Health News/USA Today story highlights AHIP research on out-of-network charges. Continue reading →...
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More Resources to Protect Mothers and Babies
Many children born preterm require additional medical attention and early intervention services, special education and may have conditions that affect...
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