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Cut In Federal Subsidies Threatens Basic Health Programs In N.Y., Minn.
President Donald Trump鈥檚 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.
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Indiana Gets Federal Approval For Medicaid Plan That Could Slice Enrollment
HHS officials sign off on a plan that could lock out for six months thousands of people who fail to get their paperwork done promptly.
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Stalled Health Programs Await A Green Light On The Hill
With another piece of must-pass legislation set to move through Congress, there鈥檚 a push to attach provisions to keep afloat a number of health-related programs for which funding or specific federal direction has expired.
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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.
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Podcast: KHN’s 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 The State Of The (Health) Union
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Julie Appleby and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss President Donald Trump鈥檚 promises to reduce drug prices in his first State of the Union Address. The panelists also discuss the departure of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after conflict-of-interest reports and the efforts by some states to flout the Affordable Care Act.
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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?
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After Polyps Are Detected, Patients May No Longer Qualify For Free Colonoscopies
While the federal health law made insurers cover the full cost of screening colonoscopies, consumers with a history of polyps who need more frequent tests may have to pick up some costs.
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Idaho 鈥楶ushing Envelope鈥 With Health Insurance Plan. Can It Do That?
Many eyes are on the Trump administration to see how officials respond to Idaho鈥檚 approach to health insurance, which flouts some aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
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In Battleground Races, Health Care Lags As Hot-Button Issue, Poll Finds
The economy and jobs tend to eclipse health care as the top voter concern in competitive congressional and gubernatorial races.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ CHIP (Finally) Gets Funded
In this episode of 鈥淲hat The Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the short-term spending bill passed by Congress that reopened the federal government and funded the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program for six years. The panelists also discussed the health programs still awaiting funding, and the intersection of religion and women鈥檚 health services at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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After Months In Limbo For Children’s Health Insurance, Huge Relief Over Deal
The Children's Health Insurance Program drew bipartisan support for two decades. After brinkmanship over the federal budget, an agreement to end the shutdown has assured CHIP funding for six years.
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Tax Bill Provision Designed To Spur Paid Family Leave To Lower-Wage Workers
But advocates and consultants say the tax credits are unlikely to persuade many employers to offer such benefits.
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CHIP Renewed For Six Years As Congress Votes To Reopen Federal Government
Funding for CHIP technically expired Oct. 1. Although both Democrats and Republicans said they wanted to continue the program, they could not agree on how to fund it.
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Podcast: What The Health? Our First Live Show: What The Health Will Happen In 2018?
In this episode of 鈥淲hat The Health?鈥 鈥 taped before a live audience 鈥 panelists discuss the potential federal government shutdown and what may be in store for health in 2018. They are joined by former Medicare and Medicaid head Tom Scully.
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When You Need A Breast Screening, Should You Get A 3-D Mammogram?
The newer images are more expensive, but it鈥檚 not yet clear if they are more effective in catching cancers that will kill.
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Trump’s Work-For-Medicaid Rule Puts Work On States鈥 Shoulders
States that opt to change their Medicaid program must figure out how to delineate who is covered by the new mandate, how to enforce the rules and how to handle the people seeking exemptions.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Should You Work For Your Medicaid Coverage?
In this episode of 鈥淲hat The Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss possible new work requirements for Medicaid recipients and the latest on renewing the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program, plus Rovner interviews Princeton health historian Paul Starr.
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With CHIP Funds Running Low, Doctors And Parents Scramble To Cover Kids鈥 Needs
Doctors are advising patients to be sure to fill medication orders now or are giving away drugs to make sure children have enough if their insurance disappears.
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Trump Administration Clears Way To Force Some Medicaid Enrollees To Work
Allowing states to mandate that non-disabled Medicaid enrollees work as a condition for coverage would mark one of the biggest changes to the program since it began more than 50 years ago. A decision on the first of the state requests could come within days.