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Insurance Fraud Booms During Recession - Kaiser Health News [#]
News reports raise alarm about fraud and caution consumers on short-term policies.
Daily Report (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:49:00 GMT) |
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Research Roundup: Evaluating Health Bills, Attitudes About ... [#]
This week's research roundup has studies and briefs from Health Affairs, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among others. ... Kaiser Family Foundation: Comparison Of Expenditures In Nongroup And Employer-Sponsored Insurance: 2004-2007 – Based on pooled data from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Household Component 2004-2007, this brief reports, "The average and median annual amounts paid by private health ...
Daily Report (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:02:40 GMT) |
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Democrats Look For Consensus On Final Reform Package - Kaiser ... [#]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the reconciliation bill, which Democrats hope to pass after passage of the Senate bill, would "reduce the Senate's tax on high-cost health insurance plans and increase subsidies to help low-income ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:35:00 GMT) |
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Florida Couple Pays $3000/Month For Health Insurance - Kaiser ... [#]
They have to dig deeper and deeper into their pockets to pay their family health insurance premiums, which cost more than $3000 a month now after going up 250 percent in six years. They can't afford the policy, but they can't afford to ...
Daily Report (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:38:17 GMT) |
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Montana Gov. Seeks To Buy State's Prescription Drugs From Canada ... [#]
Montana Gov. Seeks To Buy State's Prescription Drugs From Canada; Settlement ... Kaiser Health News ... the state spends each year on prescription drugs for Medicaid, the children's health insurance program, state employees, ...
Health Insurance Free Quotes Blog (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:52:59 GMT) |
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Carrot-And-Stick Health Plans Aim To Cut Costs - Kaiser Health News [#]
The insurance, which will be offered by five different insurers in Oregon, is the most far-reaching and potentially controversial step in an effort by employers nationally to rein in medical spending by redesigning health benefits. ...
All Kaiser Health News (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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Health Bill Deal 'Close' Though Some Democrats - And All ... [#]
The Hill: Another provision splitting Democrats: whether immigrants will be allowed to purchase their own coverage in proposed health care insurance exchanges. Hispanic lawmakers will tell President Obama Thursday they will not vote ... This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily ...
All Kaiser Health News (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:00 GMT) |
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Survey: Employers Plan To Shift More Health Costs To Workers ... [#]
News outlets report on new trends in the employer health insurance market.
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:12:38 GMT) |
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Montana Gov. Seeks To Buy State's Prescription Drugs From Canada ... [#]
"Schweitzer said he thinks the move could chop 40 percent off the $100 million the state spends each year on prescription drugs for Medicaid, the children's health insurance program, state employees, and inmates at the prison. ... This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report ...
Daily Report (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:51:56 GMT) |
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Increased Focus On Role Of Nurses In Health Care - Kaiser Health News [#]
Specialist nurses last year were paid higher average salaries than primary care doctors, while Kentucky considers a bill that would give Nurse Practitioners more autonomy.
Daily Report (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:35:00 GMT) |
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Congress, Obama Continue Health Reform Push - Kaiser Health News [#]
Meanwhile, aides reported that Democratic leaders agreed Wednesday evening during a meeting in Pelosi's office on "scaling back a health-insurance tax that unions object to, and on gradually closing the Medicare prescription drug ...
All Kaiser Health News (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:00 GMT) |
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Christian Groups Combat High Health Premiums By Paying Each ... [#]
Groups like Samaritan are watching health reform for inclusion of an individual mandate to carry insurance, which would render their service effectively useless (Brady, 3/12). This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary ...
Daily Report (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:49:44 GMT) |
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Public Reverse Mortgages and Long-Term Care: Can They Work ... [#]
You could use the money to make your home wheelchair accessible, or pay for a special van, or even for adult day care or that home health aide. You'd have far more flexibility than with regular Medicaid. In return for this upfront cash, ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:00 GMT) |
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Obama Makes Impassioned Argument For Health Reform, Tough Measures ... [#]
The New York Times: "'The health care system has billions of dollars that should go to patient care, and they're lost each and every year to fraud and abuse and massive subsidies that line the pockets of insurance company ... This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. ...
All Kaiser Health News (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:00 GMT) |
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Sebelius: Insurer's Opposition To Health Measure Works Against ... [#]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius delivered a tough message to health insurance leaders meeting today in Washington. ... This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. In addition, our staff of reporters and correspondents file original stories each day, which you can find ...
All Kaiser Health News (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:41:00 GMT) |
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Powerful Catholic Quietly Shaping Abortion, Health Bill Debate ... [#]
The House health bill bars insurance companies from selling policies that cover abortion to anyone who receives federal subsidies to buy insurance. The Senate's less restrictive amendment permits insurers to offer abortion coverage, ...
Daily Report (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:00 GMT) |
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Healthcare Reform Update for Friday @ Kaiser Health News « Three ... [#]
As policymakers in Washington, D.C., debate overhauling health care, several evangelical Christian groups have found a way of getting around the high cost of health insurance. Instead of paying premiums, they simply agree to pay each ...
Three Fish Limit (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:48:18 GMT) |
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Under Health Reform, Medicaid Would Cover Many Childless Adults ... [#]
While Medicaid is the main government health insurance plan for the poor, the joint state-federal program has excluded Matthews and millions of other adults with no dependent children since the 1960s. Medicaid has been limited mainly to ...
Daily Report (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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Refresher: What's In The Health Reform Bills - Kaiser Health News [#]
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate-passed bill would expand coverage to roughly 30 million of the 46 million people in the U.S. who lack health insurance. Most of the remaining uninsured would be undocumented ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:33:31 GMT) |
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Non-Profit Operations Plugging Health Care Gap In Chicago - Kaiser ... [#]
Medill Reports presents a story on community health centers in Chicago that are filling the access gaps for people too sick to get health care coverage or too poor to afford other care.
All Kaiser Health News (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:40 GMT) |
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Pulling it Together: When Premiums Go Up 39% - Kaiser Family ... [#]
All this underscores a basic point: rising health care costs and insurance company practices are leading not just to more expensive premiums, but to skimpier, less comprehensive coverage as well; slowly redefining what we have known as ...
Reports on Health Insurance and Health Care Costs from the Kaiser Family Foundation (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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Senate Poised To Pass COBRA Subsidy Extension, Medicare 'Doc Fix ... [#]
The Associated Press: The bill "extends health insurance subsidies for the unemployed through December. It would add $132 billion to the budget deficit over the next year and a half. ... In states with the highest jobless rates people ... This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily ...
All Kaiser Health News (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:23:00 GMT) |
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Senate Passes Extension Of COBRA And Other Unemployment Benefits ... [#]
31 expiring provisions in the law that offer as many as 99 weeks of unemployment checks, along with a 65 percent subsidy to help buy health insurance through the COBRA program" (Faler, 3/10). ... This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. In addition, our staff of ...
All Kaiser Health News (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:55:15 GMT) |
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Kaiser Permanente Blog » New Underwriting Guidelines for Kaiser ... [#]
Those applying for Georgia Individual Health Insurance Newborn Baby Coverage (who are not currently Kaiser members) will have to wait until the first of the month after their child has reached 60 days old to get coverage. ...
Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance Blog (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:57:10 GMT) |
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Healthcare Reform Update for Thursday From Kaiser Health News ... [#]
New Insurance Plan To Link A Patient's Cost To Effectiveness Of Treatments Kaiser Health News staff writer Julie Appleby, working in collaboration with USA Today, writes about potentially controversial policies that are a trend toward ...
Three Fish Limit (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:45:32 GMT) |
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First Edition: March 8, 2010 - Kaiser Health News [#]
Under the health bills being debated in Congress, young adults would be required to buy insurance - but they could buy low-cost "catastrophic" plans, requiring high deductibles. That's igniting a fierce debate whether young adults ...
All Kaiser Health News (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:50:28 GMT) |
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Five Questions About President Obama's Proposed Changes To The ... [#]
Obama's health care plan, released Feb. 22, would cost roughly $950 billion over 10 years and extend health insurance to about 31 million Americans who are currently uninsured, according to White House estimates. ...
Daily Report (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT) |
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Full Speech: Obama On Insurance Reform - Kaiser Health News [#]
Everything there is to say about health care has been said and just about everyone has said it. So now is the time to make a decision about how to finally reform health care so that it works, not just for the insurance companies, ...
Daily Report (Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:49:00 GMT) |
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll -- February 2010 - Kaiser Family ... [#]
They include measures that would: reform the way health insurance works, such as preventing insurers from excluding people because of pre-existing conditions; offer tax credits to small businesses to help their workers get coverage; ...
Reports on Health Insurance and Health Care Costs from the Kaiser Family Foundation (Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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House Expanding Inquiry Of Health Insurance Rate Hikes - Kaiser ... [#]
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which last week probed Anthem's increases in Calif., seeks testimony and records from four other health insurers.
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:25:14 GMT) |
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State Regulators Criticize Obama Plan To Create Federal Authority ... [#]
States regulate health insurance, although they vary widely on the minimum level of coverage they require of insurers and financial solvency requirements. More than half the states allow insurers to implement rate increases without ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:46:00 GMT) |
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Lincoln, Kucinich Weigh In On Health Bill Votes - Kaiser Health News [#]
He calls the current bill a 'giveaway' to insurance companies, and not 'a bill for the American people'" (Klein, 3/9). This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news ...
All Kaiser Health News (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:16 GMT) |
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Transcript: Health On The Hill - What's Ahead This Week - Kaiser ... [#]
To bring us up to date, Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, and Julie Rovner of National Public Radio. Welcome to you both. Tell us about what the President is doing this week. MARY AGNES CAREY: He is out visiting Philadelphia and ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:13:12 GMT) |
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How Blue Cross Became Part Of A Dysfunctional Health Care System ... [#]
What enabled the Blue Cross plans to succeed was their effective monopoly on the health insurance business. They had a huge, diverse base of customers--one based heavily on large groups of employees, like the Dallas ...
Daily Report (Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:01:00 GMT) |
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Democrats Pressure Stupak On Abortion; Split Threatening Health ... [#]
Liberals are also disappointed that there's no public option in the president's legislation and that the subsidies to help low-income Americans afford health insurance aren't sufficient (Haberkorn, 3/8). This is part of Kaiser Health ...
All Kaiser Health News (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:05:03 GMT) |
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Some Small Businesses See Burden In "Cadillac" Tax - Kaiser Health ... [#]
Even so, the Warners offer health insurance. But the cost is high – it averages $11000 per person a year for the couple and one other employee – and they fear a proposed new federal tax on high-cost plans could make it unaffordable. ...
All Kaiser Health News (Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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Full Text: Obama's Health Care Proposal - Kaiser Health News [#]
It makes insurance more affordable by providing the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history, reducing premium costs for tens of millions of families and small business owners who are priced out of coverage today. ...
All Kaiser Health News (Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:20:00 GMT) |
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Healthcare Reform @ Kaiser Health News for Wednesday « Three Fish ... [#]
In a reverse twist on the old protesters' tactic of getting arrested to make a point, union leaders and other backers of President Obama's healthcare plan issued "citizen's arrest" warrants for health insurance executives Tuesday ...
Three Fish Limit (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:40 GMT) |
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Catholic Charities In Washington, D.C., Limits Spouses' Health ... [#]
Catholic Charities in Washington, DC, will not offer health insurance to spouses of new employees because the city legalized gay marriage, according to The Washington Post.
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:50:48 GMT) |
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As Health Insurance Premiums Rise Sharply, Lawmakers And Consumers ... [#]
Steep increases in individual health insurance premiums are sparking reactions across the country. Sen. Diane Feinstein will introduce legislation allowing the federal government to deny big increases in rates.
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:16:48 GMT) |
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Health Reform News for March 12, 2010 « Health Care Repair [#]
INSURANCE. Carrot-and-Stick Health Plans Aim to Cut Costs; Kaiser Health News – March 12, 2010. Health insurance being offered by five different insurers in Oregon is the most far-reaching and potentially controversial step in an effort ...
Health Care Repair (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:19:33 GMT) |
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Health Care Reform Ready to Pass Real Soon Now « Alexandria [#]
which allows a simple majority vote, but which can only apply to certain kinds of legislation (so that it could not have been used for the entire health care reform bill, since it can't do things like require insurance companies to ... The Kaiser Health Care Reform gateway assesses CBO analyses of health care reform proposals. Quirk of Congressional procedure: reportedly the reconciliation bill will pair a student loan bill with modifications to the Senate health care ...
Alexandria (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:52 GMT) |
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The Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers: Meaningful Or Not ... [#]
"This is just barking up the wrong tree for health insurance," said Scott Harrington, a professor of health care management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While many lawmakers are eager to pass some kind of ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:33:32 GMT) |
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First Edition: March 5, 2010 - Kaiser Health News [#]
President Obama, beginning a full-court press for his health care overhaul, met Thursday with insurance industry executives and House Democrats as party leaders on Capitol Hill struggled to figure out whether they could meet the ...
All Kaiser Health News (Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:36:00 GMT) |
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First Edition: March 4, 2010 - Kaiser Health News [#]
In today's Kaiser Health News column, Austin Frakt writes: It is well known that concentration in the health insurance industry is to blame for rapidly rising premiums. Well known, but wrong. Taking political advantage of this common ...
All Kaiser Health News (Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:43:16 GMT) |
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Post-Health Summit, Obama Sends Letter To Pelosi, Reid, Boehner ... [#]
Senator Enzi offered a similar proposal in a health insurance reform bill he sponsored in the last Congress. As we discussed, my Administration is already moving forward in funding demonstration projects through the Department of Health ...
Kaiser Health News Daily Health Policy Report (Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:37:00 GMT) |
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The White House Blog. US: Exploring the Link between Rising Health ... [#]
3The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust. “Employer Health Benefits, 2009 Annual Survey.” 4 Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra. “The Labor Market Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums. ...
The White House Blog. US (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:00 GMT) |
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Popular But Ineffective: Repealing Insurers' Antitrust Exemption ... [#]
It is well known that concentration in the health insurance industry is to blame for rapidly rising premiums. Well known, but wrong. Taking political advantage of this common misconception, last week the House passed a bill to repeal ...
All Kaiser Health News (Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:04:00 GMT) |
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How Health Reform Could Affect The 'Young Invincibles' - Kaiser ... [#]
That's igniting a fierce debate over how much young adults — sometimes known as the "young invincibles" because many don't believe they need insurance — would benefit from such plans. Critics warn that the low-cost policies would leave ...
All Kaiser Health News (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT) |
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White House Unveils Revamped Reform Plan, GOP And Industry React ... [#]
President Obama's new health overhaul proposal drew criticism from the same Republican congressional leaders he has invited to attend Thursday's White House health summit.
All Kaiser Health News (Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:34:00 GMT) |
