Legal Promise Of Equal Mental Health Treatment Often Falls Short
The Affordable Care Act and other federal laws sought to put mental health care on an equal footing with physical health. But patients are still finding that鈥檚 not the case.
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California Gov. Newsom Proposes Penalty To Fund Health Insurance Subsidies
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help an estimated 850,000 Californians pay their health insurance premiums and would fund his plan with a tax penalty on people who don鈥檛 have coverage. If he succeeds, California would be the first state to subsidize middle-income people who make too much to qualify for federal financial aid.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Mired In Medical Debt? Federal Plan Would Update Overdue-Bill Collection Methods
More than half of Americans contacted about an overdue bill said it related to medical debt. A federal agency has proposed new guidance for what debt collectors are allowed to do when pursuing many types of overdue consumer bills, including medical debt. But some consumer advocates have panned the effort.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Did The ACA Create Preexisting Condition Protections For People In Employer Plans?
Not exactly. We found that protections for preexisting conditions for most people with job-based insurance predated the Affordable Care Act by more than a decade.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 States Race To Reverse ‘Roe’
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the new abortion bans passed in Alabama and Georgia; bipartisan congressional efforts to end 鈥渟urprise鈥 out-of-network medical bills; and a new public option health insurance plan soon to be available in Washington state.
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Trump鈥檚 Talk On Preexisting Conditions Doesn鈥檛 Match His Administration鈥檚 Actions
The administration鈥檚 position on a pending lawsuit to get the Affordable Care Act is one of the reasons experts said there鈥檚 cause for skepticism.
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Listen: A Blitz Of Health Care Bills
Kaiser Health News鈥 Julie Rovner talks about a package of health care bills that Democrats plan to push through the House this week during an interview on 鈥淗ere and Now.鈥
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How Obamacare, Medicare And 鈥楳edicare For All鈥 Muddy The Campaign Trail
A talking point used by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refers to all three of these distinct concepts in a way that could magnify public misperceptions.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 鈥楥onscience鈥 Rules, Rx Prices and Still More Medicare
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about the Trump administration鈥檚 effort to allow health care practitioners and organizations to refuse to provide care or refer patients for services that violate their conscience or religion. Also this week, the administration orders TV ads for prescription drugs to include list prices. And Tennessee wants free rein from the federal government to run its Medicaid program. Plus, Rovner interviews Joan Biskupic, author of a new book on Chief Justice John Roberts, about the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the 2012 ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
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A Plan To Cover Immigrants Would Divert Public Health Dollars
California Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 proposal to provide health coverage to unauthorized immigrants ages 19 to 25 would siphon money that four counties currently use for public health efforts such as battling contagious diseases.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello 鈥楳edicare-For-All鈥?
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest in news about the Trump administration鈥檚 effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act, a historic hearing on 鈥淢edicare-for-all鈥 and the Kansas Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling that the state constitution protects a woman鈥檚 right to abortion. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Carmen Heredia Rodriguez about the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
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CBO鈥檚 Report On Single-Payer Health Care Holds More Questions Than Answers
The Congressional Budget Office report does clearly communicate that shifting to this type of health system would be a complicated process.
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A Big Hearing For 鈥楳edicare-For-All鈥 鈥 In A Small Room
In an unusual move, the House Rules Committee, instead of one of the panels that typically oversee health policy, held the first House hearing in a decade about converting the U.S. to a government-financed health care system.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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States Weigh Banning A Widely Used Pesticide Even Though EPA Won鈥檛
The pesticide chlorpyrifos has been linked to developmental problems in children. Some state and federal lawmakers want the chemical banned, but federal regulators are fighting to keep it on the market.