Children鈥檚 Insurance, Other Health Programs Funded 鈥 For Now 鈥 In Bill
In a short-term spending bill, Congress extends money to the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program through March.
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Bonus Tucked Into GOP Tax Bill For Those Aiming To Deduct Medical Expenses
The House sought to eliminate the tax deduction, generally used by people with serious illnesses or those who need long-term care services but it was eventually restored in the final bill 鈥 and expanded.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ 2017: The Year In Health Policy
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 Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss this week鈥檚 news, including health issues in the just-passed tax bill and a look back on the year in health policy.
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No Sweeteners Added To Tax Bill To Spread Use Of Health Savings Accounts
These accounts are exempt from taxes and linked to high-deductible health plans. Republicans tried last summer in their unsuccessful efforts to replace the health law to make the accounts more enticing for consumers, but they didn鈥檛 make those changes in the current tax bill.
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Not-So-Happy New Year: Alabama Set To Toss Kids Off Insurance Plan Starting Jan. 1
Funding for the joint federal-state Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program expired Oct. 1, and Congress has not yet agreed to a plan to continue the popular coverage.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Farewell, Individual Mandate
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 Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss health issues in the emerging tax bill, including the likely repeal of fines for those who fail to obtain health insurance. They also talk about the end of 鈥渙pen enrollment鈥 for 2018 individual health insurance coverage.
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Experts Tell Congress How To Cut Drug Prices. We Give You Some Odds.
Some of the nation鈥檚 most influential scientists recommend eight steps to lower drug prices. KHN takes the political temperature and tells you the chances of Congress acting on them.
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Sen. Collins鈥 Strategy To Stabilize Insurance Market Raises Doubts Among Analysts
Even if the Republican from Maine can get her party to go along, her suggestions to bolster the individual insurance market may be too little, too late.
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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Is Health Care Spending Still The Hungry, Hungry Hippo?
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of the Wall Street Journal, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger Katz of The New York Times discuss new health spending numbers from the federal government, as well as how the year-end legislating in Congress is being complicated by health issues.
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States 鈥 And 9M Kids 鈥 ‘In A Bind’ As Congress Dawdles On CHIP Funding
Congress let funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program expire in September, and despite bipartisan support for the program, states are facing the specter of having to prepare to wind down their programs.
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With CHIP In Limbo, Here Are 5 Takeaways On The Congressional Impasse
The sticking point is not whether to keep the popular Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program running but how best to raise the cash.
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Congress Isn鈥檛 Really Done With Health Care 鈥 Just Look At What鈥檚 In The Tax Bills
Even though congressional Republicans set aside their Obamacare repeal-and-replace efforts this year, here are five major health policy changes that could become law as part of the pending House and Senate proposals.
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Patients With Rare Diseases And Congress Square Off Over Orphan Drug Tax Credits
The House and Senate want to reduce or eliminate federal tax credits for 鈥渙rphan drugs鈥 used to treat rare diseases, but patients are fighting against the plan.
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Pressure Builds To Cut Medicare Patients In On Prescription Deals
Medicare officials have been discussing a rule change that would give beneficiaries a share of the secretive fees and discounts that are negotiated for prescription drugs.
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House Tax Bill Would Scrap Deduction For Medical Expenses
About 9 million people claimed about $87 billion in medical deductions in 2015.
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House Republicans Aim To Yank Tax Credits For Orphan Drugs
House Republicans want to repeal federal tax credits that have helped spur a boom in orphan drugs for rare diseases.
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Enrollment 2018
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ How Confused Are We?
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the start of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, legislative efforts on Capitol Hill on taxes and children鈥檚 health insurance, and recommendations of the president鈥檚 opioid commission.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Postcard From Canada: In The Land Of Single-Payer, Bernie Sanders Gets Hero鈥檚 Welcome
The Vermont senator found a friendly audience when he took his 鈥淢edicare-for-all message鈥 to Canada.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Whiplash
In this episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the bipartisan plan in the Senate to stabilize the individual insurance exchanges, and President Donald Trump鈥檚 mixed messages about his support or lack thereof.
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2 Senators Reach Deal On A Health Law Fix, But Bringing Congress Along Is Tricky
The bipartisan accord would restore funding for the cost-sharing reductions that President Donald Trump ended last week and would give states more flexibility to devise alternatives for providing and subsidizing health care.
By Julie Rovner