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Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service and a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan healthcare policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

By Kaiser Health News | 10:51 am | August 07, 2017
Penn Treaty's liquidation requires others to pay off company's debt, including the disputed long-term care coverage, through state guarantee associations.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:38 pm | August 03, 2017
Trump could still yank the payments. Insurers can't count on the money, estimated at $10 billion for next year.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:50 am | July 28, 2017
The evidence is mounting that high deductibles force people to delay care that could cost more later.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:14 am | July 25, 2017
Ohio Hospital Association filed a court injunction delaying enactment, lobbied Gov. John Kasich, who eliminated funding allowing for implementation.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:59 am | July 25, 2017
Olympus must pay Seattle hospital damages tied to deadly outbreak; hospital must pay $1 million to deceased patient's family.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:47 am | July 24, 2017
Congressional donations from pharma PACs rose 11 percent in this year's first quarter, compared to first quarter 2015, Kaiser analysis shows.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:51 am | July 20, 2017
Findings from the draft report from the amendment proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz drew immediate criticism from health policy experts.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:31 am | July 19, 2017
Federal reports in recent years from Medicare advisory board, as well as GAO and OIG, have raised concerns about 340B program.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:45 am | July 13, 2017
The pharmaceutical industry could see windfall profits from a little-noticed tweak to the insurance market tucked into the Trump administration's draft executive order on drug prices.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:35 am | July 11, 2017
The union of 100,000 nurses believes single-payer can move forward even as California fights GOP proposals in Washington.