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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 | 09:59 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 | 09:47 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 | 09:51 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 | 09:31 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 | 09:45 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 | 10:35 am | July 11, 2017
The union of 100,000 nurses believes single-payer can move forward even as California fights GOP proposals in Washington.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:54 am | July 10, 2017
Montana was among the last states to expand Medicaid, and its Obamacare marketplace has fared reasonably well. It has 50,000 customers, decent competition and no "bare counties," where no insurers want to sell plans.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:29 am | July 10, 2017
The provision would amend an obscure Medicaid funding rule that limits the number of beds for mental illness but health groups say its no reason to celebrate.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:31 am | July 06, 2017
If states impose lifetime caps and eliminate essential benefits, questions of how much an insurer pays for services remains uncertain.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:40 am | June 30, 2017
GOP bill could hurt veterans by eliminating Medicaid access but others argue reform of VA could help eliminate that concern.