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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 | 10:35 am | April 21, 2017
Employers in New York, Michigan and Illinois accounted for the most H-1B visa applications for foreign physicians, nearly a third of the total.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:08 am | April 21, 2017
The compromise could be letting states decide whether to seek a federal waiver to change the essential health benefits.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:04 am | April 20, 2017
Health companies spent more than $2 million to buy access to incoming administration via candlelight dinners, balls, other events, filings show.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:27 am | April 19, 2017
PhRMA Senior VP Scott LaGanga led Partnership for Safe Medicines, which recently emerged as leading voice against bills allow drug imports.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:58 am | April 19, 2017
Grassley has asked CMS officials to explain why they failed to collect nearly $125 million in potential overcharges.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:34 am | April 19, 2017
Under federal law, state Medicaid programs must cover "early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services" for children under age 21.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:03 am | April 18, 2017
Party leaders and the Trump administration are negotiating elements for a new plan to bring to Congress.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:24 am | April 17, 2017
Medicaid expansion a success, health insurance exchanges have struggled to provide affordable plans with adequate networks.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:55 am | April 17, 2017
Proposal would levy the tax directly on opioid manufacturers and wholesalers, who would pay 1 cent per milligram at the first point of sale.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:37 am | April 14, 2017
Controversial proposal by the Health and Human Services Department drew letters from 4,000 organizations, individuals in 20-day comment period.