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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 | 10:36 am | December 14, 2016
Introduced in House and Senate, bill would allow people who miss initial enrollment deadline to sign up in the fall, coverage would begin the month after they enroll.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:21 am | December 14, 2016
Eager Republicans are pushing for a bill to hit President-elect Trump's desk in January, experts doubt timeline.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:17 am | December 13, 2016
Southern states carried the highest percentages of adults at risk of being shut out by insurers.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:01 am | December 12, 2016
Price, a Georgia physician who opposes the Affordable Care Act, abortion and funding for Planned Parenthood, among other things, could have a rapid impact without even a presidential order or an act of Congress
By Kaiser Health News | 09:42 am | December 12, 2016
Donald Trump has chosen an orthopedic surgeon who in his congressional career, has loyally promoted the interests of the medical profession.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:09 am | December 09, 2016
Since state's law was passed in 2011, no health insurer has taken advantage of it.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:45 pm | December 08, 2016
Sierra Club California considers working with health care advocates to prevent the rollback of the Affordable Care Act.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:37 am | December 07, 2016
Over the past three years, the sprawling VA system has come under fire from Congress because veterans were waiting too long to see a doctor.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:31 am | December 06, 2016
Approximately three-quarters of healthcare and hospital systems ask for payment at the time services are provided.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:15 am | December 06, 2016
As consumers shop for insurance during the open enrollment period, many of the directories are outdated or incomplete.