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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 | 11:11 am | June 28, 2017
AMA and AHA, critics of GOP bill, believe coverage could dramatically reduce for young adults over 26 after leaving parents' insurance.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:31 am | June 27, 2017
Bill is part of proposed reforms that supplement the American Health Care Act; Trump administration pledged to support the tort reform legislation.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:18 am | June 27, 2017
Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of 1.4 million elderly in nursing homes; it covers 20 percent of Americans, 40 percent of elderly poor adults.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:24 am | June 26, 2017
State officials are hoping to win a 21-month extension of an agreement that began in 2011 and will expire in December.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:08 am | June 26, 2017
Health law experts caution coverage gap fix for these very low earners would likely be largely undercut by two other changes in the bill.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:56 am | June 23, 2017
About a fourth of respondents said the bill made "minor reductions" to Medicaid, and 13 percent didn't realize there were any proposed cuts.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:23 am | June 23, 2017
Plans sold to individuals might exclude coverage for prescription drugs, mental health, addiction, maternity care, other expensive benefits.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:49 am | June 23, 2017
Plan means some could pay less in premium costs, but many older Americans could see their payments go up. And let's be clear, you're old at 40.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:31 am | June 22, 2017
From 2015 to 2016, death rate for all of its hospitals dropped from 15 to 12 percent for severe sepsis/shock, 12 to 9 percent for all sepsis cases.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:51 am | June 20, 2017
Patients can consult with their doctor or a nurse practitioner as often they need to, typically for around $100 a month.