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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 | 11:21 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 | 10:17 am | December 13, 2016
Southern states carried the highest percentages of adults at risk of being shut out by insurers.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:01 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 | 10:42 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 | 12:09 pm | December 09, 2016
Since state's law was passed in 2011, no health insurer has taken advantage of it.
By Kaiser Health News | 03:45 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 | 10:37 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 | 11:31 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 | 10:15 am | December 06, 2016
As consumers shop for insurance during the open enrollment period, many of the directories are outdated or incomplete.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:29 am | December 05, 2016
A massive lobbying effort by 58 pharmaceutical companies, 24 device companies and 26 "biotech products and research" companies shaped the bill.