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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 | 09:44 am | May 19, 2017
The California bill, SB 349, says that inadequate staffing is leading to hospitalizations, medical errors and "unnecessary and avoidable deaths."
By Kaiser Health News | 09:53 am | May 18, 2017
Lawsuit alleged the insurer made patients appear sicker than they were in order to collect higher Medicare payments than it deserved.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:19 am | May 17, 2017
The Maine pool earned higher marks than most state high-risk pools because it had a key ingredient: enough money.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:48 am | May 17, 2017
Buffalo News cited unnamed sources who told the newspaper that the office began sending letters to investors seeking information.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:04 am | May 16, 2017
Some health policy analysts suggest that it's not only people who have a gap in coverage who could be affected if a state seeks the health law waiver.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:33 am | May 16, 2017
Patients with a near-bare cupboard might buy cheaper but unhealthful food or skimp on prescriptions or other medical care to avoid going hungry.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:23 am | May 15, 2017
Among the president's more questionable claims was his description of the House-passed health bill as "You're going to have absolute coverage."
By Kaiser Health News | 09:47 am | May 15, 2017
In the past, policies related to abortion have been singled out as violating Byrd rule.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:05 am | May 12, 2017
Uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act will lead insurers to continue to pull back from some online marketplaces or exit them altogether.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:45 am | May 11, 2017
Federal standards requiring states find ways of delivering care to Medicaid enrollees in home, community-based settings kicks in 2022, not 2019.