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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 | 07:59 am | June 24, 2015
"The very advantage of telehealth, its ability to make care convenient, is also potentially its Achilles’ heel."
By Kaiser Health News | 10:14 am | June 23, 2015
A scathing state audit shows that California is failing to make sure Medicaid managed care plans deliver their promises to patients.
By Kaiser Health News | 06:56 am | June 22, 2015
CBO projected that a repeal would increase the federal deficit by $353 billion over 10 years because of higher direct federal spending on health programs such as Medicare and lower revenues.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:34 am | June 19, 2015
A bipartisan group of House and Senate legislators introduced bills last week that would require health plans to cover the growing number of oral chemotherapy pills as favorably as they do intravenous chemotherapy.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:54 am | June 18, 2015
The issue is whether the section means what it seems to say if read literally and in isolation from the rest of the Affordable Care Act.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:11 am | June 16, 2015
Nearly three in four Americans say the costs of prescription drugs are "unreasonable," with most putting the blame on drugmakers, a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:46 am | June 12, 2015
Medicare drug plans are cutting back on coverage for a specially designated type of painkiller that deters abuse in favor of cheaper generics that don't have the same deterrent qualities, a new study found.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:44 am | June 11, 2015
It will be up to state officials and Congress to help consumers who can’t afford health insurance if the Supreme Court strikes down health law subsidies for millions of Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Wednesday.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:22 am | June 09, 2015
That promise of savings has a lot of health care specialists taking a harder look at predictive computer formulas.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:38 pm | June 03, 2015
More than 1.3 million Floridians received an average subsidy of $294 a month in March to reduce their premiums, according to the new data.