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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 | 11:23 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 | 10:47 am | May 15, 2017
In the past, policies related to abortion have been singled out as violating Byrd rule.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:05 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 | 10:45 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.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:24 am | May 10, 2017
States could seek permission to allow insurance companies to charge more based on health history if patient's coverage lapses for more than 63 days.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:55 am | May 10, 2017
Memo from HHS Secretary Tom Price's chief of staff instructed employees not to have "any communications" with Congress, staff without approval.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:43 am | May 10, 2017
Researchers found nearly a third of approvals from 2001 through 2010 had major safety issues years after they were widely available to patients.|
By Kaiser Health News | 11:24 am | May 09, 2017
The IG said Medicare should have done an in-depth review of 96 hospitals that submitted "aberrant data patterns" in 2013 and 2014.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:09 am | May 09, 2017
To keep insurers in the market and bring costs down, leaders might feel compelled to seek essential benefits, pre-existing condition exemptions.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:16 am | May 08, 2017
Bill would cover estimated 50,000 people training for jobs such as respiratory therapists, vocational nurses, dietitians, pharmacy technicians.