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Policy and Legislation

By Kaiser Health News | 09:13 am | June 09, 2017
Some oppose the law; many others, however, believe patients should have access to aid-in-dying but don't want to be involved themselves.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:38 pm | June 08, 2017
Senators also pressed Price on matters relating to the American Health Care Act, the GOP bid to repeal and replace the ACA.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:18 am | June 08, 2017
President Donald Trump's strategy to overhaul federal health law is threatening to upend the individual health insurance market with key policies.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:38 am | June 08, 2017
Pre-existing condition coverage proved life-changing, yet many are still priced out of coverage and view ACHA with disdain.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:18 am | June 08, 2017
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT needs more funding than the $38 million Trump allocated to advance interoperability, EHR usability and patient safety, a Pew official said.
By Susan Morse | 12:36 am | June 08, 2017
Reimbursement has not caught up to technology innovations, expert says.
By Kaiser Health News | 12:06 pm | June 07, 2017
Many of the 1.25 million Americans who live with Type 1 diabetes cheered the effort as an important first step in their fight against soaring costs.
By Susan Morse | 11:56 am | June 07, 2017
Medicaid is being revamped from AHCA, though the plan would still set spending limits through a per-person cap.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:17 am | June 07, 2017
Medicaid covered 45 percent of children and 16 percent of adults in small towns and rural areas in 2015, higher than in metropolitan areas.
By Kaiser Health News | 01:49 pm | June 06, 2017
The study found that receiving federal housing assistance increased people's likelihood of having health insurance and access to regular care