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News40 states to cut, freeze Medicaid payments in 2012
With virtually every state cutting costs in anticipation of increased Medicaid spending, a new Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured report finds that 28 states cut or froze hospital Read more...
Kaiser: Americans doubt healthcare will improve, lower costs
Despite best efforts, half of Americans are not confident in healthcare reform, reports Kaiser Health News today. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 41 percent of respondents believe care Read more...
GOP plan could cut 44M from Medicaid rolls
A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute concludes that a GOP plan to convert the Medicaid program to block grants to states and repeal the Affordable Care Act could cut Read more...
Chronic conditions plague more than one-third of women
While eight in 10 women between the ages of 18 and 64 report excellent, very good, or good health, more than one-third report that they live with a chronic health condition that requires ongoing Read more...
Poll shows little senior support for Medicare vouchers
A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows scant support among seniors for a Republican proposal to restructure the Medicare system. Only 30 percent of those seniors polled say they approve of Read more...
Confusion over health reform persists
Nearly a year after the health reform law passed, more than one in five Americans (22 percent) believe it was repealed, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll, PBS NewsHour Read more...
Medicare features Andy Griffith to sell healthcare reform to seniors
The administration has trotted out Andy Griffith, who starred in classic TV shows "Matlock" and "The Andy Griffith Show," to sell senior citizens on President Obama's new healthcare law in a new TV Read more...
States: Exploding Medicaid rolls still pose a challenge, even with federal funding
Although the federal government has agreed to fund 100 percent of state Medicaid expansions spurred by reform until 2019, thus increasing some states' federal funding, states point out that they'll Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Public expects health reforms to kick in sooner than Congress plans
A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll indicates that about half of Americans think that Democratic healthcare reforms, if passed, will take effect within a year. The problem is, most reform provisions Read more...
Study: Patients believe strongly in their physician
Maybe the health plans are willing to beat up on physician quality and efficiency, but don't expect patients to go that way, a new study from Kaiser Family Foundation, NPR and the Harvard School of Read more...
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