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Policy and Legislation

By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:53 am | July 14, 2017
The convergence will create a new 'ground zero' for hospitals, with a potential average revenue loss of one percent and increase in AR days.
By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News | 11:52 am | July 14, 2017
Sixty-one percent of the public (up 6 points from June) said they did not like the GOP health care effort, now undergoing a revised push in the Senate.
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News | 10:50 am | July 14, 2017
A new study found that fewer than half of people with HSAs deposited any money in them in 2016.
By Susan Morse | 03:06 pm | July 13, 2017
Senate bill would allow insurers to sell bare bones plans to one segment of the population while offering coverage to the healthier sector at lower premium rates.
By Susan Morse | 12:52 pm | July 13, 2017
Budget provides $3.5 billion for CMS administrative expenses, which is $219 million below current levels and $137 million below amount requested.
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | 12:19 pm | July 13, 2017
Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski is worried about effects on Indian health care system if Congress were to accept GOP health plan to replace the ACA.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:45 am | July 13, 2017
The pharmaceutical industry could see windfall profits from a little-noticed tweak to the insurance market tucked into the Trump administration's draft executive order on drug prices.
By Sandra G. Boodman | 10:58 am | July 12, 2017
Overlapping surgery, when a doctor operates on two patients at same time, has prompted debate in medical community, and in Washington.
By Susan Morse | 03:51 pm | July 11, 2017
Senate Majority Leader delays start of August recess by two weeks to get bill passed, other work done.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:35 am | July 11, 2017
The union of 100,000 nurses believes single-payer can move forward even as California fights GOP proposals in Washington.