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Kaiser Health News

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Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics.

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How California Plans to Cut Its Medicaid Backlog
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday, the California Department of Health Care Services said that it had reduced its application backlog to 600,000 by the start of this month.
July 16, 2014
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Why Kentucky's Giving Nurse Practitioners More Authority
As more Americans get insurance, there may be shortages of primary care doctors, so states are getting creative.
July 15, 2014
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Deadline Nearing for 6 States to Fix Medicaid Backlogs
Tired of waiting for states to reduce their backlogs of Medicaid applications, the Obama administration has given six states until Monday to submit plans to resolve issues that have prevented more than 1 million low-income or disabled people from getting health coverage.
July 11, 2014
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How Tennessee Keeps Health Costs Low
In unhealthy eastern Tennessee, limited patient options bring some of the country’s cheapest premiums.
July 08, 2014
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Florida Creates a Special Health Plan for the Mentally Ill
The state will shift its Medicaid mental health strategy to coordinate physical and mental health care for those enrolled in Medicaid.
July 07, 2014
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New Hampshire's Plan to Subsidize More Employer Health Care Plans
Observers say this represents a "uniquely New Hampshire approach" to health care expansion.
July 02, 2014
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Why New Health Insurance Carriers Are Entering the Market
States are seeing new insurers, attracted by the exchanges, offering their policies.
July 01, 2014
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Hobby Lobby Ruling 'Doesn't Supercede State Law'
More than half the states have “contraceptive equity” laws on the books that require most employers whose health insurance covers prescription drugs to also cover FDA-approved contraceptives as part of that package.
July 01, 2014
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Climate Change Will Kill People
Experts say American medical care needs to be ready for global warming.
June 30, 2014
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Ohio's Measles Outbreak Prompts Amish to Get Vaccinated
The largest outbreak of measles in recent U.S. history has spread quickly among the largely unvaccinated Amish communities in the center of the state.
June 25, 2014
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