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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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Massachusetts, a Leader in Cost Control, Sees Health Spending Rise Too Much
Massachusetts spent $632 million more on health care last year than it aimed to.
September 08, 2015
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How Rural Texas Is Trying to Lure Mental Health Providers
Of the 254 counties in Texas, 185 have no psychiatrist. How do you persuade students to become psychiatrists, social workers and psychologists, and then be willing to work in rural areas?
September 04, 2015
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Can California Treat All Children With Severe Illnesses Through Medi-Cal?
Beginning next year, state officials want to fold a $2 billion program for children with severe illnesses or birth defects in Medi-Cal managed care. But many families and children’s advocates are strenuously opposed.
August 18, 2015
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The Difficult Task of Determining Real Medical Costs
Even in Massachusetts, where a 2012 health care cost control law requires that hospitals and doctors provide patients with the price of a test, exam or treatment within two business days of the request, it's still pretty hard to figure out how much a visit is going to cost patients.
August 17, 2015
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States Find It Difficult to Provide Sufficient Mental Health Care
California has taken the most proactive stance in the nation in enforcing laws to ensure people with mental illnesses have fair and timely access to care. But even there, it’s proving difficult to ensure mental patients truly have equal access to treatment.
August 14, 2015
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Maryland Extends In Vitro Coverage Mandate to Gay Couples
Maryland required insurers to cover in vitro fertilization, but it was generally difficult for same-sex couples to get coverage for such treatment.
July 13, 2015
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Health Advocates in California Support Coverage of Children in State Illegally
The coverage under Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, is expected to result in more preventive care and better long-term health for an estimated 170,000 children who have long relied on safety-net clinics and emergency rooms. Now advocates are calling on the state to cover adults, too.
July 08, 2015
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HHS Says It’s Up to States, Congress, to Help Consumers If Court Strikes Down Subsidies
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said the administration will work with states to help mitigate the consequences for consumers if the Supreme Court ruled against federal subsidies.
June 10, 2015
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Which Hospitals Overcharge the Most?
The highest-charging U.S. hospitals are for-profits institutions concentrated in Florida.
June 10, 2015
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More People Going to Health Clinics Since Obamacare Started
Many expected the insurance exchange, or marketplace, established under the Affordable Care Act would reduce the number of uninsured patients the clinic sees. The opposite happened.
June 04, 2015
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