Today's selection of health research and analyses is from Health Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund and UCLA.
(Daily Report) 8:17AM ET
The Obama administration said no Monday to California's proposal to help close its budget gap by charging Medicaid beneficiaries co-pays on doctor visits, hospitals stays and prescription drugs. Elsewhere, Texas is planning a change to how it doles out charity care pay in its Medicaid program.
(Daily Report) Feb 07
According to the Commonwealth Fund, low-income adults who were surveyed were less likely to have insurance and to receive medical care including preventive screenings.
(Daily Report) Feb 07
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
(Daily Report) Jan 31
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
(Story) Jan 30
A selection of health policy stories from around the United States.
(Daily Report) Jan 30
A selection of health care news from Texas, California, New York, Maine, Maryland, Georgia and Virginia.
(Daily Report) Jan 27
A new survey released in the journal Health Affairs found that the 2006 Massachusetts health insurance law has gotten health insurance to 94 percent of residents, cut ER visits, and made people feel healthier, but has also done little to control costs there.
(Daily Report) Jan 26
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation January tracking poll, a majority of Americans believe the Supreme Court's health law ruling will result from the justices' own ideology rather than legal analysis. The poll also found that the public believes the uninsured will benefit most from the overhaul.
(Daily Report) Jan 26
Some House Republicans circulated this new Gallup data yesterday, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
(Daily Report) Jan 25