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LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

The Host The 2024 campaign — particularly the one for president — has been notably vague on policy. But health issues, especially those surrounding...

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LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

The Host The 2024 campaign — particularly the one for president — has been notably vague on policy. But health issues, especially those surrounding...

Harris Backs Slashing Medical Debt. Trump’s ‘Concepts’ Worry Advocates.

Noam N. Levey Patient and consumer advocates are looking to Kamala Harris to accelerate federal efforts to help people struggling with medical debt if...

ACA open enrollment: what’s new for 2025

Open enrollment for 2025 ACA (Affordable Care Act)-compliant health insurance is just around the corner. Let’s take a look at the various changes...

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Arkansas’ Governor Says Medicaid Extension for New Moms Isn’t Needed

Six weeks after an emergency cesarean section, with her newborn twins still in neonatal intensive care, Maya Gobara went to a pharmacy in...

California May Regulate and Restrict Pharmaceutical Brokers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the...

Reporting Checklist for Discrete Choice Experiments in Health – Healthcare Economist

What are the key elements for reporting your objective, attributes, experimental design, survey design, data collection process, econometric analysis, and results? A...

Georgia switches to state-run health insurance Marketplace for 2025 coverage

Starting Nov. 1, 2024, Georgia residents will use a state-run health insurance enrollment platform, Georgia Access, to shop for and enroll in Marketplace...

How IBX Medicare Plans Support Union Retirees

Trade unions are an essential part of the fabric of our region. From carpenters, roofers, and railroad workers to firefighters and police officers,...

Why is the market design for innovative pharmaceuticals not well understood? – Healthcare Economist

That is the title of a fantastic editorial from Olivença et al. (2024). A lot of people when they look at pharmaceutical...

Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his encampment — a...

Does PBM Market Share Vary by Payer Type? – Healthcare Economist

A paper by Qato et al. (2024) quantifies the degree of of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market concentration. Across all payer types, the...

The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape

ATLANTA — On a recent summer evening, Raymia Taylor wandered into a recreation center in a historical downtown neighborhood, the only enrollee to...

‘What Happens Three Months From Now?’ Mental Health After Georgia High School Shooting

WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow...

Forget Repeal and Replace. The Next Big ACA Fight Will Be Over Subsidies.

Forget repeal and replace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, have a new target: key parts of the law that they...

Trump, Harris Spar Over Abortion Rights and Obamacare in Their First Face-Off

KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs When Vice President Kamala Harris walked across the debate stage Tuesday night to shake the hand of former...