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  • I. What’s What in Health Policy
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    • B. State Government
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    • C. Local Government
    • D. Health Sector
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    • E. Payers
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    • I. Universities
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    • J. Foundations
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    • K. Publishers
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    • L. Mass Media
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  • II. Who’s Who in Health Policy
    • A. Federal Executive Branch
    • B. Federal Legislative Branch
    • C. Federal Judicial Branch
    • D. State Government
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  • III. Area Health Profiles
    • A. International Health Profiles
    • B. U.S. National Health Profiles
    • C. U.S. Regional Health Profiles
    • D. U.S. State Health Profiles
    • E. U.S. County Health Profiles
    • F. U.S. City Health Profiles
  • IV. Health Policy Reference Desk
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      • Medical Ethics
      • Medical Sociology
      • Public Health
    • F. Health Policy Methods
      • Cost-of-Illness Measurement
      • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
      • Inflation and Discounting
      • Quality of Life Measurement
      • Life and Health Valuation
      • Technology Assessment
      • Risk Assessment
      • Statistics
      • Public Health Law Research Methods
      • Translational Research
    • G. Health Policy Data
      • Health Data Gateways
      • Data Compilations
      • Key References
      • Survey Data
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        • Employers
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        • Public Opinion
    • H. Literature Search
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    • I. Health Policy Multimedia
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    • J. Health Policy News
    • K. Health Policy Blogs
    • L. Health Policy Glossary
    • M. Health Policy Humor
  • V. Key Issues: Population Health
    • A. Burden of Illness
      • Avoidable Mortality
        • Life Expectancy
        • Major Causes of Avoidable Deaths
      • Avoidable Morbidity
      • Disability
      • Chronic Diseases
      • Cost-of-Illness (COI)
        • Total Cost-of-Illness
        • COI Rankings
        • COI by Condition
        • Lifetime Cost-of-Illness
      • Micromorts for Common Activities
    • B. Public Health
      • Determinants of Health
        • Health-Related Behavior
        • Environment and Health
        • Social Determinants of Health
        • Biology and Health
      • Health Planning/Development
      • Bioterrorism
      • Community-Oriented Care
    • C. Health Demographics
      • Infant Health
      • Child Health
      • Adolescent Health
      • Adult Health
      • Elderly Health
      • Gender and Health
      • Minority Health
        • General Issues
          • Minorities and Managed Care
        • African-American Health
        • Hispanic/Latino Health
        • Native American Health
        • Asian-American Health
    • D. Environmental Health
      • Environmental Law
      • Environmental Justice
      • Global Warming
      • Toxic Chemicals Control
      • Air Quality Protection
      • Water Quality Protection
      • Hazardous Waste Control
      • Radiation Control
    • E. Health Promotion
      • Physical Activity and Fitness
      • Obesity
      • Nutrition
      • Tobacco Use
      • Alcohol Abuse
      • Drug Abuse
      • Violent and Abusive Behavior
        • Firearm-Related Violence
      • Stress
      • Sleep Deprivation
      • General Health Promotion
        • Community Health Promotion
        • Worksite Health Promotion
        • School-Based Health Promotion
    • F. Health Protection
      • Sanitation
      • Food Safety
      • Drug Safety
      • Medical Device Safety
      • Clinical Laboratory Safety
      • Occupational Safety & Health
      • Unintentional Injuries
        • Automobile Safety
        • Airline Safety
        • Consumer Product Safety
        • Accident Prevention
      • Infectious Disease Control
    • G. Prevention
      • Clinical Preventive Services
      • Oral Health Care
      • High Blood Pressure Control
      • Family Planning
        • Abortion
        • Birth Control
        • Sterilization
      • Infant Health
      • Maternal Health
      • Immunization
        • Human Papilloma Virus
      • STD Prevention
      • HIV/AIDS Prevention
    • H. Quality/Satisfaction
      • Medical Errors
      • Patient Safety
      • Quality Measurement
      • Quality Improvement
        • General Approaches
          • Evidence-Based Medicine
          • Pay-for-Performance
            • Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
              • MACRA 2016 Proposed Rule
              • MACRA 2016 Final Rule
            • Pay-for-Performance in Medicare
              • Outcomes in Medicare Pay-for-Performance Programs
          • Disease Management
          • Medical Homes
        • Health Plan Quality
        • Hospital Quality
        • Physician Quality
        • Nursing Home Quality
        • Pharmaceutical Quality
  • VI. Key Issues: Financing & Delivery
    • A. Health Spending
      • Health Spending Patterns
        • Health Expenditures by Service
        • Expenditures by Function
        • Expenditures by Age
      • Health Spending Trends
        • Health Spending Trends: Key Questions
      • Health Cost Containment
        • Promote Competition
          • Consumer-Directed Health Care
          • Managed Competition
          • Business Coalitions
          • Medical Tourism
          • Transparency
        • Improve Quality
        • Promote Healthy Behavior
        • Promote Efficient Use
          • Worksite Health Clinics
        • Improve Administration
          • Health IT
            • Governmental Health IT Initiatives
              • Health Information Exchange (HIE)
              • Public Health Surveillance Programs
            • Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act 
            • Health IT and Patient Privacy
            • Telehealth
          • Reduce Administrative Waste
          • Manage Health Benefits
      • Waste
        • Fraud and Abuse
    • B. Access to Care
      • Financial Access Barriers
      • Health Disparities
      • Geographic Access Barriers
      • Language Barriers to Access
    • C. Health Financing
      • Optimal Taxation
      • Health Spending by Source
      • Health-Related Government Revenues
      • Health-Related Tax Expenditures
        • Employer Tax Exclusion
        • Tax Credits
        • Tax Deductions
        • Health Savings Accounts
        • Nonprofit Tax Exemption
      • Private Health Revenues
        • Health Insurance Premiums
          • Who Pays for Employer-Provided Coverage?
        • Out-of-Pocket Spending
        • Cost Shifting
        • Health Philanthropy
        • Medical Bankruptcy
      • Distribution of Health Costs
    • D. Health Insurance Coverage
      • 2010 Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA – Obamacare)
      • Health Insurance Market
        • Determinants of Coverage
        • Health Insurance Providers
        • Managed Care
          • MC Orgs (MCOs)
          • MCO Performance
          • MCO Regulation
      • Private Health Insurance
        • Group Coverage
        • Individual Health Coverage
        • Long-Term Care Insurance
      • Public Health Insurance
        • Public Health Plans
          • Medicare
          • Medicaid
          • SCHIP
          • Workers Compensation
        • Public Employee Plans
          • Federal Employees
          • Military Health Care
            • VA Health
          • State/Local Employees
      • Uninsured
        • Key Questions: What Are the Health Consequences of Being Uninsured?
      • Underinsured
    • I. Public Medical Programs
      • Categorical Entitlements
        • Indian Health Service (IHS)
        • Migrant Health
        • Homeless Health
        • Public Housing Health
        • Native Hawaiian Health
      • Primary Care
        • Federally Qualified Centers
        • Community Health Centers
        • Rural Health Centers
        • Migrant Health Centers
        • School-Based Health Centers
      • Maternal and Child Health
      • Dental Health
      • Communicable Diseases
      • Chronic Diseases
      • Developmental Health
      • Behavioral Health
      • Prison Health
    • G. Health Care Delivery System
      • Acute Care
        • Hospitals/Health Systems
      • Health Care Work Force
        • Doctors
        • Mid-Level Practitioners
        • Nursing Practice
        • Allied Health Professionals
        • Alternative Medicine
      • Long-term Care
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Medical Devices/Supplies
      • Outpatient Medical Care
      • Behavioral Health Care
      • Dental Care
      • Health Care Safety Net
      • Informal Caregiving
      • Information Management
      • Internet and Health
  • VII. Key Issues: Regulation & Reform
    • A. Bioethics
      • Right to Health Care
      • Abortion/Reproductive Rights
      • Pain Management
      • End of Life Care
      • Forensic Psychiatry
      • Genetics
        • Race, Genetics and Health Disparities
      • Cloning
      • Confidentiality
      • Informed Consent
    • B. Health Care Regulation
      • Health Facilities Regulation
        • EMTALA
        • Hospital Pools
        • Subsidized Care Mandates
        • Hospital Conversion Regulation
        • Limited English Proficiency Requirements
        • Facility Medical Records Regulation
        • Organ Transplant Regulation
        • Certificate of Need (CON)
        • Hospital Rate-setting
        • Hospital Quality Regulation
        • Nursing Home Quality Regulation
        • Other Cost-Related Health Facilities Regulations
        • Other Facilities Quality Regulation
        • Peer Review Requirements
        • Clinical Laboratories Regulation
      • Health Professionals Regulation
        • Medicare Assignment Rules
        • Clinician Medical Records Regulation
        • Fraud and Abuse Regulation
        • Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments
        • Nat’l Practitioner Data Bank
        • Professional Accreditation
        • Commercial Limits
        • Resident Medical Hours
      • Health Insurance Regulation
        • HMO Act of 1973
        • Anti-discrimination Rules
        • Employer Mandates
        • Continuation of Coverage
        • Benefits Mandates
        • Provider Mandates
        • Person Mandates
        • Insurance Market Reforms
        • Insurance Market Reforms
        • Health Plan Conversion
        • High-Risk Pools
        • ERISA
        • Electronic Transactions
        • Medical Privacy
        • Medicare Secondary Payer
        • General HI Regulation
        • Medicare Advantage Conditions of Participation (COPS)
        • Professional Rights
        • Patient Protection
      • Pharmaceutical Regulation
      • Medical Device Regulation
      • Medical Tort System
      • Health Care Antitrust
      • General Regulation
    • C. Health Reform
      • History of Health Reform
      • Components of Health Reform
        • Public Sector Programs
          • Medicare Reform
          • Medicaid Reform
            • Guaranteed Income
          • Military Health Reform
          • VA Health Reform
          • Indian Health Service Reform
          • Safety Net Reform
        • Mandated Coverage
          • Universal Entitlement
          • Employer Mandate
            • Minimum Wage Laws
          • Individual Mandate
        • Tax Reform
          • Employer Tax Exclusion
          • Tax Credits
          • Tax Deductions
          • Health Savings Accounts
          • Nonprofit Tax Exemption
        • Insurance Market Reforms
          • High Risk Pools
          • Health Insurance Exchanges
          • Public Health Plan
          • Interstate Commerce in Health Insurance
        • Health Regulation Reform
        • Better Antitrust Enforcement
        • Cost Containment
          • Administrative Waste
          • Health IT
            • Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
          • Transparency
          • Health Promotion
        • Financing
      • Modeling the Impact of Health Reform
      • National Health Reform Plans
        • Voluntary Health Reform
          • Individual Pay or Play
          • Health Status Insurance
          • Universal Health Tax Credits
          • Fixed Tax Credits
          • Standard Tax Deductions
          • Income-Related Tax Credits
          • Voluntary Health Insurance Exchanges
          • Age-Adjusted Tax Credits
        • Mandatory Health Reform Proposals
          • Individual Mandate with Income-Related Tax Credits
          • Catastrophic Health Insurance
          • Universal Health Care Vouchers
        • Single Payer
      • State Health Reform
    • D. Affordable Care Act (ACA)
      • ACA Overview
        • General Pressures on Health Spending
      • ACA and Government
        • ACA and the Federal Government
          • ACA and Medicare
        • ACA and the States
          • ACA and Medicaid
            • State-Level Medicaid Expansion Economic Impact Studies
          • ACA Health Exchanges
            • ACA Exchange Enrollment
            • Premium Payments on ACA Health Exchanges
            • State Experience with ACA Exchanges
            • Exchange Enrollment: Number Previously Uninsured
      • ACA and the Courts
      • ACA and Employers
        • ACA and Group Health Plans
        • ACA and Large Employers
        • ACA and Small Employers
      • ACA and Households
        • ACA and Taxes
          • Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (Cadillac Tax)
        • Impact on Young Adults
      • ACA and the Health Sector
        • ACA and Hospitals
        • ACA and Mental Health Care
        • ACA and Physicians
          • Changes in Physician Practice Models
          • Physicians and Health Insurance Exchange Plans
          • Physician Stress and Burnout
        • ACA and Private Health Insurance
          • ACA Impact on Health Insurance Industry Financial Health
        • General Provisions Affecting Multiple Sectors
          • Accountable Care Organizations
      • ACA Impact Analysis
        • ACA Impact on Coverage and Access
          • ACA Impact on Uninsured
            • ACA Impact on Uninsured: Survey Estimates
              • ACA Impact on Uninsured | Survey Estimates: RAND Survey
          • Impact on Access to Care
            • ACA and Physician Shortage
            • Access to Mental Health Care
            • Access to Care–Exchange Enrollees
          • Number Losing Coverage Involuntarily Under ACA
        • ACA Impact on Costs
          • Impact on Private Health Insurance Premiums
            • Components of Premium Increases
            • Projected Long-term Premium Increases Under ACA
            • Premium Increases under ACA, 2014 to 2015
            • Premium Increases under ACA, 2010 to 2014
          • ACA Impact on National Health Expenditures
          • ACA Impact on Medicare Expenditures
        • ACA Impact on Quality and Outcomes
          • Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) 
        • ACA Impact on the Federal Budget Deficit
        • ACA Impact on Employment/Economy
          • ACA Impact on Total Employment
            • Tax-Related Job Impacts
          • ACA Impact on Hours Worked: Employment Data: Household Surveys
          • ACA Impact on Hours Worked: Employer Opinion Surveys
          • ACA Impact on Hours Worked: Anecdotal Evidence
      • ACA Repeal
        • Broken Promises
          • Broken Promises: If You Like Your Plan You Can Keep It
            • Policymaker Promises About Keeping Health Plans
          • Broken Promises: Transparency
        • Components of ACA Proposed for Repeal
        • ACA and Public Opinion
          • ACA in the 2010 Election
          • ACA and Elections
        • Components of ACA Delayed/Altered
        • Components of ACA Not Working Well
          • Components of ACA Not Working Well: Health Exchanges
            • Nonprofit Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Organizations (CO-OPs)
              • Co-op Performance by State
            • Operational Problems with ACA Exchanges
            • Problems Related to Choice of Coverage on ACA Exchanges
            • Problems Related to Data Security on ACA Exchanges
          • Health Exchange Rollout Glitches
        • Components of ACA Proposed for Repeal
          • Repeal of Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (Cadillac Tax)
        • Components of ACA Defunded
        • Pending Legal/Constitutional Challenges
          • IRS Challenge (Exchange Subsidies)
            • Prior Reform Efforts Involving State Incentives
          • U.S. House of Representatives v. Burwell (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia)
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Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid Work Rule
Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid Work Rule

A group of Democratic senators asked the Government Accountability Office to examine a Georgia program that requires some Medicaid enrollees to work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month for coverage. They cited KFF Health News’ reporting, which has documented the program’s high costs and low enrollment. [...]

Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes
Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes

Donald Trump’s second term is reigniting mistrust in health services among California immigrants, making it harder for community health workers to get people enrolled in Medi-Cal. Yet the president-elect is also seen as someone who could improve their lives with a better economy, even if that means forgoing health care. [...]

Inmigrantes temen por su salud bajo Trump, pero tienen esperanzas en la economía
Inmigrantes temen por su salud bajo Trump, pero tienen esperanzas en la economía

Los inmigrantes sin papeles han temido durante mucho tiempo que participar en programas gubernamentales los convierta en blanco fácil de las autoridades migratorias, y la elección de Trump ha exacerbado estas preocupaciones, según defensores comunitarios. [...]

Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps
Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps

Georgia’s ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s “Pathways” Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with persistently slow Medicaid application processing times. [...]

How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California
How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California

As Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House with a Republican-controlled Congress, health officials and community advocates in California worry that large-scale Medicaid cuts could be enacted as soon as next year. More than 60% of California’s $161 billion Medi-Cal budget comes from Washington. [...]

In Settling Fraud Case, New York Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay up to $100M
In Settling Fraud Case, New York Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay up to $100M

A whistleblower suit alleged a health insurer bilked Medicare by exaggerating how sick patients were. [...]

Federal Watchdog Urges Crackdown on Medicare Advantage Home Visits
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Medicare officials are pushing back against a federal watchdog’s call to crack down on home visits by Medicare Advantage health plans — a practice the watchdog says may waste billions of tax dollars every year. In late October, a Health and Human Services inspector general audit found that the insurers pocketed $7.5 billion in 2023 from diagnosing health conditions that […] [...]

Readers Embrace ‘Going It Alone’ Series on Aging and Chastise Makers of Pulse Oximeters
Readers Embrace ‘Going It Alone’ Series on Aging and Chastise Makers of Pulse Oximeters

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories. [...]

TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead
TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead

Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies. Were he confirmed to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, his job would involve interacting with giants of the industry that have contributed to his wealth. [...]

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks

Not only has President-elect Donald Trump chosen prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump also has said he will nominate controversial TV host Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees coverage for nearly half of Americans. Meanwhile, the lame-duck Congress is back in Washington with just a few weeks to figure out how to wrap up work for the year. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Riley Ray Griffin of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner… [...]

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