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Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment

By Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam March 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage program has seen anemic enrollment while chalking up millions in start-up costs — largely in technology and consulting fees. Critics say the money’s being wasted on a costly and ineffective alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.

As State Institutions Close, Families of Longtime Residents Face Agonizing Choices

By Tony Leys September 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Iowa, under federal pressure to improve care for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, is set to join 45 other states that have closed most or all of their state institutions for such residents.

More Black Americans Are Buying Guns. Is It Driving Up Black Suicide Rates?

By Alex Smith, KCUR March 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Gun buying among African Americans has soared in recent years. So have suicide rates among young Black men. Suicide prevention and gun safety efforts need to address race and cultural differences, Black gun owners say.

Vaccine-or-Test Requirements Increase Work and Costs for Governments

By Amanda Michelle Gomez and Phil Galewitz November 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

But state and local officials embrace the requirement because it creates a safer workplace while allowing employees to continue working.

Fear and Loathing as Colleges Face Another Season of Red Ink

By Mark Kreidler December 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When campuses stay open, COVID infections spread widely, and sometimes kill. But by closing dorms and dining halls, scores of smaller schools face finances so ruinous they could be fatal for their institutions.

Coronavirus Crisis Disrupts Treatment For Another Epidemic: Addiction

By Giles Bruce July 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The coronavirus has forced drug rehabilitation centers to scale back operations or temporarily close, leaving people who have another potentially deadly disease — addiction — with fewer opportunities for help.

In Search of the Shot

February 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN readers detail their frustrations and successes as they hunt for a scarce covid-19 vaccine.

Hospitals Chafe Under Medicare’s New Payment Rule For Off-Campus Clinics

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Under the rule that took effect this year, Medicare will lower payments for clinic visits performed at hospital-owned facilities to a rate that is equivalent to what it pays an independent doctor. Federal officials expect the move will save the government $380 million this year.

Cancer’s Complications: Confusing Bills, Maddening Errors And Endless Phone Calls

By Anna Gorman February 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Carol Marley has pancreatic cancer — and dealing with its financial toll has become her full-time job.

So Much Care It Hurts: Unneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Only Add To Patients’ Ills

By Liz Szabo October 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Overtreatment of breast cancer and other diseases is pervasive, burdening patients and the health care system with enormous costs and needless suffering.

Fighting HIV In Miami, One Dirty Needle At A Time

By Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald August 10, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A Miami doctor spent five years working to pass a needle exchange law for Miami-Dade County that he hopes will reduce HIV and other infections. The doctor’s battle inspired a patient who was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C from a shared needle.

Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees

By Phil Galewitz January 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

States say government should be able to set rates without courts stepping in. Patient advocates and providers say intervention is needed to improve access.

ACA And The Children’s Health Insurance Program

By Christine Vestal, Stateline May 21, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The Affordable Care Act offers subsidies for low-income families who currently qualify for the federal-state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), forcing states to make a decision on CHIP’s future.

ACOs Saving Some Money, But Medicare Is Short On Details

By Jenny Gold January 31, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Accountable care organizations are saving some money, though what exactly that means is still unclear. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday that overall, provider groups involved in Medicare ACO programs saved a total of $380 million in the first year. Sounds like a lot of money, but CMS declined to explain which […]

The Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals

September 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Details on revenues, spending and total assets of 39 children’s hospitals from around the country.

Finding A Path Through The Health Insurance Market ‘Gobbledygook’

By Lisa W. Drew April 21, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In her search for a health plan, Lisa Drew discovered that her ZIP code was a black hole for individual coverage.

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