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California Hospitals, Advocates Seek Stable Funding to Retain Behavioral Health Navigators

By Vanessa G. Sánchez March 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California has supported expanded use of medications in the fight against opioid use disorder and overdose deaths. But hospitals and addiction treatment advocates say the state needs to secure ongoing funding if it wants more behavioral health workers to guide patients into long-term treatment.

Genetics Studies Have a Diversity Problem That Researchers Struggle To Fix

By Lauren Sausser April 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, are trying to build a DNA database of 100,000 people to better understand how genetics affects health risks. But they’re struggling to recruit enough Black participants.

Hospitales de California y defensores buscan financiación estable para retener a navegadores de salud conductual

By Vanessa G. Sánchez March 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

En 2022, el año más reciente del que se dispone de datos, 7,385 californianos murieron por sobredosis relacionadas con opioides, de los cuales el 88% involucró fentanilo, un opioide sintético que puede ser 50 veces más potente que la heroína.

The End of the Covid Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance

By Elisabeth Rosenthal April 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

It is a perilous time to throw low- and middle-income Americans off the insurance cliff: A new omicron subvariant is spreading, and a program that provided coronavirus testing and covid-19 treatment at no cost to the uninsured has expired.

‘True Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities

By Judith Graham July 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Elder Index, developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, shows that nearly 5 million older women living alone, 2 million older men living alone, and more than 2 million older couples have incomes that make them economically insecure.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Au Revoir, Public Health Emergency

February 2, 2023 Podcast

The Biden administration this week announced it would let the covid-19 public health emergency lapse on May 11, even as the Republican-led House was voting to immediately eliminate the special authorities of the so-called PHE. Meanwhile, anti-abortion forces are pressuring legislators to both tighten abortion restrictions and pay for every birth in the nation. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Hannah Wesolowski of the National Alliance on Mental Illness about the rollout of the national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

White House Left States On Their Own To Buy Ventilators. Inside Their Mad Scramble.

By Rachana Pradhan June 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Although laws prohibit price gouging on precious resources in times of emergency, states have been forced to compete for a share of the nation’s stockpile of ventilators — used to treat the sickest COVID patients — or pay top dollar on sideline deals. With quality and quantity control lacking, what happens when the pandemic’s second wave hits?

When Your Doctor Is Also A Lobbyist: Inside The War Over Surprise Medical Bills

By Rachana Pradhan February 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As lawmakers consider bills to protect patients against surprise medical bills, doctors have waged a stealth on-the-ground campaign to win over members of Congress. Here’s how they did it.

Newsom Diverges Sharply From Washington With Health Care Budget

By Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra January 11, 2019 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom made health care a priority in his proposed state budget, asking lawmakers to authorize state-funded financial aid for health insurance, impose a penalty on uninsured Californians and expand Medicaid coverage to unauthorized immigrants.

Attention, Marketplace Shoppers: Don’t Delay On 2019 Enrollment

By Michelle Andrews November 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Plans offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces for 2019 are on sale now. Consumers should check them out soon, because in many states most sales end on Dec. 15.

Atención consumidores: no se dejen estar, inscríbanse en un plan de salud para 2019

By Michelle Andrews November 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

En la mayoría de los estados, el período de inscripción abierta cierra el 15 de diciembre. Los estados que gerencian sus propios mercados tienen más flexibilidad.

Rx: Zucchini, Brown Rice, Turkey Soup. Medicaid Plan Offers Food As Medicine

By Phil Galewitz June 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A small group of insurers offers some members with serious illnesses medically tailored meals to improve their health.

How A Drug Company Under Pressure For High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity

By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas April 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Denmark-based drugmaker Novo Nordisk has invested more in lobbying and doubled political donations since 2015.

Calabacita, pavo y arroz integral: Medicaid ofrece alimentos como medicinas

By Phil Galewitz June 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Un programa en Philadelphia entrega a domicilio comidas médicamente preparadas, que paga Medicaid, para ayudar a personas con condiciones crónicas a comer sano y mejorar.

Insurer Tries A Soft Touch — Puppies! — For This Year’s Hard Sell Of Obamacare Plans

By Gisele Grayson, NPR November 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Open enrollment for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges started last week. Across the country, municipalities, insurers and grass-roots groups are working hard to help folks navigate the hoops.

As Surgery Centers Boom, Patients Are Paying With Their Lives

By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network March 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

An investigation by Kaiser Health News and the USA TODAY Network discovers that more than 260 patients have died since 2013 after in-and-out procedures at surgery centers across the country. More than a dozen — some as young as 2 — have perished after routine operations, such as colonoscopies and tonsillectomies.

Liquid Gold: Pain Doctors Soak Up Profits By Screening Urine For Drugs

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas Photos by Heidi de Marco November 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With the nation’s opioid crisis, urine testing has become a booming business and is especially lucrative for doctors who operate their own labs, a Kaiser Health News investigation finds. And dozens of practitioners have earned “the lion’s share” of their Medicare income exclusively from urine drug screens.

Right After Trump Blamed High Drug Prices On Campaign Cash, Drugmakers Gave More

By Sydney Lupkin and Elizabeth Lucas September 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

At a political rally in March, President Donald Trump said drug prices are “outrageous” and blamed campaign contributions. Drugmakers funneled nearly $280,000 to Congress the very next day.

Everyone Says We Must Control Exorbitant Drug Prices. So, Why Don’t We?

By Jay Hancock September 25, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Any momentum to address prescription drug costs has been lost amid rancorous debates over replacing Obamacare and stalled by roadblocks erected via lobbying and industry cash.

In The End, Even The Middle Class Would Feel GOP Squeeze On Nursing Home Care

By Jordan Rau June 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid pays for two-thirds of nursing home residents, but some recipients don’t even know they’re on it.

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