Drug Puts A $750,000 ‘Price Tag On Life’
By Julie Appleby
August 2, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The high cost of Spinraza, a new and promising treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, highlights how the cost-benefit analysis insurers use to make drug coverage decisions plays out in human terms.
Health Exchange Enrollment Misses Obama Administration’s Goal, But Stays Steady
By Julie Rovner
March 15, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Federal officials said 12.2 million people signed up for plans this year on the health law’s marketplaces, down slightly from 2016.
As Hospital Chains Grow, So Do Their Prices For Care
By Chad Terhune
June 13, 2016
KFF Health News Original
The average patient stay costs $4,000 more at Sutter and Dignity hospitals than at other California medical centers, study shows.
Poll: Majority Of Americans Agree That The FDA Should Review Drug Ads Before They Air
By Shefali Luthra
October 28, 2015
KFF Health News Original
Nearly eight in 10 say they have seen or heard these ads, and more than a quarter have discussed one of the drugs with a physician as a result.
The Battle Over Planned Parenthood
August 11, 2015
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Health News correspondent Julie Rovner discusses the efforts to defund Planned Parenthood on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
Methodology: How Hospital-Acquired Conditions Are Calculated
By Jordan Rau
June 22, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Before assessing penalties, Medicare assesses rates of infection among patients with catheters in major veins and in the bladder and eight other patient injuries, such as blood clots, bed sores and accidental falls.
Colorado Health Exchange’s Marketing Budget Draws Enrollees, Critics
By Arthur Kane, The Denver Post
March 27, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Colorado officials on both sides of the aisle are arguing over the effectiveness of the $8 million marketing spend the state’s insurance marketplace.
Monthly Premiums For A ‘Benchmark’ Silver Plan In Federally Run Insurance Marketplaces
September 29, 2013
KFF Health News Original
This chart lists sample premiums in the 36 states where the federal government is running the online insurance marketplaces.
Today’s Headlines – August 9, 2012
By Stephanie Stapleton
August 9, 2012
KFF Health News Original
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news about campaign trail sparring over women’s health issues, a political ad that has drawn criticism and a Romney aide’s response. Los Angeles Times: Survey: 61% Of Employers Expect Cost Increase From Healthcare Law More than 60% of employers in a new survey anticipate some […]
New Guidelines On Obesity Treatment Herald Changes In Coverage
By Michelle Andrews
July 10, 2012
KFF Health News Original
The recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that people who are obese get “intensive, multicomponent” intervention offers support for consumers, but it is not clear that employers and insurers welcome the change.
Table: Caring for Migrant Farmworkers
June 6, 2012
KFF Health News Original
Details about the 156 health centers that get federal funds to provide primary care to migrant and seasonal farmworkers regardless of immigration status.
Checks In The Mail: Millions Expected To Receive Insurance Rebates Totaling $1.3 Billion
By Julie Appleby
April 26, 2012
KFF Health News Original
Study projects refunds under the health care law will vary widely by state.
Chart: CEO Pay Packages, Ranked By Hospital Revenue
September 27, 2011
KFF Health News Original
2009 pay packages for the CEOs of the top 25 children’s hospitals.
Disparities Cloud Health Improvements In Past Decade, Report Finds
By Christian Torres
October 6, 2011
KFF Health News Original
Federal officials note that minorities and low-income Americans continue to have less access to health care even as the country makes improvements in life expectancy and lowering death rates related to several conditions.
Typhoid Outbreak Spreading In Zimbabwe; Officials Working To Improve Sanitation, Drug Supply
February 29, 2012
Morning Briefing
“A typhoid outbreak that began in Harare last year is steadily spreading across Zimbabwe with more than 3,000 cases reported although only one death due to the disease has been reported so far, health officials have said,” ZimOnline reports (Marimudza, 2/29). “We have reported 203 new typhoid cases this week only … So we actually have an outbreak that is raging,” Ministry of Health Epidemiology and Disease Control Director Portia Manangazira told VOA News, according to the news service (Gonda/Chifera, 2/28). Speaking to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Welfare on Tuesday, Manangazira “said the ministry did not have adequate supply of drugs for patients,” NewsDay notes (Chidavaenzi, 2/29).
Public Willing To Accept Minor Medicare Cuts, Poll Finds
By Jordan Rau
June 30, 2011
KFF Health News Original
Most Americans are willing to accept some level of cuts in Medicare spending to keep the program financially sound or to ease the federal budget deficit, but they still balk at major reductions, according to a new survey released Thursday. The poll results show that public opinion on Medicare cuts remains malleable, subject to influence by […]
Most Americans Oppose GOP Plan To Cut Medicaid
By Phil Galewitz
May 25, 2011
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds about 60 percent of Americans want Congress to keep Medicaid in its current form.
States Cutting Back On Drug Programs For HIV Patients
By Shefali S. Kulkarni
May 22, 2011
KFF Health News Original
Budget shortfalls are forcing many states to tighten their AIDS drug assistance programs and bump low-income patients to waiting lists.
House Passes Agriculture Spending Bill
June 17, 2011
Morning Briefing
“The House on Thursday afternoon approved the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act by a 217-203 vote,” The Hill’s “Floor Action Blog” reports. A day earlier, the House “rejected several amendments from Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) to cut the Food for Peace program, the International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program, and make further cuts to [the Women, Infants and Children program],” the blog notes (Kasperowicz, 6/16).
Support Slips For Health Reform Law, New KFF Poll Shows
By Laurie McGinley
August 31, 2010
KFF Health News Original
As mid-term elections approach, the public is split over the law. Federal subsidies to help people buy insurance are popular, while a requirement that most Americans buy coverage isn’t.
