Medicare Combats Fraud With Billing Statements That Beneficiaries Can Understand
New consumer-friendly statements urge seniors to report suspicious charges and make it easier to appeal denials of coverage.
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Electronic Intensive Care Unit Expands In Alaska
A nurse, a doctor and six computer monitors help raise the standards of care for critically ill patients in Anchorage and in rural hospitals.
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Video: Obama Fields Questions On Limbaugh, ‘War On Women’
During a Tuesday news conference, the president responded to questions about Rush Limbaugh and the heated debate over contraception coverage, and about whether Republican positions on these issues constitute a "war on women."
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House Moves Closer To IPAB Repeal Vote
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the latest movement in House Republican efforts to repeal a key part of the health reform law -- the Independent Payment Advisory Board. One House committee passed a repeal of IPAB Tuesday while another held a hearing on it. The full House is expected to vote on a repeal of IPAB as early as the end of March.
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New Book Offers Checklists To Help Hospital Patients
Doctors and other care providers are increasing using checklists in their work, but one author has developed similar guides for consumers.
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Atlanta’s Grady Hospital Chief Sees Major Threat In Medicaid Cuts
New CEO John Haupert says federal and state efforts to trim the health care program for low-income residents could harm his safety-net hospital.
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GOP Debate: Romney Attacks Federal Employee Benefits; Santorum Promotes HSAs
During a debate in the battleground state of Ohio, Mitt Romney contrasted proposed Tricare cuts to health benefits for other government employees, while Rick Santorum extolled the virtue of health savings accounts, saying, "We need to expand them greatly."
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Q&A: Why Did I Receive A Bill From An Out-Of-Network Radiologist?
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader who received a bill from an out-of-network radiologist after a routine mammogram at an in-network hospital. The reader asks: What can we citizens do to ensure our rights?
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Texas Women’s Health Fund In Jeopardy Over Abortion Politics
Texas is in a stand-off with the federal government over a program that provides contraception and reproductive check-ups for low-income Texas women. A new Texas rule would exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from participating, even though the program has nothing to do with abortion.
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State GOP Pushes For ‘Abortion-Free’ Mississippi
Emboldened by the first Republican majorities in both chambers of the legislature since Reconstruction, anti-abortion advocates see a chance to limit abortion further and possibly ban it in Mississippi. Nearly two dozen anti-abortion bills have been introduced in the state legislature.
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The Parent Trap: Adult Children Care For Elderly Parents
This story by Kaiser Health News' Marilyn Werber Serafini features members of the sandwich generation: raising children, dealing with elderly parents and the care they need - and sometimes feeling like they've bitten off more than they can chew.