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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Why Is It So Difficult To Control Drug Prices?

In this episode of “What the Health?” Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the recent extension of cost-sharing subsidies for millions of low-income beneficiaries on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces and the state of play on Capitol Hill and in the states concerning initiatives to lower prescription drug costs.

Aug. 17, 2017

Repeal & Replace Watch

Often Missing In The Health Care Debate: Women’s Voices

When leaders in Washington discuss the future of American health care, women are not always in the room. Here, nine women share their personal stories, fears and hopes.

By Anna Gorman and Jenny Gold

Aug. 17, 2017

Doctors Warm To Single-Payer Health Care

Growing numbers of physicians say they support a single-payer health care system, a 180-degree turn in opinion over a decade.

By Rachel Bluth

Aug. 16, 2017

CBO: Killing Cost-Sharing Subsidies Would Hike Silver Plan Premiums And Deficit

The change would not be expected to have much long-term effect on the number of uninsured people. But it could cause a shift in which plans are popular with marketplace customers.

By Phil Galewitz

Aug. 15, 2017

Insurers Can Bend Out-Of-Network Rules For Patients Who Need Specific Doctors

Individuals who require very specialized care for their health are advised to make their case when a plan doesn’t cover their doctor.

By Michelle Andrews

Aug. 15, 2017

End-Of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat On Medicare’s Dime

In the first year of payments for advance-care planning sessions, once decried as ”death panels,“ use is higher than expected, new data show.

By JoNel Aleccia

Aug. 14, 2017

Climbing Cost Of Decades-Old Drugs Threatens To Break Medicaid Bank

Medicaid spent billions more in 2016 than the year before on decades-old prescription drugs, including many generics, a Kaiser Health News data analysis shows.

By Sydney Lupkin

Aug. 14, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Readers Have Their Say … On Pain And Who Stands To Gain In Drug Market

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to respond, react and comment on our stories.

Aug. 11, 2017

A Long And Winding Road: Kicking Heroin In An Opioid ‘Treatment Desert’

Heather Menzel thought returning to her rural California hometown was the answer to her addiction problems. Then she discovered the town had no medical treatment options for her — but plenty of heroin.

By Brian Rinker

Aug. 11, 2017

Obesity And Depression Are Entwined, Yet Scientists Don’t Know Why

As the link between obesity and depression becomes increasingly clear, so do the challenges of treating these distinct chronic conditions together.

By Shefali Luthra

Aug. 11, 2017

Repeal & Replace Watch

Americans Eager For Leaders To Cooperate To Make Health Law Work

Majorities of Democrats and Republicans — and people who say they are supporters of President Donald Trump — say they want the country to make the law successful.

By Phil Galewitz

Aug. 11, 2017

Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ No Vacation For Insurers

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the state of the individual health insurance markets in the wake of the failure (for now) of Congress’s efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Aug. 10, 2017

Senate Democrats Delay HHS Nominee Over Women’s Health Funding

Sen. Patty Murray questions Dr. Brett Giroir’s willingness to stand up for women’s health programs such as family planning services and teenage pregnancy prevention.

By Rachel Bluth

Aug. 10, 2017

Medi-Cal Sued For Pushing Patients Into Managed Care Despite Judges’ Orders

Advocates say California’s Medicaid program is violating its own rules by overturning decisions that would allow seriously ill patients to stay out of managed care and keep their doctors.

By Emily Bazar

Aug. 10, 2017

Asthma, More Deadly With Age, Takes Heavy Toll On Older Adults

Death rates for older adults with asthma run five times higher than younger people, and serious complications are far more common.

By Judith Graham

Aug. 10, 2017

Hospitals Slashed Use Of Two Heart Drugs After Huge Price Hikes

Hospital use of two popular heart medicines, nitroprusside and isoproterenol, dramatically dropped after the prices for both soared.

By Sarah Jane Tribble

Aug. 9, 2017

Lag In Brain Donation Hampers Understanding Of Dementia In Blacks

A long history of racism and cruel experimentation in health care are among the reasons African-American families oppose donating patients’ brains for study.

By Anna Gorman

Aug. 9, 2017

Taking A U-Turn On Benefits, Big Employers Vow To Continue Offering Health Insurance

Three years ago, only about a quarter of the nation’s large employers were very confident they would have a health plan in 10 years. That number has now risen to 65 percent.

By Jay Hancock

Aug. 8, 2017

Colon Cancer Rates Rising Among Younger White Adults — And Falling Among Blacks

Although deaths from colorectal cancer are declining, researchers find rates of the disease among white men and women younger than 55 have spiked since the mid-1990s.

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez

Aug. 8, 2017