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KHN’s consumer columnist answers questions about the effects a change of income can have on an individual’s subsidy for insurance premiums and dental care for Medicare beneficiaries.
Many seniors either resist or can't afford regular dental care, putting them at high risk of gum disease, tooth loss and other serious health complications.
In a recent interview, Cordani discussed the evolution of exchange health plans as well the proposed merger between Cigna and Anthem.
More scribes are joining doctors in exam rooms with patients to assist with electronic health records, but not everyone is sold on the practice.
Rev. Donna Allen of the New Revelation Community Church sees a strong need among her congregants for help recognizing and dealing with mental health problems.
The prevention task force also recommends that patients with high blood sugar levels be referred to nutrition and exercise counseling. Under the health law, the services would be covered by insurance without cost sharing.
Clinical trials should look at whether men and women are affected differently, but the NIH isn’t holding researchers accountable, a new report says.
About 40 million Americans considered themselves caregivers in 2013, according to an AARP report.
A trend among this year’s marketplace plans leaves some consumers responsible for potentially unlimited out-of-network health care bills, even though they chose plans in which they thought they had some financial protections.
Experts say Gov.-elect Matt Bevin’s plan to drop Kynect and use the federal healthcare.gov marketplace would have little impact on consumers, if it happens.
A study shows that women were 25 percent more likely to be screened in states that expanded Medicaid early.
The federal report estimates that 12 of every 100 hospital stays included an infection or other avoidable complication in 2014, about the same rate as 2013. Still, that was 17 lower than 2010.
The move signals growing recognition of HIV/AIDS’ transformation from a death sentence to a serious but manageable disease.
Doctors who minister to seriously ill patients say the flurry of aid-in-dying laws show just how afraid people are of a painful death, and how important it is to ease their suffering.
The Krispy Kreme Challenge Children's Specialty Clinic gets its name from a student-run charity race in Raleigh, N.C., that has already raised $1 million for kids. Still, some find the name unhealthy.
A tough diagnosis and a high-deductible insurance plan motivated one couple to shop carefully for care. But they hit a snag -- inaccurate prices on online calculators. Who can comparison shop if the price tags are wrong?
Co-ops, the startup, nonprofit insurance companies ushered in by the health law, have failed in 12 states. But 11 co-ops are still hanging on.
A KHN analysis finds a sharp difference in premium prices between plans that offer out-of-network care and those that do not.
Federal policy requires that California broaden taxes on insurers to fund Medicaid, but state insurers and many Republican legislators are opposed.
Treating Hep C is expensive, but new drugs can quickly cure the disease, ultimately saving money.
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