‘An Arm And A Leg’: What We’ve Learned And What’s Ahead For The Show
By Dan Weissmann
February 14, 2020
KFF Health News Original
For this bonus episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” Dan Weissmann gives up the host’s chair and answers questions from reporter and colleague Sally Herships.
Some Rejoice Over New California Health Insurance Subsidies. Others Get Shut Out.
By Ana B. Ibarra
December 12, 2019
KFF Health News Original
There’s something new in this year’s Covered California open-enrollment period: Consumers are learning whether they will qualify for new state-funded financial aid. The results are mixed, with some scoring hundreds of dollars per month and others nothing.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: The Affordable Care Act Turns 10
March 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Next week is the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Millions of Americans have benefited from the law, yet its future is in the hands of both the Supreme Court and voters in November. For this special episode of “What the Health?” host Julie Rovner interviews Kathleen Sebelius, who was Obama’s secretary of Health and Human Services when the law was passed. Then Rovner, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News discuss its history, impact and prospects for the future.
Hospital Revenue Likely Will Fall $53B In 2021 — And That’s The Low Estimate
February 25, 2021
Morning Briefing
A report from the American Hospital Association said the drop could be as much as $122 billion compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Analysis: Get Ready For The Vaccine — They’re Never Simple
By Arthur Allen
May 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Trials are an immense undertaking involving tens of thousands of participants. They’re likely to start this summer — but don’t expect quick results. And what’s a successful result, anyway?
Timeline: History Of Blocking Regulation Of Electronic Health Records
November 22, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Over the past decade, government efforts to create a national system to track and analyze deaths, injuries and other adverse incidents linked to electronic health records repeatedly have failed amid opposition from the technology industry and its supporters in Congress.
COVID en LA: prevención en los trabajos ha salvado vidas de latinos, dicen oficiales
By Anna Almendrala
October 15, 2020
KFF Health News Original
La agresiva aplicación de las normas de salud y la apertura de líneas para denunciar si no se cumplen han contribuido a la disminución de muertes.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
April 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The messaging from the White House coronavirus press briefings is becoming more confusing as President Donald Trump and his science advisers appear to not see eye to eye. Meanwhile, Congress is ready to approve more money to address both the health and economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the virus is taking an almost unimaginable toll on the nation’s nursing homes and putting strain on patients and health care providers with non-COVID ailments. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more.
Dialysis Patients Panic As Financial ‘Life Raft’ Becomes Unmoored
By Ana B. Ibarra
November 14, 2019
KFF Health News Original
An organization that helps nearly 4,000 California dialysis patients pay for their insurance is threatening to cut off aid in January because of a new law that is expected to reduce dialysis industry profits. Patients fear they won’t be able to afford their life-saving treatment.
Exclusive: Nearly 600 — And Counting — US Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19
By Christina Jewett Melissa Bailey Danielle Renwick, The Guardian
June 6, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The Guardian and KHN release new figures Saturday showing the harsh toll that the pandemic is taking on the front-line health workers.
‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room
By Will Stone Leila Fadel, NPR News
April 10, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Lack of protective gear and fears about all the unknown aspects of COVID-19 are parts of the mosaic of stress facing doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic.
Must-Reads Of The Week
By Rachel Bluth
June 26, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Easy-breezy guest writer Rachel Bluth fills you in on a healthy dose of news from this past week.
Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding
By Julie Rovner
May 18, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Congress authorized $100 billion for health care providers to help reimburse them for losses linked to the coronavirus pandemic. But the majority of that funding so far has gone to hospitals, doctors and other facilities that serve Medicare patients. Providers primarily serving low-income Medicaid populations and children have been largely left out.
California: adultos jóvenes indocumentados podrán tener Medicaid… ¿se inscribirán?
By Ana B. Ibarra
November 21, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Algunos jóvenes ya están diciendo que no se inscribirán para tener cobertura pública porque temen que las políticas federales de inmigración puedan luego penalizarlos.
Medi-Cal To Expand Eligibility To Young Undocumented Adults. But Will They Enroll?
By Ana B. Ibarra
November 21, 2019
KFF Health News Original
California will become the first state to allow unauthorized immigrant adults to receive full Medicaid coverage when it expands eligibility to people ages 19 to 25 in January. But health officials and immigrant rights advocates wonder whether fear of federal immigration policy combined with a youthful sense of not needing health insurance will keep those young adults from joining.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Democrats Roll Dice On SCOTUS And The ACA
January 9, 2020
KFF Health News Original
A group of Democratic state attorneys general are betting the Supreme Court will take up the case and overturn a federal appeals court ruling in time for the 2020 elections. In other high-court news, most Republicans in Congress are asking the justices to use a Louisiana law to overturn the landmark abortion-rights ruling, Roe v. Wade. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Rovner also interviews NPR’s Richard Harris, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature.
Federal Judge Tosses Hospitals’ Lawsuit Over 340B Drug Discount Program
February 19, 2021
Morning Briefing
District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said providers should use a new HHS dispute resolution process to try to resolve their issues before turning to the courts, Stat reports. Other news is on Humacyte, the AMR Action Fund and pharmaceutical reps.
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.
Google Completes Steps To Purchase FitBit For $2.1B
January 15, 2021
Morning Briefing
A report from Stat says the purchase could give Google an advantage in clinical trials and in the employer market interested in rewarding workers healthy habits. News is on the system rewarding higher insulin prices and an expected approval of a new drug from Aurinia to treat a serious kidney disease.
‘An Arm And A Leg’: Can They Freaking Do That?!?
By Dan Weissmann
December 12, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Introducing a new segment on “An Arm and a Leg” podcast: “Can They Freaking Do That?!?” We take your most vexing medical bill questions and hunt down information and experts who can help.
