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For Wildfire Safety, Only Particular Masks Guard Against Toxic Particulate Matter

By Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra November 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As wildfires blaze in Northern and Southern California, millions of people outside of the burn zones are getting exposed to dangerous wildfire smoke. For those donning face masks for protection, only a specific mask will work.

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DOJ Brings Charges Against 35 People In $2.1B Medicare Genetic Cancer Test Scam

September 30, 2019 Morning Briefing

Reported to be one of the largest health care fraud schemes in history, it worked on many levels involving doctors, telemarketing companies and testing labs.

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Jury Hits Johnson & Johnson With $8B Verdict In Case Claiming Company Downplayed Risks Of Anti-Psychotic Drug

October 9, 2019 Morning Briefing

The plaintiff sued Johnson & Johnson in 2013 saying that he grew breasts — a condition known as gynecomastia — after he began using Risperdal in 2003, at age 9, to treat symptoms of autism. His case is one of more than 10,000 similar suits against the company.

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Judge’s $1.6B Ruling On Unpaid Subsidies Highlights Just How Much Trump Administration Could Have To Pony Up

October 25, 2019 Morning Briefing

The insurers’ lawsuit against the federal government revolves around cost-sharing reduction subsidies that were intended to lower healthcare costs for certain people who bought coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. While the judge’s decision is likely to be appealed, it could foretell an expensive outcome for the administration.

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Trump, GOP Fight Back On Health Care

October 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Ollstein of Politico discuss a flurry of proposals from the Trump administration on prices Medicare pays for drugs and the Affordable Care Act.

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A Parent-To-Parent Campaign To Get Vaccine Rates Up

By Alex Olgin, WFAE February 25, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Kim Nelson started the group South Carolina Parents for Vaccines after learning that religious exemptions from vaccine requirements were way up in her community.

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Insurers Face $15.5B Bill If Health Law Tax Resumes As Planned In 2020

September 5, 2019 Morning Briefing

The annual fee on insurers was suspended by Congress in 2019 out of concern for consumers’ out-of-pocket costs. Insurance premiums are likely to rise by more than 2% in 2020 if the IRS implements the tax as planned, the new report warned. Health law and state insurance news comes out of Texas, Connecticut, Minnesota, California, Ohio and Tennessee, as well.

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How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly’s Half-Price Insulin Make?

By Bram Sable-Smith March 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Eli Lilly released a half-price generic version of its own short-acting insulin. At $137.35 per vial, the generic insulin is priced at about the same level as Humalog was in 2012.

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Unwitting Patients, Copycat Comments Play Hidden Role In Federal Rule-Making

By Sarah Jane Tribble September 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As HHS decided to cut $1.6 billion in drug payments to hospitals, it weighed thousands of comments generated by a pharmaceutical-funded advocacy group.

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Mala calidad del aire y datos inadecuados son una combinación poco saludable

By Ana B. Ibarra September 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Los residentes del Valle respiran el aire más sucio de la nación, y las familias saben que deben tener máscaras en sus autos e inhaladores al alcance de la mano.

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Look-Up: Infection Risk Factors At Nursing Homes Near You

September 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the body’s response to an infection. Explore infection risk factors at nursing homes in your state. This tool tracks infection-related deficiencies and staffing levels for nursing homes that take Medicare and/or Medicaid.

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Bad Air And Inadequate Data Prove An Unhealthy Mix

By Ana B. Ibarra September 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

San Joaquin Valley residents breathe some of the dirtiest air in the country, but it can be a challenge for them to find accurate and timely information on the air quality in their neighborhoods. This summer, nonprofit organizations began distributing 20 small air monitors to hard-hit families, and next year, the state is expected to install monitoring systems in some communities.

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Price Hikes Without Justification On Seven Widely Used Drugs Cost Americans $5.1B, Watchdog Report Finds

October 9, 2019 Morning Briefing

A weekly round-up of stories related to pharmaceutical development and pricing.

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Facebook Live: The Cancer Divide

October 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Californians and Americans are living longer with cancer — but some are living longer than others. California Healthline’s Facebook Live addresses disparities in cancer diagnosis, treatment and care — and what can be done about them.

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Amid Vaping Crisis Altria Takes $4.5B Hit From Juul Investment, Faces FTC Probe Over Executive Shake Up

November 1, 2019 Morning Briefing

The tobacco giant wrote down its investment in Juul by more than a third, acknowledging that it hadn’t anticipated the regulatory pitfalls confronting the e-cigarette market. Altria hoped to tap the vaping market in the face of declining smoking rates and cigarette sales in the United States. Now the company is under investigation by the FTC over its role in the resignation of Juul’s former chief executive and his replacement by an Altria executive. Meanwhile, the total number of vaping-related lung disease cases continues to climb.

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Readers And Tweeters Parse Ideas — From Snakebites To Senior Suicide

May 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Confusión costosa: visita de bienestar de Medicare no es lo mismo que el chequeo anual

By Michelle Andrews March 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Es esencial que los adultos mayores sepan la diferencia entre ambas visitas al consultorio y lo que está cubierto, para no recibir cuentas médicas sorpresa.

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Low-Income Californians Feel Twice The Burn From Wildfires

By Ana B. Ibarra September 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

People living near highways and agricultural and industrial zones get hit with a “double whammy” when smoke blows into their neighborhoods, where the air is often polluted already.

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La “estrategia de riesgo” de Planned Parenthood para actualizar su imagen

By Shefali Luthra and Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En una gira nacional, la nueva directora de la organización busca enfocar el ojo público en servicios que la entidad ofrece y que no están relacionados con el aborto.

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Miracle Machine Makes Heroic Rescues — And Leaves Patients In Limbo

By Melissa Bailey June 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The use of ECMO, the most aggressive form of life support in modern medicine, has skyrocketed — but along with miraculous rescues, it can leave patients in limbo, kept alive with machines but with no prospect of survival outside the ICU.

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