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Juul, el producto de tabaco que consumen estudiantes en las escuelas

By Ana B. Ibarra March 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Su parecido con un flash drive hace que sea difícil de detectar. Tiene nicotina y temen que impacte en una nueva generación de fumadores.

The Juul’s So Cool, Kids Smoke It In School

By Ana B. Ibarra March 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The teenage smoking sensation appearing on high school campuses across the country is an easy-to-hide, high-nicotine device called the Juul. Educators and health care advocates fear that vulnerable young people may become addicted.

States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Preexisting Conditions Shield Gets Axed

By Harriet Blair Rowan July 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A coalition of Republican states has launched a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, including provisions requiring insurers to offer coverage to people with preexisting conditions without raising rates. An analysis shows that some of these states have the highest proportion of such residents.

Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices

By Christina Jewett Photos by Heidi de Marco March 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration has let medical device companies file reports of injuries and malfunctions outside a widely scrutinized public database, leaving doctors and medical sleuths in the dark.

Facebook Live: Vaping Unveiled

May 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nicotine-loaded e-cig juices that spoof popular treats — marketed to help adults kick the smoking habit— instead may be luring youths into addiction. California Healthline’s Facebook Live peeled back the curtains on this wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Para los Dreamers, el sueño de convertirse en médicos pende de la “compasión” legal

By Ana B. Ibarra March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

De los 700,000 jóvenes beneficiarios de DACA, 99 son estudiantes de medicina. Pero sus años de residencia se pueden ver opacados por las nuevas políticas migratorias.

The Dream Among ‘Dreamers’ To Become A Doctor Now ‘At The Mercy’ Of Courts

By Ana B. Ibarra March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In September, the Trump administration announced its plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting off an ongoing political and legal battle that could doom the dreams of immigrant doctors in training.

Insulin’s Steep Price Leads To Deadly Rationing

By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media September 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and 26 when he died. He couldn’t afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies. So he tried to stretch the doses.

Sprained Your Ankle? The Cost Of A Brace Could Sprain Your Wallet.

By Michelle Andrews May 3, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Your health insurance might not cover items such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and braces, or you may have to deal with a supplier that has a contract with your insurer.

Day-Tripping To The Dispensary: Seniors In Pain Hop Aboard The Canna-Bus

By Stephanie O'Neill September 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Marijuana dispensaries are reaching out to seniors seeking help with the aches and pains of aging. They’re discovering an array of products, and some interesting side effects.

Staggering Prices Slow Insurers’ Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy

By Michelle Andrews July 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some state Medicaid programs are not paying for the procedures, and Medicare’s complicated payment rates have hospitals concerned that it will not cover all the costs.

State Pay Cut For Dental Hygienists Who Serve The Poor Was Illegal, Court Finds

By Ana B. Ibarra March 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

California officials should have obtained federal approval before they cut reimbursement rates for dental hygienists who serve frail Californians living in nursing homes and board-and-care facilities, a judge has ruled.

If High Court Reverses Roe V. Wade, 22 States Poised To Ban Abortion

By Julie Rovner July 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As with current abortion policies, a woman’s access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.

With Some Republican Support, Virginia Edges Closer To Medicaid Expansion

By Megan Pauly, WCVE March 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

More than a dozen Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates voted to expand Medicaid, and at least one state senator may be leaning in favor of expansion. It will be the hot topic as legislators are called back to Richmond to hash out a budget in the special session starting April 11.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Campaign Promises Kept, Plus ‘Nerd Reports’

May 24, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Sarah Kliff of Vox and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss a proposed administration regulation that seeks to separate Planned Parenthood from federal family planning funds, the final congressional passage of legislation aimed at helping those with terminal illnesses obtain experimental medications, and new government reports on the uninsured and federal health spending. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Liz Szabo about the May “Bill of the Month.”

Research Roundup: ‘Public Charge’ Policy; Medicare Part B; And Romaine Lettuce Contamination

January 17, 2019 Morning Briefing

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

Taken For A Ride: After ATV Crash, Doctor Gets $56,603 Bill For Air Ambulance Trip

By Alison Kodjak, NPR News September 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

After an accident in an all-terrain vehicle crushed a doctor’s left arm, he was whisked by air ambulance to the closest trauma center for specialized care. Soon he was fighting over the $56,603 bill.

One Twin’s Difficult Birth Puts A Project Designed To Reduce C-Sections To The Test

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR November 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A woman had twins in a hospital south of Boston, and for doctors aiming to reduce cesarean sections, the second baby’s tricky arrival tested the limits of teamwork.

Listen: Got A Sky-High Bill? Don’t Write The Check.

February 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Have you gotten a medical bill that sounds way too expensive or is just downright confusing? Send it to us. KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal talks with NPR Morning Edition Host Steve Inskeep about the launch of “Bill Of The Month,” KHN and NPR’s new crowdsourced investigation.

Scrutinizing Medicare Coverage For Physical, Occupational And Speech Therapy

By Judith Graham March 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Treatment has been terminated for some seniors because therapists told them they weren’t making enough progress or that they had reached their annual limit. We examine the treatment benefits and the barriers under Medicare’s coverage rules for therapy.

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