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After Miscarriages, Workers Have Few Guarantees for Time Off or Job-Based Help

By Bryce Covert January 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

About a quarter of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. Despite the large number of workers affected, no national laws protect them when they need time off to deal with the loss.

Perspectives: Every Presidential Candidate Should Prioritize Affordable Prescriptions; It’s Time To Reform 340B

September 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentary about pharmaceutical issues.

Health Care Fraud Probe Leads To 193 People Charged In $2.75B Schemes

June 28, 2024 Morning Briefing

The charges stem from the illegal distribution of stimulants, improper billing for treatment, and filing false claims for telemedicine, the Justice Department says. In other news, public health entities and providers have been cautioned about the potential for phishing and ransomware attacks.

Todo lo que hay que saber sobre omicron y las otras variantes del coronavirus

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact November 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las alarmas saltaron en todo el mundo cuando los funcionarios de salud pública de Sudáfrica vieron que empezaba a superar a delta, la cepa dominante hasta ahora.

Hospital Investigated for Allegedly Denying an Emergency Abortion After Patient’s Water Broke

By Harris Meyer November 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials have ordered the probe after reports that a woman whose water broke at 18 weeks could not get medical care recommended by her doctors to end the pregnancy because hospital officials were concerned about Missouri’s strict abortion law.

Medicare Premiums Will Go Up 6% Next Year, CMS Announces

October 13, 2023 Morning Briefing

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a 6% hike in premiums for Medicare Part A and B in 2024. Meanwhile, open enrollment for next year’s plans starts this weekend.

GSK’s Widely Used RSV Shot Retains 43% Potency In Third Year, Data Show

October 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, demand for vaccines targeting respiratory syncytial virus are down in the U.S. Also, if you are uncertain about whether you might have covid or the flu, the newly approved at-home Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test can give you results in 15 minutes.

Oncology Doctors Say the Build Back Better Act Will Slash Cancer Care Funding — A Skewed Argument

By Julie Appleby December 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Community Oncology Alliance is targeting the prescription drug provisions of the Build Back Better Act, saying they will trigger deep cuts in oncologists’ pay, causing clinics to close and health care costs to rise. But it leaves out some important details.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing In on Covid Vaccines for ‘The Littles’

June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The wait is nearly over for parents of kids under 5 as a key advisory committee to the FDA recommends authorizing a covid-19 vaccine for the youngest children. Meanwhile, Congress is struggling to fill in the details of its gun control compromise, and, as the Supreme Court prepares to throw the question of abortion legality back to the states, the number of abortions has been rising. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

Biden Signs $1.2T Spending Bill That Includes $117B For HHS

March 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

Axios reports that the funding bill “keeps health programs near status quo.” Also in the news: the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024, a new antibody to protect against covid, and more.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a Shot at Gun Control

June 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. House passed a package of bills seeking to keep some guns out of the hands of children and teenagers, but its fate in the Senate remains a big question mark. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission takes on drug and hospital prices. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Cori Uccello of the American Academy of Actuaries about the most recent report from Medicare’s trustees board.

Viewpoints: $4B In NIH Funding Cuts Will Affect Health Care For All Of Us; Prevention Is Key To Ending Bird Flu

February 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.

Your Flu Shot Is Missing Something This Year — And You’ll Be Glad For It

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

NPR reports that the FDA is not including one of the strains of flu — B/Yamagata — in this year’s recipe because covid prevention initiatives appear to have pushed it into oblivion. Meanwhile, whooping cough reaches its highest spread since 2014. Have you updated your Tdap shot? You need it every 10 years, the CDC says.

Inflation Reduction Act Contains Important Cost-Saving Changes for Many Patients — Maybe for You

By Michael McAuliff August 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The legislation, which the House is expected to pass Friday, would allow the federal government, for the first time, to negotiate the price of some drugs that Medicare buys. It also would extend the enhanced subsidies for people who buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways? New Book Reveals Details of a US Leak

By Alison Young April 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

“Pandora’s Gamble” describes how 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of wastewater potentially containing anthrax, Ebola, and other deadly pathogens spilled from an Army facility in Frederick, Maryland, in 2018.

White House Launches Push For Access, Training On Overdose Reversal Meds

March 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration says that part of its efforts to stem the national overdose crisis will include “flooding the zone” with naloxone, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. Other federal news reports on the 340B drug discount program and the Change Healthcare hack.

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as Expected, End Nationwide Right to Abortion

By Julie Rovner June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The 6-3 decision, telegraphed in May by an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion, eliminates the right to abortion as if it never existed at all.

HRSA Policy Change Could Mean Some Outpatient Clinics Lose 340B Discounts

October 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The Health Resources and Services Administration reversed a policy change which could hit some hospital outpatient clinics’ eligibility for the 340B drug discount program. The change was made in 2020 to expedite the certification process, and hospitals had expected it to remain permanent.

Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage

By Susan Jaffe January 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

If federal officials accept a court’s decision, some patients will get a chance to seek refunds for their nursing home and other expenses.

Will the US Overcome Its Covid Complacency Even as the Threat Returns?

By Elisabeth Rosenthal June 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

One million Americans have died from covid-19 — far more per capita than in any other developed country. A new variant is doubling case rates in some states, and more than 300 people are dying a day. But our nation’s pandemic response has become mild-mannered and performative, backed by neither money, urgency, nor enforcement.

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