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Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a Covid Shot or Move Down on Waitlist

By JoNel Aleccia October 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

At issue is whether transplant patients who refuse the shots are not only putting themselves at greater risk for serious illness and death from covid-19, but also squandering scarce organs that could benefit others.

Medicare Rule Change Could Lift Outpatient Provider Payments By $6.2B

July 18, 2022 Morning Briefing

Modern Healthcare reports on the complexities of a proposed Medicare reimbursements rule change that could take effect next year, increasing payments to outpatient providers. Meanwhile, UnitedHealthcare is set to offer $0 insulin and epipens under certain limited conditions.

Student Nurses Who Refuse Vaccination Struggle to Complete Degrees

By Michelle Andrews October 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration is requiring workers at health care facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid payments to be vaccinated. For the minority of nursing students who have refused a shot, the new policy could mean they can’t get the training they need in a hospital or other health care venue.

US, World Bank Give Ukraine $1.7B To Pay Health Workers

July 13, 2022 Morning Briefing

Funds come from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Treasury Department, and the World Bank and are to support the complex and stressed health system in the country during the invasion. USA Today reports that telehealth assistance is also coming from U.S. doctors.

Watch: Thinking Big in Public Health, Inspired by the End of Smallpox

September 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A conversation about how the lessons from the victory over smallpox could be applied to public health challenges today.

‘Injections, Injections, Injections’: Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Jenny Gold February 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In May 2021, Lags Medical Centers, one of California’s largest chains of pain clinics, abruptly closed its doors amid a cloaked state investigation. Nine months later, patients are still in the dark about what happened with their care and to their bodies.

Gun Manufacturers Defend Industry At Hearing; AR-15s Made Makers $1B

July 28, 2022 Morning Briefing

News outlets report on how gun manufacturers faced questions, including from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on gun violence and white supremacy. AP notes the AR-15 weapons used in recent mass shootings were big earners for a decade. HIV/AIDS cures, vitamin D and more are also reported.

No hay que sufrir efectos secundarios con la vacuna contra covid para estar protegido

By Arthur Allen April 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Si bien los síntomas muestran que el sistema inmune está respondiendo a la vacuna y que protegerá contra la enfermedad, las personas con pocos o ningún síntoma también estaban protegidas.

Biden Is Caught in the Middle of Polarizing Abortion Politics

By Julie Rovner July 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The president, one of the last of a disappearing group of politicians who sought moderate compromises on abortion policy, is frustrating supporters. They wanted faster changes in federal rules. But abortion opponents — including Catholic bishops— are also taking him to task.

Amazon Wants You To Be Its Patient, Buying One Medical In $3.9B Deal

July 22, 2022 Morning Briefing

Media outlets explain why the move is significant for Amazon and the future of the health care industry, and also highlight early concerns about the deal’s impact on medical data privacy.

Have You Tried to Get Vaccinated?

January 29, 2021 Page

Cumbersome computer sign ups. Constant busy signals. Confusing messages from local health officials. These are just a few of the problems that KFF Health News readers report when trying to get vaccinated against covid-19.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Our 200th Episode!

June 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The federal approval of a controversial drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease has reignited the debate over drug prices and the way the Food and Drug Administration makes decisions. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden seeks to gain goodwill overseas as he announces the U.S. will provide 500 million doses of covid vaccine to international health efforts. Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, Rovner interviews Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. And to mark the podcast’s 200th episode, the panelists discuss what has surprised them most and least over the past four years.

Biden Releases a New Plan to Combat Covid, but Experts Say There’s Still a Ways to Go

By Victoria Knight and Julie Appleby September 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

There’s agreement that the plan includes important action items but also elements that will trigger political opposition.

‘Not Quite on Board’: Parents Proving a Tough Sell on Covid Vax for Teens

By Jenny Gold and Samantha Young November 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California offers a lens on the challenges officials face in persuading parents to embrace covid shots for young children. While the state has a strong showing in overall vaccination rates, just 59% of kids 12 to 17 — eligible for a shot since May — are fully vaccinated.

Sen. Wyden: $3.5T Budget May Have to Trim but It Can Set a Path to ‘Ambitious Goals’

By Michael McAuliff July 20, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who is helping to negotiate the health care spending framework for the Democrats’ budget plan, said lawmakers may have to settle for very basic versions of programs deployed in the package. But the key, he added, is to get the “architecture of these changes, bold changes,” started and show people what is possible.

Covid Summit Leaders Pledge $3B, Urge World Not To Get Distracted

May 13, 2022 Morning Briefing

Also Thursday, President Joe Biden ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor the 1 million Americans who have died from covid. While NPR reports on a new analysis that looks into how many of those might have lived if vaccine uptake in the U.S. was greater.

After Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents

By Susan Jaffe August 20, 2021 KFF Health News Original

This year, 23 states passed more than 70 pandemic-related provisions affecting nursing homes, including measures setting minimum staffing levels, expanding visitation protections and limiting owners’ profit margins.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': As US Bumps Against Debt Ceiling, Medicare Becomes a Bargaining Chip

January 19, 2023 Podcast

The debt ceiling crisis facing Washington puts Medicare and other popular entitlement programs squarely on the negotiating table this year as newly empowered Republicans demand spending cuts. Meanwhile, as more Americans than ever have health insurance, the nation’s health care workforce is straining under the load. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

FDA OKs At-Home Combined Test For Covid, Flu, And RSV

May 17, 2022 Morning Briefing

The new tests, made by Labcorp, are the first non-prescription tests permitted to test for covid, influenza A and B, and respiratory syncytial virus. Meanwhile, in a somewhat surprising move, the White House again offered a round of free regular at-home tests for covid.

Senate Democrats Try Again With Plan To Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices

July 1, 2022 Morning Briefing

The proposal builds on a plan negotiated by moderate Democrats in November, which would have required the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices within certain limits for up to 20 of the highest-cost drugs — plus insulin — in the Part B outpatient program and the Part D drug program, Roll Call reported.

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