Agrícolas, bomberos y azafatas buscan estar entre los primeros en recibir la vacuna
By Rachel Bluth Phil Galewitz
December 14, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Trabajadores de salud de primera línea, y residentes y personal de hogares de adultos mayores, recibirán las dosis de la vacuna contra COVID primero, pero… ¿quiénes le seguirán?
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: How Will We Reopen The Economy?
April 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The politics of COVID-19 are pretty polarized, but health experts across the ideological spectrum agree: The U.S. will need more robust testing before it’s safe to relax social-distancing requirements. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, Congress and the nation’s governors continue to spar over who should be responsible for what. Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider, Tami Luhby of CNN and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 ‘Contact Tracers’ To Battle COVID-19
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
April 14, 2020
KFF Health News Original
“I know we will succeed somewhat and we will fail somewhat,” says one of the plan’s chief architects. “We won’t be able to find every single person — but we will hopefully prevent a lot of deaths.”
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies
May 7, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Frustration from inside the Trump administration over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to become public, as whistleblowers ― some anonymous, some named — tell how the effort is being undermined by favoritism, incompetence and a disdain for science. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court heard a case that could threaten the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rachana Pradhan of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend their favorite stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Obamacare Co-Ops Down From 23 to Final ‘3 Little Miracles’
By Phil Galewitz
September 9, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Once there were 23 of these nonprofit plans across 26 states; in January there will be only three, serving Maine, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
‘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.
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.
New Studies Show Just How Contagious Certain Covid Variants Are
April 22, 2021
Morning Briefing
The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, is 45% more transmissible than the original covid strain, researchers say. And scientists say two California variants are about 20% more infectious than the original virus.
White House To Distribute $10B To Schools To Boost Covid Testing
March 18, 2021
Morning Briefing
“With this funding for testing, every state in America will have access to millions of dollars to set up screening testing programs, to add a layer of protection for schools, teachers and students,” said Carole Johnson, the White House COVID-19 Testing Coordinator. The funds will come out of the recently enacted $1.9-trillion stimulus plan.
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.
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.
SNAP To Get $3.5B Increase As More Americans Go Hungry
March 23, 2021
Morning Briefing
The Department of Agriculture announced a 15% bump in funding through September to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “We cannot sit by and watch food insecurity grow in the United States,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement.
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?
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021
Morning Briefing
Tuesday’s roundup covers FDA guidance on vaccine dosing, rollout troubles in states, Georgia runoffs, EPA’s rule, 340B discounts and more.
More Evidence Backs Worries That Variant Identified In UK Is Deadlier
February 16, 2021
Morning Briefing
The latest research by British scientists confirms preliminary findings that the B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus does cause more severe cases of covid-19 and can lead to more deaths.
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.
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.
Contagious Covid Variant Spreading As Cases Rise Across U.S.
April 1, 2021
Morning Briefing
Worries rise that the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. will cause another surge, as the CDC notes it’s the most prevalent strain found in five states. Meanwhile an uptick in infection numbers is reported.
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.
