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Facebook Live: Inclusive Care at the End of Life: The LGBTQ+ Experience

May 21, 2019 KFF Health News Original

For a generation of LGBTQ+ people who lived through unprecedented social change, getting older poses new challenges. When it comes to seeking elder care, concerns about lack of services, discrimination, neglect and even abuse threaten to reverse recent progress.

In-Home Teeth-Straightening Business Is Booming ― But Better Brace Yourself

By Julie Appleby and Victoria Knight January 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

SmileDirectClub and similar startup companies say they provide these services at what can be thousands of dollars less than office-visit teeth straightening, but proof is lacking and patients can be left with no recourse if problems arise.

‘An Arm And A Leg’: Can You Shop Around For A Lower-Priced MRI?

By Dan Weissmann June 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Doctors routinely order MRIs, but the price patients pay can be unpredictable. Hear how one determined woman scanned her options to find the best deal.

‘An Arm And A Leg’: Forget The Shakedown. To Get Paid, Hospitals Get Creative.

By Dan Weissmann June 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

An unexpected hospital bill can bust the family budget. That leaves lots of people with bills they can’t pay. Turns out, that’s a crisis for hospitals too, and some are getting creative about collecting debt.

Listen: After Its Hospital Closes, A Pioneer Kansas Town Searches For What Comes Next

May 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Deep questions underlie what is happening in Fort Scott, Kan.: Do small communities like this one need a traditional hospital at all? And, if not, what health care do they need?

Por su prueba de resfriado, la aseguradora pagó $25,865

By Richard Harris, NPR News December 23, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Alexa Kasdan no quería que sus vacaciones se arruinaran por un simple dolor de garganta. Fue a su doctora y le hicieron un hisopado. ¿Por qué el laboratorio cobro esa cifra ridícula?

UnitedHealth To Offer Modest Relief For Plan Members With $1.5B Worth Of Premium Credits

May 7, 2020 Morning Briefing

Insurers are weathering the pandemic better than expected, since their costs for elective procedures plummeted. “People are hurting right now,” said UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann when announcing the insurance company’s decision.

California Tries Again To Make Medication Abortions Available At Its Colleges

By April Dembosky, KQED September 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A proposed state law would require on-campus health centers to provide students with the medicines that allow them to end an unwanted pregnancy. Former Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill last year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he would sign it.

Trump Threatens To Permanently Cut Off Funding To WHO After China Pledges $2B To Help Fight Virus

May 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

American officials decried Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to contribute $2 billion to the global efforts to contain the pandemic as an attempt by China to forestall closer scrutiny of whether it hid information about the outbreak to the world. Late on Monday, President Donald Trump released a scathing letter that laid out his grievances with both WHO and China, both popular targets for the president in recent weeks.

Listen: Trump’s Plan To End ‘Unpleasant Surprise’ Bills

May 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump called for an end to the “unpleasant surprise” of certain medical bills on Thursday. NPR reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin covered the White House announcement, which featured two patients from the KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” series.

Finding Homeless Patients A Place To Heal

By Ana B. Ibarra April 3, 2019 KFF Health News Original

California hospitals must comply with a new state law that requires them to try to find a safe place for homeless patients upon discharge. But hospitals say doing so isn’t as easy as calling a shelter and securing a cot.

Watch: Electronic Medical Records Investigation In Spotlight On C-SPAN

April 30, 2019 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Fred Schulte talks on C-SPAN with viewers about errors and other problems with computerized health records.

Purveyors Of Black-Market Pharmaceuticals Target Immigrants

By John M. Glionna September 16, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Illegal medications, sold in immigrant communities around the United States, can cause serious harm to consumers, authorities say. Law enforcement officers are cracking down, but some think more must be done.

Summer Setbacks: The Long Road To Lower Drug Prices Hits Some Potholes

By Emmarie Huetteman July 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Efforts to control drug prices seemed on a glide path earlier this year after gaining traction at the White House and in Congress. But prospects today look less certain and highly controversial.

Lawmakers Just Sent $484B Bill To Trump But They Are Already Gearing Up For Next Battle Royale

April 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

The fourth stimulus package was meant to supplement the depleted fund to help small businesses, but Democrats fought to include money for hospitals and expanded testing as well. This bill took longer to negotiate than the previous three, and it could be the last measure that gets through without an intense and public political fight.

Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging

By Laura Ungar and Trudy Lieberman September 3, 2019 KFF Health News Original

One out of every 13 older Americans struggles to find enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasn’t kept pace with the graying population.

Five Things We Found In The FDA’s Hidden Device Database

By Sydney Lupkin June 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration released two decades of previously hidden data containing millions of injuries or malfunctions by medical devices. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.

They May Owe Nothing — Half-Million-Dollar Dialysis Bill Canceled

By Jenny Gold July 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive a Montana man’s huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care.

Treating Uninsured Could Cost Hospitals $42B, And As Layoffs Increase That Number Could Soar

April 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

The Trump administration has said the $100 billion emergency fund created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act could be tapped to reimburse hospitals for treating uninsured COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont issues an executive order on billing for treatment of the uninsured.

Congress Could Pass $250B Legislation Targeted At Helping Small Businesses As Early As This Week

April 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

Heavy requests for the previously approved $350 billion in loans push lawmakers to consider augmenting the original $2.2 trillion package with a smaller bill geared to help small businesses. Meanwhile, the Small Business Administration struggles with an aging system while under immense strain from the influx of emergency loan requests. In other news: Democrats eye Medicaid incentives for the next stimulus package; a comparison of the stimulus packages to the 2008 bailout; how much Trump hotels could benefit; and more.

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