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After A Rural Hospital Closes, Delays In Emergency Care Cost Patients Dearly

By Sarah Jane Tribble Photos by Christopher Smith August 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The loss of the longtime hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., forces trauma patients to deal with changing services and expectations.

Year One Of KHN’s ‘Bill Of The Month’: A Kaleidoscope Of Financial Challenges

December 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A crowdsourced investigation in which we dissect, investigate and explain medical bills you send us.

Where Are There The Most Coronavirus Cases Outside China? On A Quarantined Cruise Ship Docked Off Japan

February 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

The number of people with coronavirus on a cruise ship in the port of Yokohama nearly doubled to 135 on Monday. Some experts said that keeping all of the passengers and crew members on board could exacerbate the rate of infection. “Similar to the situation in Wuhan, but at a smaller scale, by quarantining the ship, the crew members are being forced to stay together, which increases the likelihood of transmission,” said John B. Lynch, of the University of Washington. “We have to remember that quarantines protect those outside the quarantine, not those within.”

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Live From D.C.: A Look Ahead At Health Policy In 2019

January 31, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Congress and President Donald Trump are starting to wrestle with health policy issues, and health is already a key debate point in the early run-up to the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. Might any major health policy legislation be passed and signed this year? Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Kimberly Leonard of The Washington Examiner, along with special guest Tom Miller of the American Enterprise Institute, join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and take questions from a live studio audience.

Former Outcome Health Executives Face Charges Of Allegedly Falsifying Data In $1B Fraud Scheme

November 26, 2019 Morning Briefing

The case was sparked by reports that the company—which displays pharmaceutical ads in doctors’ offices—had misled some customers with inflated data and fake reports.

Poderosas voces interfieren con propuesta para hacer más difícil evitar las vacunas

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A medida que legisladores de California intentan normas de vacunación infantil más estrictas, se enfrentan con situaciones generadas por funcionarios de alto perfil que las apoyan.

Trump Adds A Global Pricing Plan To Wide Attack On Drug Prices, But Doubts Persist

By Sarah Jane Tribble October 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Over the past five months, the Trump administration has proposed a series of reforms to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Trump Highlights Health Agenda With Vow To Lower ‘Unfair’ Drug Prices

By Julie Rovner February 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The president laid out a series of goals, including lowering prescription prices, pursuing an end to the HIV epidemic and boosting funding for childhood cancers.

CMS Crafts Plan B Over 340B Hospital Reimbursement Cuts In Response To Judge’s Ruling

July 31, 2019 Morning Briefing

A federal judge earlier in the year blocked the Trump administration’s Medicare cuts to 340B hospitals, saying the new rates aren’t lawful for 2018 and 2019. However, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras did not grant hospitals the permanent injunction. Now CMS is walking a careful line with its new proposal. Other news from CMS involves hospital prices, transparency in quality information, patient data, and more.

California Looks To Lead Nation In Unraveling Childhood Trauma

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Golden State, in a movement spearheaded by its first-ever surgeon general, stands to become a vanguard for the nation in tracing adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, to the onset of physical and mental illness. But what can a pediatrician, with her 15-minute time slots and extensive to-do list, do about the ills of an absent parent or a neighborhood riddled with gun violence?

HHS Finalizes Rule Seeking To Expel Planned Parenthood From Family Planning Program

By Julie Rovner February 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The new regulation would drop previous rules for the Title X program requiring that women with unintended pregnancies be told about all options, including abortion. It would also mandate that organizations separate facilities providing federally funded services from those providing abortions.

Mulvaney: Trump Brought Down Drug Prices For The First Time In 50 Years

By Shefali Luthra April 15, 2019 KFF Health News Original

It’s “within spitting distance of something that’s true,” said one health economist. But our fact check found it wasn’t quite there.

Very Odd Flu Season: It’s Highly Active Among Young Children, Getting Off To Earliest Start In Years

December 13, 2019 Morning Briefing

Another difference is the type of influenza being seen in parts of the south: Type B is preceding Type A. So far, the northeast is being spared, but it’s coming, health specialists warn. Public health news is on aims to get consistent results in psychology studies, ways to reduce the risk of dying, treatment of volcano burn victims, and a potential HIV vaccine, as well.

Even Doctors Can’t Navigate Our ‘Broken Health Care System’

By Judith Graham May 2, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A physician’s frustration navigating a medical emergency with his elderly father reveals a complex, dysfunctional system.

In Potential Opioids Lawsuits Settlement, Purdue Pharma Offers $10B-$12B And For Sackler Family To Cede Control Of Company

August 28, 2019 Morning Briefing

According to reports on settlement talks, the bulk of the funds would come from restructuring Purdue Pharma under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that would transform it from a private company into a “public beneficiary trust.” That would allow the profits from all drug sales, including the opioid painkiller OxyContin, to go to the plaintiffs of a nationwide consolidated lawsuit over the alleged role drugmakers played in the epidemic. The company would also give its addiction treatment drugs to the public without cost.

TV Ads Must Trumpet Drug Prices, Trump Administration Says. Pharma Tries A Plan B.

By Shefali Luthra and Sarah Jane Tribble October 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Drug pricing is a top issue in the run-up to the midterm elections.

New York Life Eyeing Cigna’s Business That Sells Non-Medical Insurance Through Employers In Possible $6B Deal

December 11, 2019 Morning Briefing

Cigna has been working to trim debt after last year’s acquisition of pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. for $54 billion. In other news from the health industry: a corporation misses the deadline to close the deal on four Verity Health hospitals and a look at the small Medicare reduction that could make a big difference in premiums.

Newsom Diverges Sharply From Washington With Health Care Budget

By Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra January 11, 2019 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom made health care a priority in his proposed state budget, asking lawmakers to authorize state-funded financial aid for health insurance, impose a penalty on uninsured Californians and expand Medicaid coverage to unauthorized immigrants.

Meth Vs. Opioids: America Has Two Drug Epidemics, But Focuses On One

By April Dembosky, KQED May 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In the West and Midwest, 70% of local law enforcement says meth is the bigger threat. It’s also a more difficult addiction to treat.

Planned Parenthood’s ‘Risky Strategy’ To Update Its Image

By Shefali Luthra and Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The nation’s largest reproductive health services provider is in the midst of a high-stakes effort to showcase what it considers its vital role in providing community health care.

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