DOJ Brings Charges Against 35 People In $2.1B Medicare Genetic Cancer Test Scam
September 30, 2019
Morning Briefing
Reported to be one of the largest health care fraud schemes in history, it worked on many levels involving doctors, telemarketing companies and testing labs.
La “estrategia de riesgo” de Planned Parenthood para actualizar su imagen
By Shefali Luthra Anna Maria Barry-Jester
April 17, 2019
KFF Health News Original
En una gira nacional, la nueva directora de la organización busca enfocar el ojo público en servicios que la entidad ofrece y que no están relacionados con el aborto.
New House Democrats’ Focus On Abortion Rights Could Stymie Work With Senate
By Julie Rovner
January 22, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Members of the new Democratic majority in the House are vowing to reverse restrictions that Republicans have imposed on abortions. But the efforts could lead to titanic fights that imperil other legislation.
Jury Hits Johnson & Johnson With $8B Verdict In Case Claiming Company Downplayed Risks Of Anti-Psychotic Drug
October 9, 2019
Morning Briefing
The plaintiff sued Johnson & Johnson in 2013 saying that he grew breasts — a condition known as gynecomastia — after he began using Risperdal in 2003, at age 9, to treat symptoms of autism. His case is one of more than 10,000 similar suits against the company.
Insurers Face $15.5B Bill If Health Law Tax Resumes As Planned In 2020
September 5, 2019
Morning Briefing
The annual fee on insurers was suspended by Congress in 2019 out of concern for consumers’ out-of-pocket costs. Insurance premiums are likely to rise by more than 2% in 2020 if the IRS implements the tax as planned, the new report warned. Health law and state insurance news comes out of Texas, Connecticut, Minnesota, California, Ohio and Tennessee, as well.
To Get Mental Health Help For A Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody
By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media
January 9, 2019
KFF Health News Original
To get care for their 12-year-old son’s severe mental illness, Toni and Jim Hoy had to give up custody of him and allow the state of Illinois to care for him. It happens to hundreds, perhaps thousands of children each year. The exact number is unknown because two-thirds of states do not keep track.
Furloughed Feds’ Health Coverage Intact, But Shutdown Still Complicates Things
By Julie Appleby
January 18, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Some federal employees face insurance paperwork glitches that affect their health coverage and add pressure to the stress of going without pay.
Judge’s $1.6B Ruling On Unpaid Subsidies Highlights Just How Much Trump Administration Could Have To Pony Up
October 25, 2019
Morning Briefing
The insurers’ lawsuit against the federal government revolves around cost-sharing reduction subsidies that were intended to lower healthcare costs for certain people who bought coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. While the judge’s decision is likely to be appealed, it could foretell an expensive outcome for the administration.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ A Detour On A Smoking Off-Ramp
September 13, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about the Food and Drug Administration’s latest actions to address teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes, Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements and news about the uninsured from the latest federal Census report.
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
November 30, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Do sales reps in the operating room lend helpful expertise or inflate already bloated costs? Depends on whom you ask.
Listen: The GOP Case Against ACA’s Preexisting Condition Protections Begins
September 6, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Oral arguments got underway in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday in the lawsuit brought by 20 Republican states seeking to declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
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February 12, 2019
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KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KFF Health News is one of the three major operating programs at KFF. KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation. KFF Health News reports on how the health […]
Price Hikes Without Justification On Seven Widely Used Drugs Cost Americans $5.1B, Watchdog Report Finds
October 9, 2019
Morning Briefing
A weekly round-up of stories related to pharmaceutical development and pricing.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Split Decision On Health Care
November 8, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the Trump administration’s new birth control coverage rules and the potential impact of the midterm election results on health policy.
KHN Conversation On Overtreatment
September 27, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Physicians estimate that 21 percent of medical care is unnecessary — a problem that costs the health care system at least $210 billion a year. KHN hosted a forum on how too much medicine can cause harm.
Miracle Machine Makes Heroic Rescues — And Leaves Patients In Limbo
By Melissa Bailey
June 18, 2019
KFF Health News Original
The use of ECMO, the most aggressive form of life support in modern medicine, has skyrocketed — but along with miraculous rescues, it can leave patients in limbo, kept alive with machines but with no prospect of survival outside the ICU.
Where Abortion Fights Will Play Out In 2019
By Julie Rovner
January 9, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Expect more aggressive regulatory action from the Trump administration while skirmishes continue in Congress and statehouses across the country. Many of these policies will ultimately be challenged in court.
Health Care Is Where The Jobs Are. But What Kind Of Jobs?
By Rachel Bluth
December 18, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The health care industry adds thousands of jobs to the economy each month. While they aren’t all doctors and nurses, they aren’t all paper pushers either.
Amid Vaping Crisis Altria Takes $4.5B Hit From Juul Investment, Faces FTC Probe Over Executive Shake Up
November 1, 2019
Morning Briefing
The tobacco giant wrote down its investment in Juul by more than a third, acknowledging that it hadn’t anticipated the regulatory pitfalls confronting the e-cigarette market. Altria hoped to tap the vaping market in the face of declining smoking rates and cigarette sales in the United States. Now the company is under investigation by the FTC over its role in the resignation of Juul’s former chief executive and his replacement by an Altria executive. Meanwhile, the total number of vaping-related lung disease cases continues to climb.
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
By Brianna Labuskes
February 15, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don’t have to.
