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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.

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.

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.

No Cash, No Heart. Transplant Centers Require Proof Of Payment.

By JoNel Aleccia December 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The case of a Michigan woman told to fundraise $10,000 for a heart transplant sparked viral outrage, but experts say “wallet biopsies” are common.

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.

Readers And Tweeters Parse Ideas — From Snakebites To Senior Suicide

May 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Confusión costosa: visita de bienestar de Medicare no es lo mismo que el chequeo anual

By Michelle Andrews March 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Es esencial que los adultos mayores sepan la diferencia entre ambas visitas al consultorio y lo que está cubierto, para no recibir cuentas médicas sorpresa.

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.

Incendios forestales afectan el doble a californianos de bajos recursos

By Ana B. Ibarra September 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Ya viven en vecindarios a pocas millas de fábricas y carreteras. Los incendios solo han agravado los problemas de salud de esta población vulnerable.

Durante los incendios, solo ciertas máscaras protegen de las partículas tóxicas

By Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra November 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

El humo de los incendios forestales es peligroso porque contiene partículas finas que pueden alojarse profundamente en los pulmones, empeorando problemas respiratorios como el asma.

La “estrategia de riesgo” de Planned Parenthood para actualizar su imagen

By Shefali Luthra and 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.

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.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Insurance Enrollment Is Lagging — And There Are Lots Of Reasons Why

December 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Sign-ups for insurance under the Affordable Care Act are still well behind last year’s mark with just a week until the end of open enrollment in most states. The Supreme Court declines a case that could have allowed states to defund Planned Parenthood. And the Trump administration gets hundreds of thousands of comments about its proposed changes to immigration rules that could penalize people who use government-funded health care and other social service programs. Alice Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and, for “extra credit,” provide their favorite health policy stories of the week.

Medicare Eases Readmission Penalties Against Safety-Net Hospitals

By Jordan Rau September 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Penalties will total $566 million for all hospitals. But many that serve a large share of low-income patients will lose less money than they did in previous years.

Cáncer, qué importa. En California, el café sigue siendo el rey

By Ana B. Ibarra August 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A pesar de la pasión de los californianos por el café, a los vendedores les preocupa que las advertencias sobre el cáncer publicadas en sus puertas no se vean exactamente como señales de bienvenida

Cancer, Schmancer. In California, Coffee Is King

By Ana B. Ibarra August 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Golden State, with the rare support of the Trump administration, is seeking to circumvent a court order that would require cancer warnings in every establishment that sells a hot cup of Joe.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Is Health Spending The Next Big Political Issue?

December 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Diabetics dying because they can’t afford insulin. Organ transplant patients undergoing “wallet biopsies” to get on waiting lists. Are out-of-pocket costs going to dominate the health discussion in the next election? Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this as well as new Trump administration rules giving states the ability to make major changes to the Affordable Care Act. Also, lame-duck lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan try to cement health changes before Democrats take over.

Newsom Comes Out Swinging On Day One For Single-Payer, Immigrant Coverage

By Samantha Young and Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra January 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Just hours into his tenure as California’s new governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom proposed major plans to insure more Californians, including state-funded financial aid for health insurance and a requirement for Californians to have coverage.

Newsom se posiciona sobre salud para inmigrantes y un sistema de pagador único

By Samantha Young and Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra January 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El gobernador dijo que quiere ampliar la cobertura de salud de Medi-Cal para adultos jóvenes indocumentados.

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.

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