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A Jolt To The Jugular! You’re Insured But Still Owe $109K For Your Heart Attack

By Chad Terhune August 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A Texas teacher, 44, faces a “balance bill” of almost twice his annual salary for a heart attack he never expected to have.

In Health Insurance Wastelands, Rosier Options Crop Up For 2019

By Jordan Rau November 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Premiums are lower as choices increase in many parts of the country. But the financial relief is not enough to erase the price hikes that have been imposed in recent years.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Drug Prices And Unicorns

July 19, 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, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Erin Mershon of Stat News discuss a series of health policy court decisions on everything from prescription drug discounts to soda taxes. Plus, Rovner, interviews health care futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith.

FDA Allows Food Makers To Fortify Corn Masa To Halt Birth Defects, But Few Do

By JoNel Aleccia October 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The decision aimed at adding folic acid — a vitamin that can prevent devastating defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord — to flours, chips and tortillas hasn’t caught on with many makers of widely used corn products.

Health Care Simmers On Back Burner In California Heartland’s Hot House Races

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

After rallies and protests in the San Joaquin Valley congressional districts, the urgency over protecting coverage under the ACA seems to have waned — at least in the primaries. Three of four seats in the region are likely to remain red, political forecasters say.

Judge Stops Short Of Permanent Injunction Of 340B Medicare Rate Cuts, But Halts Them For Now

May 8, 2019 Morning Briefing

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras is ordering the government the deficiencies in the rule. HHS Secretary Alex Azar “patently violated the Medicare Act’s text,” the judge wrote. “Unlike cases in which the agency’s decision may have been lawful, but was inadequately explained … no amount of reasoning on remand will allow the secretary to re-implement the 340B rates in the same manner.”

House Approves $4.5B Package To Send Humanitarian Aid To Border To Address ‘Atrocity That Violates Every Value We Have’

June 26, 2019 Morning Briefing

The package faces an uphill battle, though. Democrats will now dive into negotiations with Senate GOP leaders, in a difficult bid to get the long-delayed aid package signed into law before leaving town Thursday for a weeklong recess.

Senate Rejects House’s Border Aid Bill And Passes Own $4.6B Version, Setting Up Stalemate As Crisis Continues To Worsen

June 27, 2019 Morning Briefing

Lawmakers from both chambers are now facing a ticking clock to make a deal before their scheduled recess, as gruesome reports and heartbreaking photos of conditions from the border continue to capture the nation’s attention. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Donald Trump with an appeal to make changes. Trump seemed open, but it’s unclear if the Senate will accept any amendments without assurances from the White House that Trump will sign the measure into law. Meanwhile, the new secretary of Homeland Security faces pressure to resign.

Chronically Ill, Traumatically Billed: The $123,000 Medicine For MS

By Jay Hancock November 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Shereese Hickson’s doctor wanted her to try the infusion drug Ocrevus for her multiple sclerosis. Even though Hickson is trained as a medical billing coder, she was shocked to see two doses of the drug priced at $123,019, with her share set at $3,620.

Supreme Court To Hear ‘Bait-And-Switch’ $12B ACA Suit From Insurers Who Claim They Were Hurt By Risk Corridor Program

June 25, 2019 Morning Briefing

The health care law established so-called risk corridors meant to help insurance companies cope with the risks they took on when they decided to participate in the marketplaces. The law’s drafters hoped that payments into the program would offset payments out. However, losses substantially outpaced gains. The government was supposed to make up much of the difference, but Congress later enacted a series of appropriation riders that seemed to bar the promised payments.

VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR October 3, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A project that started in a Boston Veterans Affairs facility will soon go nationwide. It puts naloxone, also known as Narcan, into emergency supplies cabinets throughout the VA system.

Breathing ‘A Chore’: California Wildfires Threaten The Health Of Young And Old

By Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra August 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The state battles at least 17 large blazes, with no clear end in sight. Climate change is among the factors that fuel the fires, scientists say.

Trump Administration Sinks Teeth Into Paring Down Drug Prices, On 5 Key Points

By Sarah Jane Tribble August 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Instead of waiting for congressional action, federal regulators are looking at a series of actions to spur competition and drive down the cost of medicines.

Impasse Ends As Senate Passes Long-Awaited $19B Disaster Relief Package To Help Hurricane, Wildfire Victims

May 24, 2019 Morning Briefing

The legislation was held up over conflicts with the White House over money for the border and Puerto Rico. Although the House has left for a one-week recess, the legislation could theoretically be approved on a voice vote as soon as Friday.

Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Face Quandaries Over Questionable Billing Schemes

By khndianew July 3, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Two Missouri hospitals handed over their operations to a private company that has vastly increased the money the hospitals bring in through their laboratories, even though the lab tests are not done on-site.

Elecciones: la salud es importante para los votantes, pero no es crucial

By Julie Rovner November 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Aunque el tema de la atención de salud pareció no ser crucial para los votantes en las elecciones de medio término, el martes 6 de noviembre fue un buen día para la expansión de Medicaid.

Trump Administration Loosens Restrictions On Short-Term Health Plans

By Julie Appleby August 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The administration says these plans, which can now last as long as 12 months and be renewed for two years, will give consumers another less-pricey insurance option. Critics say the new rule is yet another swipe at the Affordable Care Act.

Immigrants’ Health Premiums Far Exceed What Plans Pay For Their Care

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez October 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Immigrants accounted for nearly 13 percent of premiums paid to private plans but only about 9 percent of insurers’ expenditures, according to a new study in Health Affairs. The cost of care for the group of native-born customers, however, exceeded their premiums.

Amy Klobuchar, Known For Speaking Out On Alcoholism, Proposes $100B Mental Health, Substance Abuse Plan

May 3, 2019 Morning Briefing

2020 presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduces a proposal to address three phases of substance abuse: prevention, treatment and recovery. The bill’s $100 billion cost would come largely from opioid manufacturers, with Klobuchar saying the companies should be held responsible for helping create the country’s opioid crisis. But Klobuchar includes a number of ideas that have previously failed to gain support in Congress, so the outlook for her plan is uncertain.

Look-Up: Compare Nursing Homes’ Track Records On Boomerang Hospitalizations

June 12, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Use this tool to see how skilled nursing homes in the U.S. performed on two metrics of quality.

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