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Abortion Opponents Don’t See Health Bill Defeat As Knock-Out Blow For Their Cause

August 3, 2017 Morning Briefing

“I think what is important to note is that the pro-life elements were not the cause of failure for the bill,” said Mallory Quigley, spokeswoman for the antiabortion Susan B. Anthony List. “This was an area of unity for Republicans. So I do think that there are going to be more wins in the future.” Meanwhile, progressive groups want the Democratic Party to reject any pro-life candidates for 2018.

Physicians, Teaching Hospitals Received More Than $8B From Drug And Device Makers In 2016

July 6, 2017 Morning Briefing

About half of the overall payments were for research and $2.7 billion were in payments not related to research.

Recién cubiertos por el Medi-Cal, niños indocumentados también buscan atención dental

By Ana B. Ibarra September 16, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Algunas clínicas dentales están expandiendo sus horarios para cubrir la demanda, pero, ¿puede un sistema ya saturado satisfacer las necesidades de niños que no han visto a un dentista en años?

$2B Included To Fight Opioid Epidemic Far Short Of The Funding Some Republicans Were Seeking

June 23, 2017 Morning Briefing

Republican senators in states that have been hit hard by the crisis were seeking $45 billion over 10 years.

Organ Donation And The Opioid Epidemic: ‘An Unexpected Life-Saving Legacy’

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR October 19, 2016 KFF Health News Original

So far this year, more than one in four donations in New England are from people who died after a drug overdose — a much higher rate than in the U.S. overall, though it’s not clear why.

Newly Covered By Medi-Cal, Undocumented Children Also Seek Dental Care

By Ana B. Ibarra September 16, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Some dental clinics are expanding their hours to meet demand, but can an already stressed system satisfy the needs of children who haven’t seen a dentist in years?

Without ACA Guarantees, 52 Million Adults Could Have Trouble Buying Individual Plans

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez December 13, 2016 KFF Health News Original

More than a quarter of adults under the age of 65 have health problems that could lead to a denial of insurance if they were on the individual market and the health law’s protections were revoked under the overhaul planned by Republicans, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Is 20-Something Too Late For A Guy To Get The HPV Vaccine?

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media October 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, 29-year-old journalist Jake Harper wonders if that’s putting him and other men at risk.

Tossing Unused Surgical Supplies Wastes Millions Of Dollars, Study Finds

By Ana B. Ibarra September 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco estimate that hospitals could lose nearly $1,000 per surgery by throwing away opened but unused supplies, such as gloves and sponges.

Price Tag For Universal Health Care In California Would Run $400B

May 23, 2017 Morning Briefing

A state Senate panel considering the measure says that money for existing public programs could cover half the cost of a single-payer system to cover all 39 million Californians. But the rest might have to come from new taxes — a serious political obstacle.

Va. Says It Will Lose $1.4B In Senate’s Medicaid Plan; Iowa Nursing Homes Also Raise Alarms

June 27, 2017 Morning Briefing

Around the country, Medicaid stakeholders are speaking out about how a reduction in federal funding for Medicaid under the Senate plan would play out in the states.

NIH To Award $1B To Young Researchers After Dropping Plan To Cap Support To Some Labs

June 9, 2017 Morning Briefing

The controversial proposal to limit the size of federal grants to individual labs raised concerns among senior scientists, so National Institutes of Health offered this compromise. Also in the news: a House panel is expected to again take up its investigation of a lab problem two years ago.

Sky-High Prices For Orphan Drugs Slam American Families And Insurers

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin Photos by Heidi de Marco January 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Orphan drugs for rare diseases have helped or saved hundreds of thousands of patients like 2-year-old Luke Whitbeck, but families and insurers are picking up the astronomical cost.

Skeptics Question The Value Of Hydration Therapy For The Healthy

By Taunya English, WHYY October 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Some spa-like clinics will inject an expensive mix of water and vitamins into your bloodstream, ostensibly to ward off illness and boost energy. But can’t drinking fluids offer the same benefit?

Taxpayers Foot 70 Percent Of California’s Health Care Tab, Study Finds

By Ana B. Ibarra September 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The public spending on health care outpaces the nation.

CMS Identifies Hospitals Paid Nearly $1.5B In 2015 Medicare Billing Settlement

By Phil Galewitz August 23, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A year after settling billing disputes with 2,022 hospitals for 68 cents on the dollar, the government has revealed who got paid and how much.

Flickers Of Bipartisanship May Light Way For Plan B In Senate If GOP Legislation Fails

May 15, 2017 Morning Briefing

There are signs that moderates are reaching across the aisle to talk about health care. Meanwhile, a controversial provision in the Republican legislation was predicted to die in the upper chamber, but now experts aren’t so sure. And The Washington Post fact checks claims about rising premiums — under both Obamacare and the Republican bill.

Sticker Shock Forces Thousands Of Cancer Patients To Skip Drugs, Skimp On Treatment

By Liz Szabo March 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A growing number of patients fail to fill prescriptions because the cost of cancer drugs is too high.

Medicare Pays For A Kidney Transplant, But Not The Drugs To Keep It Viable

By Richard Harris, NPR News December 22, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The federal government pays for kidney transplants. But the program only pays for essential anti-rejection drugs for three years. Many people can’t afford them and can end up losing the kidney.

California Lawmaker Pulls Plug On Drug Price Transparency Bill

By Ana B. Ibarra August 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The legislation would have required drug companies to notify the state and insurers about expensive new treatments or price hikes.

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