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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

House Repeal Plan Would Cut $43B From Medicaid Coverage Of Kids, Analysis Finds

May 19, 2017 Morning Briefing

“Over time, per capita caps could significantly reduce the amount of funding that goes towards Medicaid coverage for children,” says Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere, the consulting firm that conducted the study. Meanwhile, in the Senate, Republican moderates float ideas in order to retain Medicaid expansion that could have other consequences for states.

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.

Obama’s Health Care Legacy: A Landmark Becomes A Question Mark

By Sarah Varney January 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

President Barack Obama succeeded where many other presidents failed, but now the fate of the Affordable Care Act rests with President-elect Donald Trump.

More Prisoners Die Of Old Age Behind Bars

By Melissa Bailey December 15, 2016 KFF Health News Original

New data show 4,980 inmate deaths in 2014, the most since counting began in 2001.

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.

Trump’s Debate Claim On Health Care Costs: It Depends What You Mean By ‘Cost’

By Julie Rovner October 10, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Although many consumers are feeling the heat from increased health care spending, the overall bill may not be larger.

Trump’s Abortion ‘Gag Rule’ Will Block $8.8B In Aid To Fight Malaria, AIDS And Other Diseases

May 16, 2017 Morning Briefing

With the rule in place, any foreign nongovernmental group that wants American money for any of its health activities must promise not to “promote abortion as a method of family planning.”

State Highlights: Pa. Hospital ‘Super Users’ Run Up $1.25B Tab; Mass. Dentists Charge Delta Dental Violated Nonprofit Rules

June 21, 2017 Morning Briefing

Media outlets report on news from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Kansas, Georgia, California, Tennessee and New York.

Surgeon General Murthy Wants America To Face Up To Addiction

By NPR Staff November 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.

Additional $8B For High-Risk Pools Swayed Lawmakers But Experts Say It Isn’t Enough

May 4, 2017 Morning Briefing

Protections for those with preexisting conditions have been a major talking point during this week’s negotiations to try to move the Republican health care plan through the House. Media outlets look at what they are, if the additional money will be cover those who need care, and the history of high-risk pools.

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