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Candidates Decry High Drug Prices, But They Have Few Options For Voters

By Julie Rovner September 16, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Drug prices rise for a variety of reasons but opportunities for the government to control them is limited.

Medicare Releases Draft Proposal For Patient Observation Notice

By Susan Jaffe June 15, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Although there is widespread agreement on the need to let people know if they haven’t been admitted, the language proposed by federal officials hasn’t satisfied everyone.

Pricey New Treatment Roils Issues Of How To Treat Prostate Cancer

By Julie Appleby October 5, 2016 KFF Health News Original

High-intensity focused ultrasound, often not covered by insurance, leads to discussions about which patients benefit in the real world.

Medicare’s Drug-Pricing Experiment Stirs Opposition

By Julie Appleby May 25, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A proposal to change the way Medicare pays for some drugs has set off intense reaction and lobbying — all tied to a common theme: How far should the government go in setting prices for prescription drugs?

Researchers Identify A Key Weapon of Zika Virus

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 11, 2016 KFF Health News Original

University of Southern California scientists determined the virus uses certain types of protein to interrupt the brain development of fetuses. The finding is a step toward the possible development of an intervention that could prevent the infection from leading to microcephaly.

Medicaid Block Grants Advocated By GOP Could Reduce Federal Spending By $150B Over 5 Years

February 7, 2017 Morning Briefing

The analysis by consulting firm Avalere also suggests states would have to put in more money to keep the same services. In other news, efforts to overhaul the health law raise concerns about new Medicaid coverage among the homeless, Medicaid issues are on the agenda in the Kansas legislature and a doctor staffing company agrees to pay $60 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicaid and Medicare.

Doctors Get Creative To Distract Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery

By Jenny Gold Photos by Heidi de Marco July 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Anxiety before surgery can be dangerous for kids. Medication can help calm them down. But an anesthesiologist in California has come up with a safer, cheaper and much more entertaining alternative.

Advance Planning For Your End-Of-Life Care

By Emily Bazar July 7, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A new health benefit available to millions of Californians encourages people to discuss end-of-life care options with their doctors.

Gov’t Task Force Finds Evidence Lacking to Support Visual Skin Cancer Screenings

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concluded that insufficient evidence exists regarding the benefits and harms of visual skin cancer exams.

‘Don’t Cut Me!’: Discouraged By Experts, Episiotomies Still Common In Some Hospitals

By Jocelyn Wiener July 19, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Overall rates are falling in California and nationally but data point to certain hospitals with extremely high percentages.

Young Boy’s Struggle To Survive Sparked Push For Drugs For Terminally Ill

By Liz Szabo October 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Ten-year-old Josh Hardy died last month. His struggle to survive helped to spur laws to get unapproved drugs to the terminally ill.

FAQ: Hospital Observation Care Can Be Costly For Medicare Patients

By Susan Jaffe August 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A guide to help Medicare patients receiving observation care.

Immigration Ban Shakes Medical Industry That Relies Heavily On Foreign Professionals

January 31, 2017 Morning Briefing

In 2014, more than 15,000 foreign health care workers, nearly half of them physicians and surgeons, received H-1B visas, which are designed to bring skilled labor into the U.S. Meanwhile, hospitals are scrambling to identify patients who were scheduled to come into the country to receive medical care and will be affected by the ban.

Despite New Access To Health Insurance, Drug-Treatment Rates For Ex-Offenders Barely Changed

By Jay Hancock June 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

More emerging prisoners are covered by Medicaid, but they still face barriers in navigating the health system, researchers said.

5 Things To Know About The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Decision

By Julie Rovner July 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

It was a big win for pro-abortion rights advocates, but abortion opponents are not daunted. Stay tuned for how it will affect presidential politics and the next generation of women voters.

Drugmakers Manipulate Orphan Drug Rules To Create Prized Monopolies

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin January 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Drugmakers have brought almost 450 orphan drugs to market and collected rich incentives but nearly a third of those products aren’t new or were repurposed multiple times, an investigation shows.

Anti-Abortion Groups Rejuvenated By Trump Win

December 12, 2016 Morning Briefing

“This is the strongest the pro-life movement has been since 1973,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony List. A renewed push for “personhood” laws is expected to be one of its first moves.

FAQ: Medicare Lays Out Plans For Changing Doctors’ Pay

By Mary Agnes Carey April 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The effort, which will replace a controversial reimbursement schedule that began in 1997, is designed to move away from paying for quantity of services and focus instead on quality.

Court Decision Leaves Undocumented Immigrants’ Health Care Options In Limbo

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco July 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Deportation-relief programs would have meant access to subsidized health care.

Will Covered California Sell Health Coverage To The Undocumented?

By Ana B. Ibarra April 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

California is inching closer to a first-in-the-nation request for a federal ruling that would allow the state’s Obamacare exchange to sell health plans to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.

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