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Judge Upends Effort To Limit Charity Funding For Kidney Patients’ Insurance

By Michelle Andrews February 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A federal judge in Texas last month issued a preliminary injunction barring the government from enforcing a rule allowing insurers to refuse to insure dialysis patients who get premium assistance from charity groups.

Everything Californians Wanted To Know About Their Health Plan (But Were Afraid To Ask)

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

A new online database created by the Department of Managed Health Care can help consumers size up and compare insurance plans.

How To Enroll In Medicare And Avoid Costly Mistakes

By Judith Graham October 27, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Enrolling in Medicare is confusing and mind-boggling if you don’t act at the right time and avoid costly mistakes.

A Dying Man’s Wish To Save Others Hits Hospital Ethics Hurdle

By Karen Shakerdge, Side Effects Public Media January 3, 2017 KFF Health News Original

One terminally ill man’s hope to be disconnected from his respirator and donate his organs was almost thwarted, despite his best laid plans.

21 Medicare Health Plans Warned To Fix Provider Directory Errors

By Phil Galewitz and Susan Jaffe January 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials release names of insurers who ranked poorly in a recent review of their online directories’ accuracy.

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.

Review Of H-1B Visa Practices Imperils Efforts To Attract Foreign Doctors To Underserved Areas

May 24, 2017 Morning Briefing

The Trump administration has suspended the 15-day expedited process to obtain an H-1B visa. Those visas are often used by hospitals and medical groups to hire foreign-born workers in specialty fields.

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.

Despite Anger At Health Law’s Mandate, GOP Plans Could Also Have Penalties

By Michelle Andrews November 15, 2016 KFF Health News Original

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that he would like to keep the health law’s ban on preexisting conditions. But that only works if insurers can be guaranteed a robust market, so Republicans must figure out a way to coax in healthy customers.

$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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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