Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Split Decision On Health Care
November 8, 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, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the Trump administration’s new birth control coverage rules and the potential impact of the midterm election results on health policy.
DOJ Brings Charges Against 35 People In $2.1B Medicare Genetic Cancer Test Scam
September 30, 2019
Morning Briefing
Reported to be one of the largest health care fraud schemes in history, it worked on many levels involving doctors, telemarketing companies and testing labs.
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KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KFF Health News is one of the three major operating programs at KFF. KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation. KFF Health News reports on how the health […]
Insurers Face $15.5B Bill If Health Law Tax Resumes As Planned In 2020
September 5, 2019
Morning Briefing
The annual fee on insurers was suspended by Congress in 2019 out of concern for consumers’ out-of-pocket costs. Insurance premiums are likely to rise by more than 2% in 2020 if the IRS implements the tax as planned, the new report warned. Health law and state insurance news comes out of Texas, Connecticut, Minnesota, California, Ohio and Tennessee, as well.
Jury Hits Johnson & Johnson With $8B Verdict In Case Claiming Company Downplayed Risks Of Anti-Psychotic Drug
October 9, 2019
Morning Briefing
The plaintiff sued Johnson & Johnson in 2013 saying that he grew breasts — a condition known as gynecomastia — after he began using Risperdal in 2003, at age 9, to treat symptoms of autism. His case is one of more than 10,000 similar suits against the company.
Health Care Is Where The Jobs Are. But What Kind Of Jobs?
By Rachel Bluth
December 18, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The health care industry adds thousands of jobs to the economy each month. While they aren’t all doctors and nurses, they aren’t all paper pushers either.
Where Abortion Fights Will Play Out In 2019
By Julie Rovner
January 9, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Expect more aggressive regulatory action from the Trump administration while skirmishes continue in Congress and statehouses across the country. Many of these policies will ultimately be challenged in court.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Doctors, Guns And Lame Ducks
November 15, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Ollstein of Politico discuss how the Democrats’ takeover of the House and other results from the Nov. 6 elections might affect health care, and what Congress may have in store for the lame-duck session.
Judge’s $1.6B Ruling On Unpaid Subsidies Highlights Just How Much Trump Administration Could Have To Pony Up
October 25, 2019
Morning Briefing
The insurers’ lawsuit against the federal government revolves around cost-sharing reduction subsidies that were intended to lower healthcare costs for certain people who bought coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. While the judge’s decision is likely to be appealed, it could foretell an expensive outcome for the administration.
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
By Brianna Labuskes
February 15, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don’t have to.
Miracle Machine Makes Heroic Rescues — And Leaves Patients In Limbo
By Melissa Bailey
June 18, 2019
KFF Health News Original
The use of ECMO, the most aggressive form of life support in modern medicine, has skyrocketed — but along with miraculous rescues, it can leave patients in limbo, kept alive with machines but with no prospect of survival outside the ICU.
Smoke-Filled Snapshot: California Wildfire Generates Dangerous Air Quality For Millions
By Harriet Blair Rowan
November 21, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Smoke from the deadly and destructive Camp Fire has caused air quality readings to spike into “hazardous” and “unhealthy” levels for millions of people far outside of the burn zones. Is smoky air the new normal for California?
Price Hikes Without Justification On Seven Widely Used Drugs Cost Americans $5.1B, Watchdog Report Finds
October 9, 2019
Morning Briefing
A weekly round-up of stories related to pharmaceutical development and pricing.
Facebook Live: The Marketing Plan That Fueled An Addiction Epidemic
July 13, 2018
KFF Health News Original
KHN senior correspondent Fred Schulte talks about a cache of files detailing Purdue Pharma’s early OxyContin marketing plan.
Amid Vaping Crisis Altria Takes $4.5B Hit From Juul Investment, Faces FTC Probe Over Executive Shake Up
November 1, 2019
Morning Briefing
The tobacco giant wrote down its investment in Juul by more than a third, acknowledging that it hadn’t anticipated the regulatory pitfalls confronting the e-cigarette market. Altria hoped to tap the vaping market in the face of declining smoking rates and cigarette sales in the United States. Now the company is under investigation by the FTC over its role in the resignation of Juul’s former chief executive and his replacement by an Altria executive. Meanwhile, the total number of vaping-related lung disease cases continues to climb.
Nurse Denied Life Insurance Because She Carries Naloxone
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
December 14, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The U.S. surgeon general has called on “bystanders” to be equipped with the opioid reversal drug to save lives. But when a nurse answered that call, her application for life insurance was denied. Why?
Sackler Family Could Withdraw Pledge To Pay $3B Of Personal Fortune If Opioid Lawsuits Aren’t Blocked
September 20, 2019
Morning Briefing
The $3 billion is part of a larger settlement with Purdue Pharma, but about half of the states suing the company and the family behind it are unhappy with the amount. Purdue, however, claims that if the protesting states’ suits aren’t blocked then the Sackler family may be unable to contribute even the initial sum that was offered.
Trump Cooking Up A Sweeping Executive Order That Would Cut Drug Prices In Medicare’s Part D Program, Sources Say
July 25, 2019
Morning Briefing
According to reporting from Reuters, sources say the proposal would be much broader than the administration’s previously disclosed proposal to lower prices on physician administered, or Part B, drugs by tying prices to lower costs in other countries.
El almacenamiento de vacunas a menudo no cumple con los estándares
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
February 12, 2019
KFF Health News Original
La mala refrigeración puede afectar la eficacia de las dosis. Y al parecer, el problema central surge al trasladarlas del fabricante a los centros de atención.
$2B In Federal Grants To Fight Opioid Epidemic Doled Out To ‘Communities Where Help Is Most Needed’
September 5, 2019
Morning Briefing
President Donald Trump said the funds will go to state and local governments to be used to increase medication-assisted treatment as well as mental health services. Regional news coverage reports on how much certain states will receive.