Impasse Ends As Senate Passes Long-Awaited $19B Disaster Relief Package To Help Hurricane, Wildfire Victims
May 24, 2019
Morning Briefing
The legislation was held up over conflicts with the White House over money for the border and Puerto Rico. Although the House has left for a one-week recess, the legislation could theoretically be approved on a voice vote as soon as Friday.
Medicare Financial Outlook Worsens
By Phil Galewitz
June 5, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The Medicare board of trustees said the program’s hospital insurance trust fund could run out of money by 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast.
Bills, Bills, Bills: Readers And Tweeters Offer Solace, Solutions And Scoldings
January 11, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Readers And Tweeters Revisit Surgery Centers, Think Twice About Single-Payer
August 24, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Listen: Device Is Said To Ease Opioid Withdrawal, But Does The Evidence Support It?
By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media
May 4, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A device called the Bridge is supposed to mitigate the misery of withdrawal sickness, but scientific evidence doesn’t yet show that it works.
Amy Klobuchar, Known For Speaking Out On Alcoholism, Proposes $100B Mental Health, Substance Abuse Plan
May 3, 2019
Morning Briefing
2020 presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduces a proposal to address three phases of substance abuse: prevention, treatment and recovery. The bill’s $100 billion cost would come largely from opioid manufacturers, with Klobuchar saying the companies should be held responsible for helping create the country’s opioid crisis. But Klobuchar includes a number of ideas that have previously failed to gain support in Congress, so the outlook for her plan is uncertain.
Elizabeth Warren Lambastes Sackler Family, Purdue Pharma As She Unveils $100B Plan To Combat Opioid Epidemic
May 9, 2019
Morning Briefing
“Even as hundreds of thousands of Americans died. And how did the Sackler family react? They tried to increase their profits,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a 2020 presidential candidate. Warren’s plan calls for $100 billion in federal funding over 10 years to combat the national drug epidemic, including changes to Medicaid and expanded access to medication-assisted treatment. The White House hopeful also urged Harvard to strip the Sackler name from its museum.
Juul, el producto de tabaco que consumen estudiantes en las escuelas
By Ana B. Ibarra
March 26, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Su parecido con un flash drive hace que sea difícil de detectar. Tiene nicotina y temen que impacte en una nueva generación de fumadores.
How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer’s?
By Alex Smith, KCUR
July 26, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Only about half of people with Alzheimer’s symptoms get a diagnosis, partly out of fear of an incurable decline, doctors suspect. But Jose Belardo says facing the future allows him to plan for it.
The Juul’s So Cool, Kids Smoke It In School
By Ana B. Ibarra
March 26, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The teenage smoking sensation appearing on high school campuses across the country is an easy-to-hide, high-nicotine device called the Juul. Educators and health care advocates fear that vulnerable young people may become addicted.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ ACA Under Fire. Again.
July 12, 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, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the health politics of the latest Supreme Court pick, as well as the Trump administration’s efforts to further undermine the Affordable Care Act. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
Para los Dreamers, el sueño de convertirse en médicos pende de la “compasión” legal
By Ana B. Ibarra
March 23, 2018
KFF Health News Original
De los 700,000 jóvenes beneficiarios de DACA, 99 son estudiantes de medicina. Pero sus años de residencia se pueden ver opacados por las nuevas políticas migratorias.
The Dream Among ‘Dreamers’ To Become A Doctor Now ‘At The Mercy’ Of Courts
By Ana B. Ibarra
March 23, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In September, the Trump administration announced its plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting off an ongoing political and legal battle that could doom the dreams of immigrant doctors in training.
That’s A Lot Of Scratch: The $48,329 Allergy Test
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
October 29, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A California college professor never imagined that trying to figure out what was causing her rash could add up to such a huge bill.
Inmigrantes pagan mucho más en seguros de salud de lo que gastan en atención
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
October 1, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Un estudio publicado halló que los inmigrantes con seguro de salud privados y sus empleadores contribuyeron con casi $25 mil millones más en primas en 2014 de lo que gastaron en atención médica.
Facebook Live: Vaping Unveiled
May 31, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Nicotine-loaded e-cig juices that spoof popular treats — marketed to help adults kick the smoking habit— instead may be luring youths into addiction. California Healthline’s Facebook Live peeled back the curtains on this wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
By Brianna Labuskes
July 20, 2018
KFF Health News Original
KHN’s newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don’t have to.
Sprained Your Ankle? The Cost Of A Brace Could Sprain Your Wallet.
By Michelle Andrews
May 3, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Your health insurance might not cover items such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and braces, or you may have to deal with a supplier that has a contract with your insurer.
Florida Health Care Businessman Charged In $1B Medicare Fraud Scheme, One Of Biggest In History
April 8, 2019
Morning Briefing
Federal prosecutors say Philip Esformes, a Miami Beach resident, was the mastermind of a scheme paying bribes and kickbacks to doctors to refer patients to his nursing home network from 2009 to 2016, as well as paying regulators to inform him when patients complained and when there would be inspections. News on Medicare fraud comes from Illinois, as well.
States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Preexisting Conditions Shield Gets Axed
By Harriet Blair Rowan
July 17, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A coalition of Republican states has launched a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, including provisions requiring insurers to offer coverage to people with preexisting conditions without raising rates. An analysis shows that some of these states have the highest proportion of such residents.