Drugmakers Blamed For Blocking Generics Have Jacked Up Prices And Cost U.S. Billions
By Sydney Lupkin
May 23, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The Trump administration is shaming brand-name drugmakers who refuse to sell samples so generics can be made from their products.
Drug Giant Eli Lilly To Purchase Tiny Startup In $8B Deal To Get Access To Company’s Cancer Treatments
January 8, 2019
Morning Briefing
The purchase could be very lucrative for Eli Lilly. Loxo Oncology’s drug Vitrakvi was approved by the FDA recently based on evidence that it can shrink tumors in 75 percent of patients whose cancer tests positive for a particular kind of genetic mutation.
Más recortes a los fondos para programas de navegadores de ACA
By Phil Galewitz
July 12, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid anunciaron que están reduciendo el dinero para financiar el trabajo de los navegadores, que ayudan a las personas a inscribirse y comprar o cambiar de plan de salud
Nurse Calls Cops After New Mom Seeks Help For Depression. Right Call?
By April Dembosky, KQED
February 7, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A package of mental health bills in California aims to ensure that all new moms are screened for postpartum depression and that more support is available for those who struggle with the malady.
Pace Of U.S. Health Spending Slows In 2016
By Phil Galewitz
December 6, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Dramatic increases in spending that came with the influx of newly insured consumers in 2014 and 2015 appear to be moderating.
People Over 65 Who Miss Initial Medicare Part B Enrollment Window Can Face Coverage Gaps
October 29, 2018
Morning Briefing
Unless covered by an employer plan, people should sign up for Part B in the recommended time frame around their 65th birthday, but there are several problems that keep many from doing so. News on Medicare enrollment season comes out of Minnesota and Arizona, as well.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ VA Secretary Out, Privatization In?
March 29, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss President Donald Trump’s firing of David Shulkin, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Shulkin’s claim that he was forced out by those who want to privatize VA health care.
Adultos mayores toman muchas vitaminas, aunque no está demostrado que funcionan
By Liz Szabo
April 4, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Decenas de estudios han ofrecido “resultados prometedores”, pero nunca pruebas científicas contundentes que muestren que los suplementos vitamínicos previenen enfermedades.
In Trump’s First Year, Anti-Abortion Forces Make Strides Despite Setbacks
By Julie Rovner
January 22, 2018
KFF Health News Original
As a candidate, the president promised a ban on abortions that take place after 20 weeks and federal funding to Planned Parenthood, but Congress has not obliged. Still, other anti-abortion policy goals have been realized.
Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients And Doctors
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
April 18, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Roughly half of patients don’t take their high blood pressure medicine as they should, even though heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Now, a drug test can flag whether a patient is taking the prescribed medication and is meant to spark a more truthful conversation between patient and doctor.
Late-Term Abortion Will Play Heavily In Trump’s Reelection Strategy, Activists Report
February 15, 2019
Morning Briefing
President Donald Trump and White House officials met with advocates, including Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, who reported back on the news from the discussions. “The national conversation about late-term abortion … has the power to start to peel away Democrats, especially in battle grounds,” she said. Trump has made a point in recent weeks to refocus his attention on the contentious debate that helped secure him his presidential victory. Abortion news comes out of Kansas and Ohio, as well.
For Aspiring Doctors With Disabilities, Many Medical Schools Come Up Short
By Elana Gordon, WHYY
March 15, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A national survey finds that medical schools should do more to help doctors with disabilities thrive. Although some schools do make needed accommodations, others need to take basic steps to help.
Trump Proposes Cutting Planned Parenthood Funds. What Does That Mean?
By Julie Rovner
May 18, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The Trump administration is pulling out an old regulation that it believes will be able to meet a key conservative goal: withholding some federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the government’s family planning program.
Cuestionan la necesidad de una vacuna contra la meningitis B para universitarios
By Shefali Luthra
September 8, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Expertos dicen que farmacéuticas están apelando al miedo de los padres para promover dos vacunas contra le meningitis B entre estudiantes universitarios, luego de dos brotes en campus.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Taxes, Medicare And The Year-End Mess
November 30, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the possible impact of the tax bill on the Medicare program, confirmation hearings for a new secretary of Health and Human Services and the future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
‘A Persistent Puzzle’: Californians Embrace Medicaid — But Food Stamps? Not So Much.
By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan
May 2, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The Golden State ranks near the bottom in its enrollment of eligible people in the food assistance program known as SNAP. Now state officials want to tap its robust Medicaid rolls to boost SNAP signups.
Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients
By Jordan Rau
Photos by Heidi de Marco
June 13, 2018
KFF Health News Original
One in 5 Medicare patients who leave the hospital for a nursing home end up back in the hospital. To discourage this, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon give bonuses and penalties to facilities based on their rehospitalization rates.
‘Where The Need Is:’ Tackling Teen Pregnancy With A Midwife At School
By Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
June 12, 2018
KFF Health News Original
While U.S. teen pregnancy rates overall have trended steadily downward in the past decade, they remain high in some communities, particularly for black and Latina teens. In one part of Washington, D.C., a high school midwife program is a novel approach that’s showing promise in tackling the problem.
Could California Shape The Fate Of The Affordable Care Act In November?
By Chad Terhune and Pauline Bartolone and Ana B. Ibarra and Alex Leeds Matthews
June 7, 2018
KFF Health News Original
With the primary now over, health care may well emerge as an issue that helps voters distinguish between candidates for governor, attorney general and other offices in the general election.
Congress Squares Off Over Drug Pricing And A Controversial Drug Discount Program
By Sarah Jane Tribble
July 18, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The controversial 340B drug discount program for hospitals came under fire at a congressional hearing.