Podcast: What The Health? Our First Live Show: What The Health Will Happen In 2018?
January 18, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of “What The Health?” — taped before a live audience — panelists discuss the potential federal government shutdown and what may be in store for health in 2018. They are joined by former Medicare and Medicaid head Tom Scully.
Your Grandma’s Guide To Grass: Calif. Rolls Out Website To Cut Through Cannabis Haze
By Ana B. Ibarra
October 9, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Many Californians have been using pot for years, legally and illegally. But newbies, even Grandma, might benefit from a website that contains warnings about the risks.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Tax Bill Or Health Bill?
November 17, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the inclusion of health policies into the current tax cut debate, including a possible repeal of the fines for people who fail to maintain health insurance.
New Medicare Perk For Diabetes Prevention Stumbles At Rollout
By Judith Graham
April 19, 2018
KFF Health News Original
On April 1, Medicare launched a major initiative — a diabetes prevention program for seniors and people with serious disabilities— that is available in only a few cities.
For One Father And Son In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria’s Cloud Has Not Lifted
By Sarah Varney
March 23, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The deadly storm turned a health challenge into a full-blown medical crisis for one young man with unconfirmed multiple sclerosis. And still he waits to see a neurologist.
Meningitis B Vaccine’s High Price Poses A Health Care Conundrum For College-Bound
By Shefali Luthra
September 8, 2017
KFF Health News Original
This immunization may mark a shift among some vaccine makers to higher-priced, “niche” preventives that protect against very specific and sometimes rare illnesses.
Facebook Live: Trump Ends Payments For Cost-Sharing Reductions. What’s Next?
October 13, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this Facebook Live chat, KHN’s Jay Hancock answers questions about President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will end federal payments for the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reductions.
Safety-Net Hospitals Win With New Rule That Penalizes Drugmakers For Overcharging
November 2, 2018
Morning Briefing
Under a new Trump administration regulation, pharmaceutical companies face a fine of up to $5,000 for overcharging hospitals and clinics that qualify for the 340b program. In other drug pricing news, 40 large employers like IBM, Verizon, and American Express will use an online tool from startup Rx Savings Solutions to help employees get better deals on prescriptions.
Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says
By Phil Galewitz
February 23, 2018
KFF Health News Original
States often get federal approval to test new approaches to improve Medicaid services or expand coverage. But the GAO study found that too often these efforts are not adequately evaluated or the results are not available in a timely manner.
States — And 9M Kids — ‘In A Bind’ As Congress Dawdles On CHIP Funding
By Ashley Lopez, KUT Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
December 4, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Congress let funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expire in September, and despite bipartisan support for the program, states are facing the specter of having to prepare to wind down their programs.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Open Enrollment is Nigh
October 26, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss this year’s open enrollment for individual health insurance that starts Nov. 1. And Rovner interviews Lori Lodes, a former Obama administration health official and founder of the new group “Get Covered America.” Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ How Confused Are We?
November 2, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the start of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, legislative efforts on Capitol Hill on taxes and children’s health insurance, and recommendations of the president’s opioid commission.
Money For Health Law Navigators Slashed — Except Where It’s Not
By Alex Olgin, WFAE
October 30, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Two states, North and South Carolina, have very different outlooks since the Trump administration cut funding for the people who help others sign up for health insurance.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ While You Were Celebrating …
January 4, 2018
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss this week’s news, including release of the administration’s new rules on association health plans, as well as some health-related court rulings and other events that happened around the holidays.
A Tale Of Two CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer
By Alison Kodjak, NPR News
April 9, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?
Trump Proposes Tying The Amount The Government Pays For Certain Drugs To Their Cost In Other Countries
October 26, 2018
Morning Briefing
President Donald Trump says his plan will take aim at “global freeloading” with his plan, which would run essentially as a pilot program within the Medicare Part B program. “Same company. Same box. Same pill. Made in the exact same location, and you would go to some countries and it would be 20 percent of the cost of what we pay,” he said.
Black Men’s Blood Pressure Is Cut Along With Their Hair
By Susan Abram
Photos by Heidi de Marco
March 12, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A new study shows that educational sessions about high blood pressure at African American barbershops, coupled with prescribing and helping to manage medication, reduced hypertension rates significantly.
Money-Saving Offer For Medicare’s Late Enrollees Is Expiring. Can They Buy Time?
By Susan Jaffe
September 22, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Sept. 30 marks the end of Medicare’s temporary offer to waive penalties for certain late Medicare enrollees with Affordable Care Act insurance coverage.
From Retirement To The Front Lines Of Hepatitis C Treatment
By Julio Ochoa, WUSF
January 5, 2018
KFF Health News Original
This doctor came out of retirement with the goal of treating every patient at high risk for hepatitis C he encounters. The problem is finding them.
10 Ways Medicaid Affects Us All
October 5, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Medicaid was created in 1965 as a program for the poor. Today, it helps 74 million people — more than 1 of every 5 people in the U.S. You or someone you know likely benefits.
