¡Cuidado! La multa por no tener seguro que impuso el Obamacare todavía está vigente
By Emily Bazar
February 28, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Si bien la administración Trump derogó la multa por no tener seguro de salud que impuso la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible, esta norma entrará en vigencia en 2019.
Por qué Trump quiere quitarle fondos a Planned Parenthood
By Julie Rovner
May 18, 2018
KFF Health News Original
La reactivación de una norma que data de la presidencia de Ronald Reagan podría ayudar al presidente a cumplir su promesa de campaña de “cancelar” Planned Parenthood.
At Some California Hospitals, Fewer Than Half Of Workers Get The Flu Shot
By Jocelyn Wiener
February 27, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Vaccinations rates have climbed significantly among hospital workers in recent years, to 83 percent. But that rate masks wide variation among facilities and types of workers. Nationally, the rules are far from uniform or ironclad.
Putting Money Where Its Mouthpiece Is: Calif. Outspends U.S. To Market Obamacare
By Ana B. Ibarra Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
November 27, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The state insurance exchange is committing nearly five times more money than the federal government on ads urging people to sign up for health insurance, reflecting conflicting attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act.
Bill Of The Month: A College Student’s $17,850 Drug Test
By Fred Schulte
February 16, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with NPR, kicks off a series that will examine and decode your perplexing medical bills.
Medicare’s Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say
By Phil Galewitz
July 13, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The assessment pushes back the date for the hospital insurance trust fund to go bankrupt by one year. It also says Part B premiums next year will be stable.
Heart Device Failure: Medicare Spent $1.5B Over 10 Years To Replace Defective Implants
By Fred Schulte Christina Jewett
October 2, 2017
KFF Health News Original
The inspector general at Health and Human Services says defective pacemakers or defibrillators had to be replaced from 2005 through 2014, costing Medicare $1.5 billion.
Facebook Live: It’s ACA Sign Up Season. Here’s What you Need To Know This Year.
November 2, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this Facebook Live chat, KHN’s Julie Appleby answers questions about what’s changed for 2018 open enrollment.
After Months In Limbo For Children’s Health Insurance, Huge Relief Over Deal
By Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
January 25, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The Children’s Health Insurance Program drew bipartisan support for two decades. After brinkmanship over the federal budget, an agreement to end the shutdown has assured CHIP funding for six years.
Adultos saltean vacunas y no se benefician de la nueva contra el herpes zóster
By Michelle Andrews
March 20, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A diferencia del calendario de vacunas infantil, que los padres respetan en más de un 90%, los adultos se saltean vacunas, que previenen una amplia gama de enfermedades.
Tending To Patients As Her New Home Burns
By April Dembosky, KQED
October 16, 2017
KFF Health News Original
ICU nurse Julayne Smithson had only a few minutes to grab some things from her recently purchased home a block from the Santa Rosa hospital. Then she rushed back to help evacuate patients and has scarcely stopped working since.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Launches $2B Fund To Help The Homeless, Build Preschools For Low-Income Families
September 14, 2018
Morning Briefing
The world’s richest man has been coming under pressure to help with the growing homeless problems. He tweeted about his philanthropic plans writing he wants “to be helping people in the here and now—short term—at the intersection of urgent need and lasting impact.”
Defending Against This Season’s Deadly Flu: 5 Things To Know Now
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
January 9, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A particularly nasty flu is widespread in 46 states. Nationally, at least 106 people have died from the infectious disease.
Bill Of The Month: For Toenail Fungus, A $1,500 Prescription
By Shefali Luthra
March 16, 2018
KFF Health News Original
How a prescription wiped out one woman’s health reimbursement account, raising questions about prescription drug price tags and about how health care professionals deal (or don’t) with medical costs.
So Much Care It Hurts: Unneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Only Add To Patients’ Ills
By Liz Szabo
October 23, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Overtreatment of breast cancer and other diseases is pervasive, burdening patients and the health care system with enormous costs and needless suffering.
Facebook Live: Things To Know About Trump’s Directive On Health Insurance
October 12, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this Facebook Live, KHN’s Julie Appleby answers questions about President Donald Trump’s executive order regarding insurance.
Lax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark
By Christina Jewett Mark Alesia, USA Today Network
August 9, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A Kaiser Health News and USA Today Network investigation finds that a hodgepodge of state rules governing outpatient centers allow some deaths and serious injuries to go unexamined. And no rule stops a doctor exiled by a hospital for misconduct from opening a surgery center down the street.
Massachusetts Grabs Spotlight By Proposing New Twist On Medicaid Drug Coverage
By Shefali Luthra
November 21, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In an effort to reduce drug costs and increase efficiency, Massachusetts is seeking federal approval to implement a new approach to how the state’s Medicaid program covers prescription medications.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Meanwhile, In Other Health News…
November 21, 2017
KFF Health News Original
In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss some of the under-covered health stories of the past several weeks, including drug price issues, the opioid epidemic and women’s reproductive health.
