Enfermos… ¿y en bancarrota? Consumidores gastarán más en drogas en 2017
By Jordan Rau Julie Appleby Elizabeth Lucas
November 30, 2016
KFF Health News Original
En 2017, muchos más planes de salud en los mercados de seguros requerirán que los consumidores paguen una sustancial parte del costo de los medicamentos más caros, dicen, para disuadir a pacientes muy enfermos de elegir sus planes.
Video Chat? In Rural Areas Combating Drug Addiction, A New Way To Connect With Help
By Shefali Luthra
October 3, 2016
KFF Health News Original
The federal government is supporting efforts to test whether telemedicine strategies can be used to treat Appalachia’s painkiller addiction crisis.
As Childhood Diabetes Rates Rise, So Do Costs — And Families Feel The Pinch: Study
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
June 20, 2016
KFF Health News Original
Researchers estimated that a year’s worth of care for kids with diabetes cost more than $17,000.
For Parents Of Preemies, Life Starts With A Complex Fight For Survival
March 4, 2016
KFF Health News Original
KHN’s Jenny Gold joins The Takeaway to discuss the challenges faced by parents of premature babies in the NICU.
Fighting HIV In Miami, One Dirty Needle At A Time
By Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald
August 10, 2016
KFF Health News Original
A Miami doctor spent five years working to pass a needle exchange law for Miami-Dade County that he hopes will reduce HIV and other infections. The doctor’s battle inspired a patient who was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C from a shared needle.
Medicare Plans Score Higher Ratings And Millions In Bonuses
By Phil Galewitz
March 7, 2016
KFF Health News Original
The share of Medicare Advantage members enrolled in plans with high star ratings has almost doubled since 2013, earning bonuses for private insurers who offer them.
California Sees Housing As Significant Investment In Health Care
By Anna Gorman
June 3, 2015
KFF Health News Original
The state is proposing to use federal Medicaid dollars to usher ill homeless people into housing, arguing the policy saves taxpayers money.
Obamacare Ruling Could Kill Coverage For 413,000 In Georgia
By Misty Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 17, 2015
KFF Health News Original
No tax credit means no health insurance at all for tens of thousands of Georgians.
California Ranks Last In Spending On Diabetes Prevention, Audit Finds
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
February 2, 2015
KFF Health News Original
With one in 12 residents estimated to suffer from diabetes, California spends less on prevention per person than any other state, according to a state audit.
Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees
By Phil Galewitz
January 12, 2015
KFF Health News Original
States say government should be able to set rates without courts stepping in. Patient advocates and providers say intervention is needed to improve access.
The Latest In Public Health Funding: Tapping Investors
By Anna Gorman
October 23, 2014
KFF Health News Original
An asthma prevention program in California hopes to offer returns based on savings from reduced hospital visits.
Miami-Dade County, Like Many Employers, Denied Tools To Trim Health Costs
By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald
September 19, 2014
KFF Health News Original
As the Florida county negotiates health insurance changes with labor unions, it isn’t allowed to know the prices its own insurance plan administrator negotiates with providers, even though it’s self-insured and the claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
In South Florida And The Nation, Health Care Costs Often Are Shrouded In Secrecy
By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald
September 15, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Like many employers across the country, Miami-Dade County isn’t allowed to know the prices its own insurance administrators negotiate with healthcare providers, even though the county is self-insured and workers’ claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
HHS Acknowledges Health Law Enrollment Overcounting Mistake
November 21, 2014
Morning Briefing
The Obama administration said Thursday that it incorrectly tallied health law sign-ups by accidentally adding about 380,000 dental-plan customers to its overall enrollment numbers. It reduced the overall number of people who enrolled in new coverage to about 6.7 million.
ACA And The Children’s Health Insurance Program
By Christine Vestal, Stateline
May 21, 2014
KFF Health News Original
The Affordable Care Act offers subsidies for low-income families who currently qualify for the federal-state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), forcing states to make a decision on CHIP’s future.
ACOs Saving Some Money, But Medicare Is Short On Details
By Jenny Gold
January 31, 2014
KFF Health News Original
Accountable care organizations are saving some money, though what exactly that means is still unclear. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday that overall, provider groups involved in Medicare ACO programs saved a total of $380 million in the first year. Sounds like a lot of money, but CMS declined to explain which […]
Where You Go When You Survive But Don’t Recover
June 24, 2014
Morning Briefing
The number of critically ill patients in the nation’s long-term acute care hospitals has more than tripled in the past decade to 380,000, many of them sustained by respirators and feeding tubes, reports The New York Times. Meanwhile, MinnPost examines services for rural seniors who live at home.
With Three Weeks Left, Consumers Fear They May End Up Without Health Coverage On New Year’s Day
By Jordan Rau
December 2, 2013
KFF Health News Original
Insurance marketplace malfunctions have left some eager consumers in limbo as deadline to enroll nears. “I’m praying to God,” one says.
ACOs’ Efforts To Coordinate Patient Care Saved $380 Million
January 31, 2014
Morning Briefing
In their first results of the heralded program — which was set up in the health law — federal officials say about half of the accountable care organizations slowed spending but few met the requirements to qualify for bonuses.
In Kansas, A Fight Over Developmentally Disabled Shifting To Medicaid Managed Care
By Jenni Bergal
December 5, 2013
KFF Health News Original
In Kansas, families are worried about three for-profit insurers taking charge of providing all home- and community-based services for 8,500 developmentally disabled people beginning Jan. 1.
