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California To Provide Financial Boost To Help Buy Health Coverage

By Bernard J. Wolfson October 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Come Jan. 1, California will be the first state to offer financial aid to middle-class people who make too much money to qualify for federal Obamacare tax credits. And Californians will once again owe a penalty if they are uninsured.

Extent Of Health Coverage Gains From California Gig Worker Law Uncertain

By Steven Findlay October 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The new law reclassifies many independent contractors as employees, requiring they be offered a range of benefits. But that could have unintended consequences, experts warn.

In-Home Teeth-Straightening Business Is Booming ― But Better Brace Yourself

By Julie Appleby and Victoria Knight January 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

SmileDirectClub and similar startup companies say they provide these services at what can be thousands of dollars less than office-visit teeth straightening, but proof is lacking and patients can be left with no recourse if problems arise.

At Raucous Hearing, No Unity On Vaping Issues

By Rachel Bluth September 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A hearing before a House Oversight and Reform Committee panel on how to address the crisis of respiratory injuries related to vaping turned surprisingly partisan.

The Air Ambulance Billed More Than His Surgeon Did For A Lung Transplant

By Anna Almendrala November 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

After Tom Saputo underwent double lung transplant surgery in 2018, he was stunned by a surprise bill of more than $11,000 for the 27-mile air ambulance ride to the hospital. State and federal proposals would crack down on extreme air ambulance charges, including a new California law that will limit how much some patients pay for air ambulance rides.

Terminally Ill, He Wanted Aid-In-Dying. His Catholic Hospital Said No.

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Neil Mahoney had terminal cancer. He also had a legal right to aid-in-dying. But his faith-based hospital called it “morally unacceptable.” So he turned to a network of Colorado doctors to fulfill his last wish.

As UVA Scales Back Lawsuits, Pain For Past Patients Persists

By Jay Hancock November 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Patients were thrilled last month when UVA announced it would scale back lawsuits and provide more financial assistance, but the excitement has waned.

Medicare Fraudsters Now Tap Telemedicine In Medical Equipment Scams

By Victoria Knight October 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Scammers bent on defrauding Medicare are embracing the new technologies of remote diagnosis. Federal law enforcement is cracking down.

Democrats Favor Building On ACA Over ‘Medicare For All’

By Emmarie Huetteman July 30, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Asked to choose between building on the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with a national Medicare for All plan, 55% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said they would expand the existing law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Tuesday.

California ayudará a la clase media a comprar cobertura de salud

By Bernard J. Wolfson October 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Muchas personas de clase media han tenido dificultades para pagar un seguro de salud, asumiendo el costo total de las primas que pueden superar los $1,000 al mes.

States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices

By Steven Findlay September 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

So far this year, 33 states have enacted more than 50 measures to address drug prices, affordability and access. Congress is eyeing the efforts to see what works.

Medicare Going In ‘Right Direction’ On Opioid Epidemic

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR July 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A new report by the inspector general for HHS shows prescriptions to treat opioid addiction are way up in recent years, while prescriptions for the painkillers have fallen.

Denuncian fraude a Medicare con aparatos ortopédicos a través de la telemedicina

By Victoria Knight October 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Llaman por teléfono o aparecen en un chat y preguntan si el adulto mayor siente algún dolor. Luego le envían, en un caso, hasta 13 aparatos ortopédicos: rodilleras, cabestrillos, fajas. Facturan millones a Medicare.

Dealing With The Lingering Effects Of A Mass Shooting

By Anna Almendrala August 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Veronica Kelley, head of San Bernardino County’s Department of Behavioral Health, knows firsthand that the mental health effects from mass shootings linger. Nearly four years after her community was devastated by a massacre of 14 people, Kelley has advice for Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton and other communities reeling from recent carnage.

‘What’s Happening With Them?’: Steep Decline In Child Abuse Cases In NYC Keeps Authorities On Edge About Safety Of Their Clients

June 9, 2020 Morning Briefing

For many children, the pandemic has confined them to their homes, the most dangerous place they can be and with people who are likely to abuse them. That’s why the drop in the number of cases in NYC by 51% from the same time last year is keeping child welfare advocates awake at night. Public health news is on new friends for seniors, risks facing older employees, front-line help from 3-D print hobbyists, challenges of pregnancy, confronting cancer, intellectually challenged patients, navigating elevators and the stress-load on postal workers, as well.

This Indiana Clinic Has Patient-Care Stats Worth Bragging About

By Dan Weissmann July 31, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A small health center in Goshen, Ind., near the border with Michigan, puts “listening to patients’ stories” first. “The rest is housekeeping.”

As Temperatures Climb, A New Push To Keep Workers Safe

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester July 16, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Over the past decade, more than 350 workers nationwide have died from heat-related illness, and tens of thousands have had heat-related problems serious enough that they missed at least one day of work. Proposed federal legislation, modeled on California regulations, would create the first national standards for protecting workers from heat-related stress.

With ACA’s Future In Peril, California Reins In Rising Health Insurance Premiums

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra July 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Premiums will grow by an average of 0.8% next year on the state health insurance exchange. Officials cite two new policies for the relatively low rate hike: a new state tax penalty on Californians who don’t have health insurance coupled with state-based tax credits to help enrollees afford their premiums, including middle-income people who make too much money to qualify for federal financial aid.

A Proposal To Make It Harder For Kids To Skip Vaccines Gives Powerful Voices Pause

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

California lawmakers are debating whether to tighten the rules on childhood vaccinations and give the ultimate say to state public health officials. But questions are emerging from unexpected quarters: the state medical board and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

States Push For Caregiver Tax Credits

By Samantha Young March 25, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Families often spend thousands of dollars caring for ailing loved ones at home. Lawmakers in California and at least seven other states want to provide some financial relief with state income tax credits.

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