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A Doctor Yearns For A Return To The Time When Physicians Were ‘Artisans’

By Michelle Andrews May 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, author of a new book examining the drive toward quality metrics such as checklists, says he fears medicine could become just another job and not a “calling.”

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People With HIV Are Less Likely To Get Cancer Treatment

By Michelle Andrews May 20, 2016 KFF Health News Original

New research finds that patients infected with the virus that causes AIDS are less likely to get treatment for nine common cancers than are people who don’t have HIV.

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Insurers Quitting Health Law Exchanges May Still Sell Plans To Individuals

By Michelle Andrews May 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s consumer columnist answers readers’ questions including whether recent announcements about plans pulling out of the health law’s exchanges could affect the access to coverage for consumers who don’t use those exchanges.

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Health Coverage Rates For Lower Income Children Improving

By Michelle Andrews May 13, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Although Medicaid and CHIP were already helping many children get insurance, the implementation of the health law has improved coverage.

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Raising Medicare’s Eligibility Age Could Trigger Gov’t Savings, But Tally Higher Total Health Spending

By Michelle Andrews May 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A May Health Affairs study examines how Medicare’s eligibility age affects spending and prices, as well as the volume of services used by patients.

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Shortages Of Essential Emergency Care Drugs Increase, Study Finds

By Michelle Andrews May 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The problems persist even after Congress in 2012 gave the FDA enhanced powers to respond when drug levels are low.

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Even As Birth Rates Fall, Teens Say They Are Getting Less Sex Education

By Michelle Andrews April 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A report by the Guttmacher Institute finds that the proportion of teenagers who are getting instructions in birth control methods is declining.

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High Court Ruling May Hinder Plans’ Efforts To Recoup Consumers’ Legal Awards

By Michelle Andrews April 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

When consumers who have been injured sue and win an award, insurance plans routinely demand that they be reimbursed for medical costs that they covered. The Supreme Court this term threw a small chink into that strategy.

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More Exchange Plans Offer Patients Easier Access To Some Expensive Drugs: Report

By Michelle Andrews April 22, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The analysis by Avalere examines changes in how silver plans on the insurance marketplaces handle coverage for high-cost specialty drugs.

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Free Clinics Expanding Mission To Help Insured Patients With High Expenses

By Michelle Andrews April 19, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Although many people thought the federal health law would nip the need for free clinics, they are still booming.

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Rise In Oncologists Working For Hospitals Spurs Higher Chemo Costs: Study

By Michelle Andrews April 15, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Researchers found that the facility fees hospitals and their clinics routinely add to the bill helps drive the price increases.

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Even Under Parity Rules, Plans May Charge Higher Specialty Copays For Counseling

By Michelle Andrews April 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A reader asks if it’s fair for his health plan to classify his son’s treatment by a psychologist as specialty care that requires a higher copayment.

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Prices And Health Care Quality: Many Consumers Don’t See A Link

By Michelle Andrews April 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A study in the journal Health Affairs found a majority of people don’t associate price and quality in health care services.

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Patients’ Assessment Of Their Health Is Gaining Importance In Treatment

By Michelle Andrews April 5, 2016 KFF Health News Original

As medicine moves to a patient-centered model, doctors and other health providers are slowly adding patients’ self-reports to the other tests and exams they use to determine care.

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Workers’ Desire Grows For Wage Increases Over Health Benefits

By Michelle Andrews April 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A recent survey finds that the number of workers who say they would give up some health benefits to get a pay raise has grown from 10 to 20 percent since 2012.

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Mortgages For Expensive Health Care? Some Experts Think It Can Work.

By Michelle Andrews March 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

An MIT economist and Harvard oncologist propose offering loans to patients to cover the cost of expensive, curative drugs, financed by private sector investment in loan securities.

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Study: Primary Care Doctors Often Don’t Help Patients Manage Depression

By Michelle Andrews March 25, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Physicians were less likely to use “care management processes” with patients who have depression than with those who had other chronic conditions, the researchers found.

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Debate Arises Over HHS Plans For Privacy Rules On Addiction Treatment

By Michelle Andrews March 22, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The current guidelines, last updated in 1987, require patients to specify exactly who gets information about their care. But advocates of change say the new rule will fit in better in the era of sharing patient data through electronic medical records.

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Coinsurance Trend Means Seniors Likely To Face Higher Out-Of-Pocket Drug Costs, Report Says

By Michelle Andrews March 18, 2016 KFF Health News Original

More Medicare Part D drug plans are requiring coinsurance rather than copayments for more types of medications, making beneficiaries’ costs less predictable.

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Should Federal Retirees Opt For Medicare?

By Michelle Andrews March 15, 2016 KFF Health News Original

When people retire from federal government jobs, they can keep their federal plan as primary coverage but may face penalties for late Medicare sign-ups later on.

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