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Florida’s New Hospital Industry Head Ran Medicaid in State and Fought Expansion

By Phil Galewitz November 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The state’s hospital association in September picked Mary Mayhew to be its new CEO. While leading the state Medicaid office, she was a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion program.

Red States’ Case Against ACA Hinges on Whether They Were Actually Harmed by the Law

By Phil Galewitz November 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Republican-led states are trying to prove they were harmed by the 2010 health law — and thus have “legal standing” — because their Medicaid costs increased, even though Congress eliminated the penalty for not having health coverage in 2019. At least one justice was skeptical.

Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals

By Phil Galewitz November 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals, a potent political force, fear lowering the eligibility age will cost them billions of dollars in revenue because federal reimbursements are lower than private insurers’.

Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas

By Phil Galewitz and Rachel Bluth and Rae Ellen Bichell August 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As the nation confronts the delta variant, many consumers are again facing delays getting tested. The problem appears most acute in the South and Midwest, where new infections are growing the fastest.

Sen. Graham Complains That 3 Blue States Get a Third of ACA Funding

By Phil Galewitz October 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Lindsey Graham insinuates that the law is sending a disproportionate amount of money to New York, California and Massachusetts, all represented by Democrats.

The Trump Medicaid Record: Big Goals, Yet Few Successes

By Phil Galewitz October 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration sought to shrink the federal-state health program for low-income Americans and give states more flexibility. But Democrats and the courts thwarted most of those efforts.

Florida Fails to Attract Bidders for Canada Drug Importation Program

By Phil Galewitz October 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

No private firms bid on the $30 million contract to set up and operate the state’s plan to bring in cheaper drugs. The setback is likely to delay by at least several months Florida’s effort to become the first state to import drugs under new federal regulations.

Job-Based Health Insurance Costs Are Up 4% This Year, 55% in Past Decade

By Phil Galewitz October 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A family plan costs, on average, more than $21,000 this year and workers pay nearly $5,600 toward that cost, the annual KFF survey of employers finds.

Trump Approves Final Plan to Import Drugs From Canada ‘for a Fraction of the Price’

By Phil Galewitz September 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The announcement clears the way for Florida and other states to implement a program bringing medications across the border to save money. The effort is strongly opposed by drugmakers and the Canadian government.

¿Regalo para Florida? Trump aprobaría pronto importación de medicamentos de Canadá

By Phil Galewitz September 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A pesar de las objeciones de las farmacéuticas, se espera que la administración Trump finalice pronto el plan que permitiría a los estados importar medicamentos de venta bajo receta.

Election Gift for Florida? Trump Poised to Approve Drug Imports From Canada

By Phil Galewitz September 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration is primed to approve a plan designed to help lower costs of some prescription drugs by allowing states to import them from Canada. The announcement could come before Election Day, and Florida appears to be in line to go first.

Obamacare Co-Ops Down From 23 to Final ‘3 Little Miracles’

By Phil Galewitz September 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Once there were 23 of these nonprofit plans across 26 states; in January there will be only three, serving Maine, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

Connecticut Is Doling Out Vaccines Based Strictly on Age. It’s Simpler, but Is it Fair?

By Phil Galewitz and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

On Monday, Connecticut will be the first state to begin vaccinating anyone from age 55 to 64 — instead of people with chronic health issues and essential workers.

DeSantis Says COVID Is a Lower Risk for School-Aged Kids Than Flu

By Phil Galewitz August 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Although it is still early, available numbers provide backup.

‘Pennie’-Pinching States Take Over Obamacare Exchanges From Feds

By Phil Galewitz August 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Pennsylvania and New Jersey are leaving the federal marketplace this fall to save money and will start their own insurance exchanges. Kentucky, New Mexico, Virginia and Maine are looking to join them in 2021 or beyond.

Agrícolas, bomberos y azafatas buscan estar entre los primeros en recibir la vacuna

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz December 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Trabajadores de salud de primera línea, y residentes y personal de hogares de adultos mayores, recibirán las dosis de la vacuna contra COVID primero, pero… ¿quiénes le seguirán?

Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Everyone — from toilet paper manufacturers to patient advocates — is lobbying state advisory boards, arguing their members are essential, vulnerable or both — and, thus, most deserving of an early vaccine.

The COVID-19 Downturn Triggers Jump in Medicaid Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz July 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For the first time since 2017, Medicaid enrollment has begun increasing again, but not by as much as many analysts expected.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Still Seeking A Federal Coronavirus Strategy

May 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Democrats were not impressed with the Trump administration’s COVID-19 national testing strategy document submitted to Congress this week. They say the pandemic requires more direction from the federal government, while the administration wants to give nearly all the responsibility to the states. Meanwhile, in an effort to shore up his base of senior voters, President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to limit what those on Medicare must pay out-of-pocket for insulin. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Erin Mershon of STAT News and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Phil Galewitz, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment about a patient who thought he might have COVID-19, did everything right and got a big bill, anyway.

At Texas Border, Pandemic’s High Toll Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance

By René Kladzyk, El Paso Matters and Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas June 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In Texas’ border communities, which are overwhelmingly Hispanic, covid-19 death rates for people under age 65 were double those in the rest of the state and three times the national average. They were also significantly higher than rates in New Mexico border areas.

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