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Many Localities Find Past Ambivalence On Mosquitoes Hinders Zika Response

By Emily Kopp October 10, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Efforts to control and track the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus have been hampered by lack of resources.

Why Tobacco Companies Are Spending Millions To Boost A Cigarette Tax

By Alex Smith, KCUR November 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

R.J. Reynolds has put $12 million into an effort to raise tobacco taxes in Missouri. But the proposed 60-cents per pack tax, still among the lowest in the nation, is not likely to make many smokers quit.

What Would A Public Insurance Option Look Like?

By Pauline Bartolone October 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

UCLA health policy expert Gerald Kominski says a “public option” health plan would look a lot like private insurance, and politics will determine whether it would happen on a state or national level.

Republicans Likely To ‘Give Themselves Time’ To Set Health Law Replacement

November 11, 2016 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Rovner joins a panel on ‘NewsHour’ to talk about how the new Trump administration and congressional Republicans might seek to repeal and replace the federal health law.

Months Of Negotiations Over ‘Cures’ Bill Could Unravel In Light Of Trump Presidency

November 10, 2016 Morning Briefing

The package would have simplified the regulatory process of prescription drugs and medical devices and provided funding for health care innovation projects. However, its future is now uncertain.

Free Clinics Aim To Fill VA’s Shortfalls In Mental Health

By Anna Gorman December 7, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A billionaire hedge fund manager, whose son served in Afghanistan, has opened a chain of clinics to tend to the psychological needs of veterans

Early Alzheimer’s Gene Spells Tragedy For Patients, Opportunity For Science

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco January 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Researchers are studying families from the U.S. and Mexico for clues to how Alzheimer’s develops in young patients, with the hope of finding treatments and even cures for the more common form of the disease.

Terminally Ill Patients Don’t Use Aid-In-Dying Laws To Relieve Pain

By Liz Szabo October 26, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Ending pain and suffering has helped several states pass “right-to-die” laws, but dying patients are more concerned about controlling how they die and dying with dignity.

A Golden Ticket That Fast-Tracks A Drug Through The FDA

By Sarah Jane Tribble September 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A voucher awarded to companies that find treatments for rare childhood diseases can be sold to the highest bidder — and then used to speed up approvals for much more common drugs.

House Panel Extends Funding For Medicare Program To Help Consumers

By Susan Jaffe July 7, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The decision runs counter to a Senate committee that voted to strip the $52 million appropriation for the State Health Insurance Assistance Program, which helps beneficiaries understand their Medicare coverage and helps them with billing issues.

Hitch Keeps Many High-Deductible Plans From Covering Chronic Care Up Front

By Michelle Andrews September 20, 2016 KFF Health News Original

IRS rules limit plans set up to link to health savings accounts from covering most care until the deductible is paid off, but proposed legislation would expand what’s allowed.

CMS Identifies Hospitals Paid Nearly $1.5B In 2015 Medicare Billing Settlement

By Phil Galewitz August 23, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A year after settling billing disputes with 2,022 hospitals for 68 cents on the dollar, the government has revealed who got paid and how much.

Congress Finally Approves Funding To Fight Zika — But What Does This Mean?

By Shefali Luthra September 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Mosquito season may be ending in parts of the U.S., but public health officials say the additional resources will make a difference because the threat will not be measured in one cycle but in years.

Doctors Need A New Skill Set For This Opioid Abuse Treatment

By Karen Shakerdge, Side Effects Public Media August 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Practicing surgery on a piece of pork — that’s how some doctors are learning to implant a new drug that curbs opioid cravings. It’s not a skill set typically used in addiction medicine.

McConnell To Seek ‘Permanent Fix’ For Health Care Program For Retired Miners

December 21, 2016 Morning Briefing

The program was slated to expire at the end of the year, but Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., put funding to extend it through April in a bill passed by Congress this month. Also, some experts are looking at work Congress will face on drug user fee program.

Back To The Future: Insurance Pools For High-Risk Patients Could Be Revived

By Pauline Bartolone November 23, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Trump and leading Republicans like the idea. Some policymakers and experts say it wasn’t viable in the first place.

Mike Pence’s Health Policy Record Is A Mixed Bag

By Jake Harper, WFYI July 21, 2016 KFF Health News Original

As governor of Indiana, Mike Pence expanded Medicaid with conservative tweaks, responded to an HIV outbreak with a limited needle-exchange program and signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.

Congressman Decries Olympus’ Failure To Warn U.S. Hospitals About Tainted Scopes

By Chad Terhune July 27, 2016 KFF Health News Original

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) renews his call for tightened laws that would force manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration when they issue safety warnings in other countries related to the design and cleaning of their devices.

Survey: Millions More Californians Insured After Obamacare Launch, Medicaid Expansion

By Anna Gorman August 18, 2016 KFF Health News Original

But the remaining uninsured are tough to reach.

Despite Federal Directive, Texas Denies Medicaid Coverage For An Autism Therapy

By Kate Harrington July 7, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The state’s Medicaid program quit covering the expensive therapy, called applied behavioral analysis, leaving some families scrambling to afford the treatment.

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