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Signed Out Of Prison But Not Signed Up For Insurance, Inmates Fall Prey To Ills

By Jay Hancock and Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project December 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

States that expanded eligibility for Medicaid have failed to enroll large numbers of a significant group that stood to benefit: ex-inmates.

No Immediate Changes To Your Obamacare Coverage

By Emily Bazar November 28, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, state officials and advocates say Californians’ health plan is safe for now.

Medicare Bars New ‘Seamless Conversion’ Efforts For Some Seniors

By Susan Jaffe October 28, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Some insurers have been allowed to move customers on the health law’s marketplaces into their Medicare Advantage plans when they become eligible for Medicare, but seniors complain they didn’t always know it was happening.

Seniors Suffer Amid Widespread Fraud By Medicaid Caretakers

By Melissa Bailey November 7, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A government watchdog report finds widespread fraud — in some cases involving patients’ severe neglect and death — in a Medicaid program that sends non-medical assistants to elderly and disabled peoples’ homes.

Victims Seek Payments As ‘Dr. Death’ Declares Innocence

By Melissa Bailey November 18, 2016 KFF Health News Original

While hundreds of his former patients submit claims for restitution, a Detroit cancer doctor convicted of making millions by purposefully poisoning them with drugs they didn’t need vows to prove his innocence.

Medicaid Is Balm And Benefit For Victims Of Gun Violence

By Sarah Varney December 2, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Young men injured by gunshot wounds often lacked insurance and went for years without proper follow-up care. The health law’s Medicaid expansion, in doubt since the election, changed that in many of the states with the most gun violence.

New Data: Surprising Number of California Parents Experienced Abuse as Children

By Jocelyn Wiener November 4, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Focusing on parents can help end cycle of trauma for kids, experts say.

As Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions Grow, Texas Parents Seek Transparency In Schools

By Anna Casey November 16, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Although the state has an overall high level of vaccinations, some people are concerned about growing pockets with high numbers of children who are not immunized.

Drugmakers Manipulate Orphan Drug Rules To Create Prized Monopolies

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin January 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Drugmakers have brought almost 450 orphan drugs to market and collected rich incentives but nearly a third of those products aren’t new or were repurposed multiple times, an investigation shows.

Emergency Room Use Stayed High In Oregon Medicaid Study

By Kristian Foden-Vencil, Oregon Public Broadcasting October 19, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A new study on Oregon’s famed Medicaid experiment eight years ago shows no decline in emergency room care even after two years of coverage.

Getting Doctor Lists Right

By Emily Bazar September 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Under a new state law, California consumers could get money back if they were charged out-of-network prices after going to a medical provider who was listed in their health plan’s network.

Insurers, Hospitals Clash Over Help Paying Obamacare Premiums

By Phil Galewitz October 31, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Insurers charge that hospitals and other health providers are using third-party groups to help some low-income patients buy marketplace plans, which bring higher reimbursement rates.

Young Boy’s Struggle To Survive Sparked Push For Drugs For Terminally Ill

By Liz Szabo October 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Ten-year-old Josh Hardy died last month. His struggle to survive helped to spur laws to get unapproved drugs to the terminally ill.

Ballot Initiatives: Voters Reject Calif. Drug Pricing Measure; Colo. Single-Payer System

By Shefali Luthra November 9, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Voters across the country also considered a variety of health policy questions as they decided state ballot measures.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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