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Disability Advocates Fight Assisted Suicide Measures

By Anna Gorman June 29, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Disability rights advocates are speaking up in opposition to a bill currently being considered by California legislators that would allow terminally ill patients to get prescriptions to end their lives. Their opposition stems from worries that if it becomes law, depression and incorrect prognoses may lead people with serious disabilities to end their lives prematurely.

Pain Patients Say They Can’t Get Medicine After Crackdown On Illegal Rx Drug Trade

By Rachel Gotbaum August 5, 2015 KFF Health News Original

People who suffer from intense maladies and injuries say they can no longer get all the pain medicine their doctors prescribe from pharmacies.

How Much Is That Eye Exam? Study Probes The Elusive Quest For Health Care Prices

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR August 14, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A study done in Massachusetts highlights the difficulties consumers face in trying to find out how much health care services cost.

Beware: Your Insurer May Define A Health Emergency Differently Than You Do

By Robert Calandra, Philadelphia Inquirer June 22, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Once stabilized, you must transfer to an in-network hospital or you may be responsible for the entire cost of your care.

New Hope Beats For Heart Patients And Hospitals

By Phil Galewitz September 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The number of heart valve surgeries has risen more than 50 percent since 2012, demonstrating the hospital industry’s record of finding new ways to fill beds and increase revenue even as advances in health and technology shrink demand for inpatient care. Still, patient risk and cost concerns persist.

Congress Overwhelmingly Approves Bill Bolstering Medicare Patients’ Hospital Rights

By Susan Jaffe July 29, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Medicare patients must be told when they’re in “observation” status but not admitted in a hospital, under legislation expected to be signed into law by the president.

Bill To Speed FDA Approvals Includes Rewards For Drugs Designed For Kids

By Lisa Gillespie June 8, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The 21st Century Cures bill now being considered by Congress would extend a program that promotes pediatric drug research.

California’s Plan To Absorb Medically Fragile Children Into Managed Care Proves Controversial

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Anna Gorman August 17, 2015 KFF Health News Original

State officials say Medi-Cal managed care plans will better coordinate treatment for children needing highly specialized care. Parents and pediatric medical centers say it’s a bad idea.

Birth Centers Boost Deliveries While Easing Labor Pains

By Phil Galewitz October 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Staffed by midwives and bolstered by Obamacare, low-tech birth centers away from hospitals are up almost 60 percent since 2010.

How Much Does It Cost To Have A Baby? Hospital Study Finds Huge Price Range

By Michelle Andrews July 17, 2015 KFF Health News Original

According to a recent Health Affairs study, the price tag for low-risk births varies widely among hospitals and high-cost maternity care doesn’t necessarily lead to better outcomes.

Maryland Revamps Its In Vitro Coverage Mandate To Accommodate Same-Sex Couples

By Michelle Andrews July 10, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Requirements to prove infertility for two years and to use sperm from the husband have been eliminated for same-sex couples.

Burwell Says It’s Up To States, Congress To Help Consumers If Court Strikes Down Subsidies

By Mary Agnes Carey and Alana Pockros June 10, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The HHS secretary’s remarks on Capitol Hill came as both Democrats and Republicans await a Supreme Court decision on the issue this month.

5 Challenges Facing Medicaid At 50

By Phil Galewitz July 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The federal-state health care program covers nearly half of all births, one-third of children across the country and two-thirds of people in nursing homes.

Health On The Hill: No Senate ‘Doc Fix’ Vote Before Recess. Will Break Hurt Chances?

By Mary Agnes Carey and Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico Pro March 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

After a decade of short term fixes, the House passed legislation to replace Medicare’s troubled Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, and replace it with an alternative doctor payment formula. Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey and Politico Pro’s Jennifer Haberkorn discuss what’s next for the bill when the Senate returns from recess next month.

In Ohio, New Abortion Clinic Opens, Bucking National Trend

By Sarah Jane Tribble, Ideastream August 31, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Since the Roe v. Wade decision, Ohio has been a trendsetter in passing laws that restrict abortion. That’s why it is especially unusual that in a small Ohio town just south of Cleveland, a new clinic that performs abortions opened its doors.

Half Of Nation’s Hospitals Fail Again To Escape Medicare’s Readmission Penalties

By Jordan Rau August 3, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The fines, in their fourth year, are assessed on hospitals that have patients frequently return and will cost nearly 2,600 hospitals $420 million in total.

Charlotte Broker Gets Federal Insurance Subsidies For Hundreds Of Homeless People, Raising Legal, Ethical Questions

By Ann Doss Helms, Charlotte Observer June 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

He says they’re better off having some insurance coverage, even if they have high deductibles. But advocates say they lose access to free clinics and can’t afford to use their coverage because of the deductibles.

Rural Hospitals Team Up To Survive

By Michael Ollove, Stateline August 19, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Dozens of rural hospitals have closed in recent years, prompting others to form alliances.

California Survey: Newly Insured Satisfied With Coverage, More Financially Secure

By Sarah Varney July 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Formerly uninsured California residents no longer rank paying for health care as their primary financial concern. But some still see cost and access to care as a problem.

Patient Finds Shopping For Low-Priced CT Scan Doesn’t Pay Off

By Jay Hancock May 28, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Despite efforts to keep costs down, Douglas White gets a bill nearly three times what he expected.

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