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Workers Pay the Price While Congress and Employers Debate Need for Heat Regulations

By Amy Maxmen September 5, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Studies suggest official numbers vastly underestimate heat-related injuries and illness on the job. To institute protections, the government must calculate their cost — and the cost of inaction.

Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

By Taylor Sisk June 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As evidence supporting medication treatment for opioid addiction mounts, judges, district attorneys, and law enforcement officials in rural America are increasingly open to it after years of insisting on abstinence only.

After Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus

By Sarah Varney May 2, 2023 KFF Health News Original

At least two Idaho hospitals are ending labor and delivery services, with one citing the state’s “legal and political climate” and noting that “recruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult” as doctors leave.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: Let’s Talk About the Weather

July 20, 2023 Podcast

It’s been the summer of broken weather records around the world — for heat, rain, and wildfire smoke — advertising the risks of climate change in a big way. But, apparently, it’s not enough to break the logjam in Washington over how to address the growing climate crisis. Meanwhile, in Texas, women who were unable to get care for pregnancy complications took their stories to court, and Congress gears up to — maybe — do something about prescription drug prices. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join Julie Rovner, KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Meena Seshamani, the top administrator for the federal Medicare program.

PBMs, the Brokers Who Control Drug Prices, Finally Get Washington’s Attention

By Arthur Allen May 11, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Drugmakers, pharmacies, and physicians blame pharmacy benefit managers for high drug prices. Congress is finally on board, too, but will it matter?

Why Two States Remain Holdouts on Distracted Driving Laws

By Eric Berger February 6, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Missouri and Montana are the only states without distracted driving laws for all drivers. With traffic fatalities rising significantly nationwide, some Missouri lawmakers and advocates for roadway safety are eyeing bills in the new legislative session that would crack down on texting while driving in the Show Me State.

Are US Prescription Drug Prices 10 Times Those of Other Nations? Only Sometimes

By Michelle Andrews May 19, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ broad statement that some U.S. drug prices are 10 times those of other nations doesn’t paint the full picture. Studies we examined generally found that U.S. prices were two to four times those in other countries, not 10.

Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, PolitiFact April 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

False claims that covid vaccines cause deaths and other diseases are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing the vaccines are safe and saved lives.

Republicans Vow Not to Cut Veterans’ Benefits. But the Legislation Suggests Otherwise.

By Michael McAuliff May 9, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Sparing veterans and defense spending, as Republicans promise, would be extremely difficult, requiring cuts of more than 20% in other parts of the budget. The Republicans’ Limit, Save, Grow Act already proposes a $2 billion cut to the Department of Veterans Affairs by taking back unspent covid relief funding.

Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients

By Susan Jaffe October 5, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Software sifts through millions of medical records to match patients with similar diagnoses and characteristics and then predicts what kind of care an individual will need and for how long. New federal rules will ensure human experts are part of the process.

‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion

By Fred Clasen-Kelly January 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials have long warned that restraint and seclusion in schools can be dangerous and traumatizing for children, but school districts often fail to report incidents as required by law.

Expectant Mom Needed $15,000 Overnight to Save Her Twins

By Renuka Rayasam April 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Doctors rushed a pregnant woman to a surgeon who charged thousands upfront just to see her. The case reveals a gap in medical billing protections for those with rare, specialized conditions.

The Disability Tax: Medical Bills Remain Inaccessible for Many Blind Americans

By Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht December 2, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Health insurers and health care systems across the country are violating disability rights laws by sending medical bills that blind and visually impaired people cannot read, a KHN investigation has found. By hindering the ability of blind Americans to know what they owe, some bills get sent to debt collections.

How Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills

By Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani November 17, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals strike deals with financing companies, generating profits for lenders, and more debt for patients.

State Lawmakers Eye Forced Treatment to Address Overlap in Homelessness and Mental Illness

By April Dembosky, KQED and Amelia Templeton, Oregon Public Broadcasting and Carrie Feibel, NPR May 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Democratic politicians in California and Oregon are reconsidering the restrictions of involuntary commitment laws. They argue that not helping people who are seriously ill and living in squalor on the streets is inhumane.

Republican Lawmakers Shy Away From Changing Montana’s Constitutional Right to Abortion

By Katheryn Houghton February 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers in 14 states have passed near-total bans on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But in some conservative-led states where court rulings determined their constitutions protect abortion, including Montana, politicians haven’t asked voters to weigh in.

Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks

By Julie Rovner January 23, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Abortion is a top issue for state lawmakers meeting for their first full sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Social Security Overpays Billions to People, Many on Disability. Then It Demands the Money Back.

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group September 15, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Beneficiaries in five states described what happened when they received letters calling on them to return overpayments that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.

After Capping Insulin Copays, Colorado Sets Its Sights on EpiPens

By Helen Santoro February 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Colorado’s proposed legislation to cap the copay for the EpiPen is part of a nationwide trend as more states try to shield patients from skyrocketing drug prices.

Truly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma

By Arielle Zionts March 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Doctors have no national standards on when to order urine tests to check whether adult ADHD patients are properly taking their prescription stimulants. Some patients are subjected to much more frequent testing than others.

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