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Medicare Pay Cuts Will Hurt Seniors’ Care, Doctors Argue

By Michael McAuliff December 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

New reductions in Medicare payments in 2023 will drive more doctors away from accepting Medicare patients, physicians say. They are again pushing back on efforts largely designed to control government spending.

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Texas Moves Toward Providing More Postpartum Care

May 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

The bill would raise the time allowed on Medicaid to 12 months from the current two months. And Minnesota is close to becoming the latest state to legalize recreational pot.

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Her Brother Landed in a Nursing Home. She Was Sued Over His Bill.

By Noam N. Levey August 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Lucille Brooks, 74, Pittsford, New York Approximate Medical Debt: $8,000 Medical Issue: None. She was billed for her brother’s care. What Happened: Lucille Brooks was stunned to discover a nursing home in Monroe County, New York, was suing her. She had never been a patient there. Nor had her husband. “I thought this was crazy,” […]

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Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives

By Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani and Yuki Noguchi, NPR News and Bram Sable-Smith Updated December 21, 2022 Originally Published June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People talk about the sacrifices they made when health care forced them into debt.

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Readers and Tweeters Connect the Dots on Topics From Vaccine Development to Long Covid

July 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Students in Rural Colorado Are Left Without Options as Specialized Schools Close

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Helen Santoro May 12, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A new state law aims to keep the doors open at schools that accept students with intensive needs. One preteen in rural Colorado shows how the current system leaves some students bouncing between institutions far from home.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Readying for Republican Rule

November 14, 2024 Podcast

With Republicans now set to control the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives starting in January, their health agenda remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that just about anything could be on the table, from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, to drug prices and public health. Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups are preparing to fight the implementation of abortion rights ballot measures just passed by voters in seven states. Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.

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5 Things to Know About Montana’s ‘Born Alive’ Ballot Initiative

By Matt Volz October 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A ballot measure that seeks to protect infants following failed abortions would impose stiff penalties on health care providers in Montana.

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President Joe Biden, who is sitting at a desk, gives a pen to former President Barack Obama after signing an executive order aimed at strengthening the Affordable Care Act on April 5. Others stand around them, clapping.

Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.

By Julie Appleby January 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KHN has teamed up with our partners at PolitiFact to monitor 100 key promises made by Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign — including those surrounding the Affordable Care Act.

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Baby, That Bill Is High: Private Equity ‘Gambit’ Squeezes Excessive ER Charges From Routine Births

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals, boosted by private equity-backed staffing companies, have embraced a new idea: the obstetrics emergency department. Often, it is just a triage room in the labor-and-delivery area, but it bills like the main emergency department.

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Colorado Considers Changing Its Red Flag Law After Mass Shooting at Nightclub

By Markian Hawryluk December 23, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In El Paso County, where five people were killed in a mass shooting at a nightclub in November, officials have filed relatively few emergency petitions to temporarily remove a person’s guns, with scant approvals.

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A Retiree Returns to Work After a Calamitous Year of Health Emergencies

By Noam N. Levey December 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In 2020, diabetes and covid-19 landed David Zipprich in the hospital three times. Even with insurance, he was inundated with bills, debt notices, and calls from collectors.

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Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk

By Julie Rovner May 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Doctors say they are reluctant to practice in abortion-banned states, where making the best decision for a patient could run afoul of the law. Even former President Donald Trump’s surgeon general is concerned about the repercussions for women’s health, writes KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.

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Is Legislation to Safeguard Americans Against Superbugs a Boondoggle or Breakthrough?

By Liz Szabo and Arthur Allen December 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

While supporters cheer the PASTEUR Act as an essential strategy to stem the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, critics call it a multibillion-dollar giveaway to Big Pharma.

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As Montana’s Mental Health Crisis Care Crumbles, Politicians Promise Aid

By Katheryn Houghton April 12, 2023 KFF Health News Original

One of Montana’s largest mental health providers has ratcheted back services amid financial troubles, leaving a vacuum. State policymakers have promised more money to aid behavioral health care, but lasting change could be years out.

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Damaged Credit Delays the Dream of Buying a Home

By Aneri Pattani June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Joe Pitzo was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. After surgery, the bills topped $350,000. “This just took a major toll on my credit,” Joe said. “It went down to next to nothing.”

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Medi-Cal’s Reliance on Prisoners to Make Cheaper Eyeglasses Proves Shortsighted

By Colleen DeGuzman July 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In California, where inmates manufacture glasses for Medi-Cal, enrollees and providers can wait months for their orders. Now, state lawmakers are considering allowing clinics to order from private labs as well.

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Sen. Schumer Holds News Conference Discussing The Inflation Reduction Act

Inflation Reduction Act Contains Important Cost-Saving Changes for Many Patients — Maybe for You 

By Michael McAuliff August 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The legislation, which the House is expected to pass Friday, would allow the federal government, for the first time, to negotiate the price of some drugs that Medicare buys. It also would extend the enhanced subsidies for people who buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

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Legal Pot Is More Potent Than Ever — And Still Largely Unregulated

By David Hilzenrath May 9, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As marijuana has become far more mainstream, potent, and sometimes dangerous, uneven regulation at the state and federal levels leaves consumers at risk.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Big Week for Biden

August 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Congress is leaving for its annual summer break having accomplished far more than many expected, including, barring unforeseen snags, a bill to address the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and extend the enhanced subsidies for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the abortion issue continues to roil the nation as Indiana becomes the first state to ban the procedure in almost all cases since the Supreme Court overruled the constitutional right to abortion in June. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

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