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States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion

By Sam Whitehead June 17, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Most of the dozen states that haven’t fully expanded eligibility for Medicaid have extended or plan to extend the postpartum coverage window for new mothers. That could mean improved maternal health, but it’s only part of the puzzle when it comes to reducing the number of preventable maternal deaths in the U.S.

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Readers and Tweeters Fight Stigma and Salute Front-Line Workers

January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

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

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Montana Health Officials Aim to Boost Oversight of Nonprofit Hospitals’ Giving

By Katheryn Houghton September 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Montana is one of the latest states seeking to increase oversight of nonprofit hospitals’ giving to ensure they justify their tax-exempt status.

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‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Fight Bogus Medical Bills Like a Bulldog

By Dan Weissmann August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When a colleague brings a medical billing problem to human resources director Steve Benasso — he goes to battle. “I am a bulldog on this stuff,” he said. In this episode, Benasso tells how he does it.

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Stranded by the Pandemic, He Had Only Travel Insurance. It Left Him With a $38,000 Bill.

By Arthur Allen November 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Although it’s possible to buy travel insurance that provides some health coverage, the devil is in the fine print. Obama-era laws that prevent refusal of payment for preexisting conditions don’t apply to travel insurance.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live From Aspen: Three HHS Secretaries on What the Job Is Really Like

June 22, 2023 Podcast

What does a day in the life of the nation’s top health official really look like? And how much of their agenda is set by the White House? In this special episode of KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” — taped before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Ideas Festival, in Aspen, Colorado — host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former U.S. secretaries of Health and Human Services. Secretary Xavier Becerra and former secretaries Kathleen Sebelius and Alex Azar talk candidly about what it takes to run a department with more than 80,000 employees and a budget larger than those of many countries.

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Crowdsourced Data on Overdoses Pinpoints Where to Help

By Renuka Rayasam July 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

University of Texas researchers are testing a program that would allow harm reduction groups to crowdsource data on fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses statewide. While the data relies on word of mouth, they say, it is more comprehensive than anything that exists now and can be used immediately to prevent overdoses.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Part II: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’

January 27, 2023 Podcast

In Part II of this special two-part episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Varney of KHN join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how the abortion debate has evolved since the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022, and what might be the flashpoints for 2023. Also, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their most memorable reproductive health stories from the last year.

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Your Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Need Not Be a Mystery

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A new California law requires health insurance companies to notify consumers how much remains on their deductibles and how close they are to their annual out-of-pocket spending limits.

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Some Rural Hospitals Are in Such Bad Shape, Local Governments Are Practically Giving Them Away

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio August 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Coming out of the pandemic, many rural hospitals are in even rougher shape than before. So rough that some are now practically being handed to investors for little more than a pledge to keep them open.

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How to Crush Medical Debt: 5 Tips for Using Hospital Charity Care

By Emily Pisacreta October 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The law says nonprofit hospitals are supposed to offer low-income patients financial assistance. But the average person doesn’t know about it. Here’s how to get help.

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Heartbreaking Bills, Lawsuit and Bankruptcy — Even With Insurance

By Laura Ungar September 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With health insurance that can leave him on the hook for more than a quarter of his salary every year, a Kentucky essential worker who has heart disease is one of millions of Americans who are functionally uninsured. At only 31, he has already been through bankruptcy and being sued by his hospital. This year, he faced a bill for more than $10,000.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

October 17, 2024 Podcast

The Affordable Care Act has not been a major issue in the 2024 campaign, but abortion and reproductive rights have been front and center. Those are just two of the dozens of health issues that could be profoundly affected by who is elected president and which party controls Congress in 2025. In this special live episode, Tamara Keith of NPR, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Cynthia Cox and Ashley Kirzinger of KFF join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how health policy has affected the campaign and how the election results might affect health policy. Plus, the panel answers questions from the live audience.

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South Dakota Voters to Decide Medicaid Expansion

By Phil Galewitz January 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Despite state Republican leaders’ rigid opposition to expanding the health program designed for low-income residents, advocates successfully gathered enough signatures to get the measure on the fall ballot.

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Medical Boards Pressured to Let It Slide When Doctors Spread Covid Misinformation

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio February 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

State medical boards have an obligation to investigate complaints about doctors, including those who may spread false information about medical care. But in Florida, Tennessee, and other states, lawmakers are moving to protect physicians using unproven covid treatments or spreading misinformation.

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A billboard on the side of a building shows the Golden Gate Bridge with text next to it reading, "FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER FOR OUR BRAINS, BEAUTY AND, NOW, DIRT-CHEAP FENTANYL." Tree branches and a string of lanterns and lights are seen blurred in the foreground.

The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths

By Rachel Scheier May 23, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People who have lost children to pills laced with fentanyl are demanding that lawmakers adopt stricter penalties and are pressuring Silicon Valley for social media protections. The movement harks back to the 1980s, when Mothers Against Drunk Driving activated a generation of parents.

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A 63-Year-Old Transgender Woman Is Caught in Montana’s Birth Certificate Dispute

By Erica Zurek July 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Montana is one of a handful of states that bar transgender people from changing the sex on their birth certificates. Health professionals say that gender marker should be erased completely.

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Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated

By Jordan Rau February 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As the federal government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected. “A dog would get better care than he did,” one resident’s wife said.

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A Year In, Montana’s Rolled-Back Public Health Powers Leave Some Areas in Limbo

By Katheryn Houghton April 14, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Montana lawmakers stripped authority from local health boards, leading to power struggles between cities and counties and leaving public health officers to wonder to whom they answer.

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Becerra Says Surprise Billing Rules Force Doctors Who Overcharge to Accept Fair Prices

By Michael McAuliff November 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Health and Human Services secretary says the administration has heard complaints from doctors and hospitals about the rules it unveiled for implementing the law to end surprise medical bills. But he says providers who have exploited a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost — or close.

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