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Think Your Health Care Is Covered? Beware of the ‘Junk’ Insurance Plan

By Michelle Andrews December 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Millions of people are looking for coverage on the federal and state marketplaces right now. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between a comprehensive plan and a “junk” plan with limited benefits and coverage restrictions.

Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules

By Julie Rovner April 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Return to pre-Trump policy is second win of the week for abortion-rights backers.

Texas Is Latest State To Attack Surprise Medical Bills

By Ashley Lopez, KUT June 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A new state law says hospitals and insurers will have to work it out among themselves when they can’t agree on a price — instead of sending huge bills to patients. “Bill of the Month” patient Drew Calver galvanized attention on the issue after he told his story to KHN, NPR and “CBS This Morning.”

Pandemic Highlights Need for Urgent Care Clinics for Women

By Rachel Scheier April 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

For years, women with painful gynecological issues have faced long waits in ERs or longer waits to see their doctors. During the pandemic, women have increasingly turned to women’s clinics that handle urgent issues like miscarriage or serious urinary tract infections.

Why Biden Has a Chance to Cut Deals With Red State Holdouts on Medicaid

By Noam N. Levey February 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic and economic crisis give states new incentives to extend health coverage to their uninsured residents.

California’s Top Hospital Lobbyist Cements Influence in Covid Crisis

By Samantha Young January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Carmela Coyle, who represents California’s hospitals in the state Capitol, is a power player whose clout has grown during the pandemic. Though she hasn’t won every battle, she has helped shape the state’s response to the crisis.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Health Care as Infrastructure

April 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes items not traditionally considered “infrastructure,” including a $400 billion expansion of home and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities, and a $50 billion effort to replace water pipes lined with lead. Meanwhile, the politics of covid-19 are turning to how or whether Americans will need to prove they’ve been vaccinated. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, Rovner interviews KFF’s Mollyann Brodie about the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor.

Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions

By Jordan Rau August 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Nonprofit hospitals of all sizes have been trying their luck as venture capitalists, saying their investments improve care through the creation of new medical devices, health software and other innovations. But the gamble at times has been harder to pull off than expected.

For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865

By Richard Harris, NPR News December 23, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A New York City woman, worried that her sore throat might be strep, got swabbed at her doctor’s office. The sample was sent to an out-of-network lab for sophisticated DNA tests ― with a price tag similar to a new SUV.

‘It Doesn’t Feel Worth It’: Covid Is Pushing New York’s EMTs to the Brink

By Martha Pskowski, The Guardian February 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Struggling with low pay and high stress, New York paramedics and EMTs are reaching a breaking point.

This Small Canadian Drugmaker Wants to Make J&J Vaccines for Poor Nations. It Needs More Than a Patent Waiver.

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen May 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

All agree that covid vaccines are urgently needed to stop the pandemic, but simply waiving patents fails to provide technological know-how and address supply chain challenges.

Hormone Blocker Shocker: Drug Costs 8 Times More When Used For Kids

By Sydney Lupkin, NPR News February 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Two drug implants are nearly identical. The one for children has a list price of $37,300. For adults, the list price is $4,400. One dad fought for his daughter to be able to use the cheaper drug.

Montana Sticks to Its Patchwork Covid Vaccine Rollout as Eligibility Expands

By Katheryn Houghton Photos by Tailyr Irvine April 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Montana’s overstretched counties and tribal governments have developed a mishmash of policies and plans that require ingenuity and mutual support to work. A reporting project by KHN, Montana Free Press and the University of Montana School of Journalism finds the biggest test of that disparate system looms as vaccine eligibility expands. Plus: a county-by-county guide to vaccine availability in Montana.

CVS and Walgreens Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined

By Joshua Eaton and Rachana Pradhan May 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

More than 200,000 doses of covid vaccine have gone to waste since December, KHN has learned. Two national pharmacy chains account for most of it.

Hospitals, Insurers Invest Big Dollars to Tackle Patients’ Social Needs

By Phil Galewitz June 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Eager to control costs, health systems and insurers are trying to address patients’ social needs such as food insecurity, transportation and housing. Yet, after years of testing, there’s slim evidence these efforts pay off.

Retiree Living the RV Dream Fights $12,387 Nightmare Lab Fee

By Victoria Knight Photos by Heidi de Marco December 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A gynecologist in Carlsbad, New Mexico, tested the 60-year-old grandmother for various sexually transmitted infections without her knowledge. Her share of the lab fee was more than $3,000.

Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’

By Judith Graham March 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Relatives and advocates are calling for federal authorities to relax restrictions in long-term care institutions and grant special status to “essential caregivers” — family members or friends who provide critically important hands-on care — so they have the opportunity to tend to relatives in need.

Listen: Trump’s Plan To End ‘Unpleasant Surprise’ Bills

May 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump called for an end to the “unpleasant surprise” of certain medical bills on Thursday. NPR reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin covered the White House announcement, which featured two patients from the KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” series.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Staffing Up at HHS

February 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

More than a month into the Biden administration, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, finally got his confirmation hearings in the Senate, along with nominees for surgeon general and assistant secretary for health. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court announced it would hear a case challenging the Trump administration’s regulation that effectively evicted Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn, whose new book, “The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage,” is out this week.

Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection

By JoNel Aleccia February 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of Americans suspect they contracted covid early in the pandemic and recovered, only to get infected again months later. But because the U.S. does so little genetic sequencing of covid samples, we don’t know much about reinfection rates.

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