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Víctimas de violación reciben cuentas por examen forense, aunque una ley lo prohíbe

By Michelle Andrews July 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Durante 25 años, el Acta de Violencia contra la Mujer ha requerido que el estado que quiera ser elegible para ciertos subsidios federales cubra el costo de exámenes médicos para víctimas de agresión sexual.

The $109K Heart Attack Bill Is Down To $332. What About Other Surprise Bills?

By Chad Terhune August 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

“I don’t feel any consumer should have to go through this,” says Drew Calver, who faced a life-changing surprise bill from an Austin hospital after a heart attack last year. After attention as a “Bill of the Month” patient, he paid the hospital $332. But he worries about other patients with surprise bills.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes May 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

Surprising Swings In Momentum For Legislation On Surprise Medical Bills

By Rachel Bluth December 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A legislative compromise on how to curb unexpected out-of-network medical bills has made recent progress. But many insiders expect work to continue into 2020.

Another Coronavirus Casualty: California’s Budget

By Angela Hart and Samantha Young and Rachel Bluth May 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Before the coronavirus hit, California was looking at a budget surplus of more than $5 billion and lawmakers were debating how to increase the size of government health programs. Now, the state faces a deficit, program cuts, high unemployment — and no significant investment in public health funding at a time when the state needs it the most.

California Shies Away From Calls To Eliminate Restrictions On Nurse Practitioners

By Rachel Bluth April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many states are dramatically loosening regulations on nurse practitioners as the coronavirus pandemic increases demand for health care workers. But not California.

Antibody Tests Were Hailed As Way To End Lockdowns. Instead, They Cause Confusion.

By Christie Aschwanden May 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Some communities considered community antibody testing as a way out of lockdown. But they’ve pulled back as they realized antibody testing is the Wild West in an oversight vacuum.

Health Workers Resort To Etsy, Learning Chinese, Shady Deals To Find Safety Gear

By Eli Cahan and Sarah Varney June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The shortages are so dire that nursing homes and other health centers are going to extraordinary lengths for masks, gowns and essential materials.

Newsom Likes To ‘Go Big’ But Doesn’t Always Deliver

By Angela Hart June 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The COVID-19 pandemic is showcasing California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leadership style to a national audience. The first-term Democrat doesn’t shy away from making splashy announcements and lofty promises, but his plans often lack detail and, in some cases, follow-through.

Hospital Group Mum As Members Pursue Patients With Lawsuits And Debt Collectors

By Jay Hancock December 28, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The influential trade association has said little over the years as health systems, including those of its own trustees, seized patients’ incomes and assets. Now it is reevaluating.

Patients Stuck With Bills After Insurers Don’t Pay As Promised

By Lauren Weber February 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Insurance companies often require patients to have medical procedures, devices, tests and even some medicines preapproved to ensure the insurers are willing to cover the costs. But that doesn’t guarantee they’ll end up paying. Some patients are getting stuck with unexpected bills after the medical service has been provided.

Landmark Bill Offering Protections To Workers In California’s Gig Economy Heads To Governor’s Desk

September 12, 2019 Morning Briefing

“These so-called gig companies present themselves as the innovative future of tomorrow,” said state Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles). “A future where companies don’t pay Social Security or Medicare, workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance.” Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was initially on the fence, endorsed the bill earlier this month and has committed to signing it.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: ACA Still Under A Cloud After Court Ruling

December 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has agreed with a lower court that a key piece of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. But it is sending the case back to the lower-court judge to decide how much of the rest of the law can stand. Also, Congress is leaving town after finishing work on a major spending bill that includes many changes to health policy. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.

Analysis: We Knew The Coronavirus Was Coming, Yet We Failed 5 Critical Tests

By Elisabeth Rosenthal May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The vulnerabilities that COVID-19 has revealed were a predictable outgrowth of our market-based health care system.

As Deaths Mount, Coronavirus Testing Remains Wildly Inconsistent In Long-Term Care

By Laura Ungar May 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Testing for COVID-19 varies widely across nursing homes and assisted living facilities, even within the same states and communities — increasing the risks for some of America’s most vulnerable seniors.

Loophole Averted After Surprise-Bill Brouhaha In Texas

By Ashley Lopez, KUT December 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Texas Medical Board bowed out of the rule-making process for a new law protecting consumers from surprise medical bills. Advocates hailed the new rules written by the state insurance regulators.

Patients Caught In Crossfire Between Giant Hospital Chain, Large Insurer

By Brian Krans February 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Insurance giant Cigna and San Francisco-based Dignity Health have failed to ink a 2020 contract, leaving nearly 17,000 patients in California and Nevada scrambling to find new health care providers. Meanwhile, Dignity faces financial and legal challenges while it strives to implement its merger with Catholic Health Initiatives, which created one of the nation’s largest Catholic hospital systems.

Was The Novel Coronavirus Really Sneaky In Its Spread To The U.S.? Experts Say No.

By Shefali Luthra March 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Public health professionals dismissed the president’s claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being “simply astonishing” and “simply untrue.”

Economic Blow Of The Coronavirus Hits America’s Already Stressed Farmers

By Sandy West May 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

At the start of the spring planting season, farmers across the U.S. heartland were already trying to recover from last year’s flooding amid worsening economic conditions when the pandemic struck. Farm bankruptcies and suicides continue to climb. A lack of mental health resources in rural America makes finding help more complicated.

As Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest

By Fred Schulte April 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. government spent $36 billion computerizing health records, yet they’re of limited help in the COVID-19 crisis.

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