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Readers And Tweeters Give Free Consultation On Health Care System’s Ills

March 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

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

As Congress Works To Curb Surprise Medical Bills, N.Y.’s Fix Gets Examined

By Rachel Bluth November 5, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A USC-Brookings analysis finds that the New York plan to resolve disputes between providers and insurers without leaving patients on the hook might actually be driving up costs in the system.

Better Than Other Plans Or Better Than Nothing? Trump’s Claim About ‘Affordable’ Options

By Julie Appleby February 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Caveat emptor. Some of these health insurance plans might prove helpful for some people, but making that determination is not easy.

Trump Highlights Health Agenda With Vow To Lower ‘Unfair’ Drug Prices

By Julie Rovner February 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The president laid out a series of goals, including lowering prescription prices, pursuing an end to the HIV epidemic and boosting funding for childhood cancers.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes December 13, 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.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes April 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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

Readers And Tweeters: No Rush To Judge Patients Who Leave The ER Without OK

June 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

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

State Laws Ban Surprise Medical Bills. She Got One for $227K And Fought Back.

By JoNel Aleccia March 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

No one told a Washington state woman she was racking up massive out-of-pocket charges during a month-long emergency stay in an Oregon hospital. For six months, she and her husband were haunted by looming debt — and bill collectors.

Pharma’s Take On The Pelosi Drug-Pricing Bill: Fair Warning Or Fearmongering?

By Shefali Luthra December 5, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The pharmaceutical industry’s argument that capping drug prices would compromise drug innovation stands “on very shaky ground.”

Readers And Tweeters Dive Into Debate Over ‘Medicare For All’

February 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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

Public Health Officials Face Wave Of Threats, Pressure Amid Coronavirus Response

By Lauren Weber and Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials are confronting growing pressure — and threats — across the country as the backlash to the coronavirus response continues. At least 27 state and local health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 13 states.

Despite New Doubts, ‘Hotspotting’ Help For Heavy Health Care Users Marches On

By Anna Almendrala and Phil Galewitz January 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A high-profile effort in Camden, New Jersey, to reduce health spending by identifying high-cost patients and giving them more coordinated and preventive medical care has been copied around the country. Many of those groups are pushing forward with the efforts, despite a recent critical study of the Camden initiative.

Rural Seasonal Workers Worry About Montana Medicaid’s Work Requirements

By Corin Cates-Carney, Montana Public Radio November 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Montana is one of several states that want Medicaid recipients to prove they work a steady, minimum number of hours monthly. Will federal courts allow the Montana rule change to stand?

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Let’s Talk Politics

July 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about health care’s emergence as a possible voting issue in the coming midterm elections. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Emmarie Huetteman about July’s “Bill of the Month”: a transgender woman’s “bait-and-switch” $92,000 surgical bill.

California Attempts To Revive Compassionate Cannabis Programs

By Mark Kreidler December 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

After the state legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, new taxes and regulations decimated an ad hoc network that had donated cannabis for medical purposes to patients who could not afford it. A recent law seeks to revive the network, but hurdles remain.

VCU Health Will Halt Patient Lawsuits, Boost Aid In Wake Of KHN Investigation

By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas October 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Patients at VCU Health will no longer be taken to court and can more easily get financial assistance to pay their bills.

Coronavirus Threatens The Lives Of Rural Hospitals Already Stretched To Breaking Point

By Lauren Weber March 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Almost half of the nation’s rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. But amid the coronavirus pandemic, rural hospital CEOs warn that soon some may be unable to pay their workers. And their doors may close when the community most needs them.

The Air Ambulance Billed More Than His Surgeon Did For A Lung Transplant

By Anna Almendrala November 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

After Tom Saputo underwent double lung transplant surgery in 2018, he was stunned by a surprise bill of more than $11,000 for the 27-mile air ambulance ride to the hospital. State and federal proposals would crack down on extreme air ambulance charges, including a new California law that will limit how much some patients pay for air ambulance rides.

Think ‘Medicare For All’ Is The Only Democratic Health Plan? Think Again

By Emmarie Huetteman October 15, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The Democratic presidential candidates have hit hard on health care, but generally the debates have centered on what kind of system candidates propose. The candidates’ ideas on many other issues, such as mental health and gun safety, have attracted much less attention.

Virginia Governor And UVA Vow To Revamp Practice Of Suing Patients As CEO Exits

By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas September 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A Kaiser Health News investigation, which first appeared in The Washington Post, showed that the University of Virginia Health System has sued patients 36,000 times for more than $106 million.

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