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Patients Eligible For Charity Care Instead Get Big Bills

By Jordan Rau October 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Nonprofit hospitals admit they sent $2.7 billion in bills over the course of a year to patients who probably qualified for free or discounted care.

Democrats Press High Court To Make Call On ACA. How It Could Play Out At Polls.

By Julie Rovner January 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Democrats have asked the Supreme Court to take up an appeals court ruling that could invalidate some or all of the federal health law. It’s not clear the court will take the case, but the efforts will carry consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.

California Lawmakers Send Contested Vaccine Bill To Governor. Will He Sign It?

By Ana B. Ibarra September 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The state Senate on Wednesday sent a measure to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that would tighten the rules for children’s medical exemptions from vaccines. Newsom, who said in June that he would sign the measure after amendments had been made at his request, now wants more changes.

In Tornado Alley, Storms Are Even More Dangerous For People With Disabilities

By Jackie Fortiér, StateImpact Oklahoma February 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As climate change bears down, a haphazard web of weather safeguards is a particular blow to the disabled. In Oklahoma, no state laws require homeowners or landlords to install storm shelters. If a community wants to open a storm shelter for the public, that’s up to local officials, But there’s no database that Oklahomans can consult showing where public or wheelchair-accessible shelters are located.

The Collapse Of A Hospital Empire — And Towns Left In The Wreckage

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Lauren Weber Photos by Heidi de Marco August 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Jorge A. Perez and his management company, EmpowerHMS, helped run an empire of rural hospitals. Now, in a staggering implosion, 12 of them have entered bankruptcy and eight have closed their doors, leaving hundreds of residents without jobs and their communities without lifesaving emergency medical care. So, what happened?

UVA To Cut Back On Lawsuits Against Patients

By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas September 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

But critics say the new policy still leaves some patients exposed to lawsuits and crippling bills.

Bill Of The Month: A College Student’s $17,850 Drug Test

By Fred Schulte February 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with NPR, kicks off a series that will examine and decode your perplexing medical bills.

California Tries Again To Make Medication Abortions Available At Its Colleges

By April Dembosky, KQED September 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A proposed state law would require on-campus health centers to provide students with the medicines that allow them to end an unwanted pregnancy. Former Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill last year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he would sign it.

Sickened By Billing Abuses, Readers And Tweeters Stand Up For Patients’ Rights

September 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

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

Which Was Worse: The Bachelor Party Hangover Or The Hangover From The ER Bill?

By Markian Hawryluk September 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

One groom’s bachelor party hangover illustrates how emergency room bills have become major headaches for many Americans.

In A Messy Democratic Presidential Debate, Facts About ‘Medicare For All’ Get Tossed About

By Emmarie Huetteman July 31, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Candidates used their varying views on how to achieve universal coverage — whether through Medicare for All or more incremental steps — as a means to differentiate themselves from the field.

To Boost Bottom Lines, Single-Payer May Be Just What These Restaurateurs Ordered

By Shefali Luthra February 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Small-business owners, frustrated by the byzantine health system, are warming to the idea of a “Medicare for All,” government-run system, even if it increases their taxes. But they have questions.

GOP Senators Distance Themselves From Grassley And Trump’s Efforts To Cut Drug Prices

By Emmarie Huetteman July 25, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Even some Republicans who supported a sweeping bipartisan bill to rein in drug costs may not back it in the Senate vote.

After Her Skiing Accident, An Uphill Battle Over Snowballing Bills

By Jordan Rau December 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

She took a bad fall on the slopes and her surgeon used a metal plate to put the splintered bones of her leg back together. When that device failed less than four months later, she and her insurer had to pay full price for the replacement plate.

Lost on the Frontline

By The Staffs of KHN and The Guardian August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

“Lost on the Frontline” is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.

Massachusetts Stroke Patient Receives ‘Outrageous’ $474,725 Medical Flight Bill

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR December 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

After a 34-year-old woman suffered a stroke in Kansas, doctors there arranged for her to be transferred to a Boston hospital, via an Angel MedFlight Learjet. The woman and her father believed the cost of the medical flight would be covered by her private insurance. Then they got the bill.

Hill Hodgepodge: Pelosi Draws From Democrats, GOP And Trump For Drug Plan

By Emmarie Huetteman September 20, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The House speaker announced her plan for lowering drug prices, which includes negotiations between drugmakers and federal health officials.

Readers And Tweeters Demand Action On Gun Violence, Mental Health Care Options

December 3, 2018 KFF Health News Original

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

Although Some Cities Have Banned Evictions, Advocates See Need For More Extreme Measures

March 31, 2020 Morning Briefing

The idea of a rent strike, where rent is waived instead of delayed, is gaining momentum on social media platforms as millions face the first of the month without any way to meet their bills. Meanwhile, a spate of major companies announced furloughs on Monday in the latest sign of the country’s economic distress from the crisis.

States Try A Gentler Approach To Getting Medicaid Enrollees To Work

By Phil Galewitz October 28, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Facing GOP pressure to install work requirements for adults getting Medicaid coverage, some states seek instead to offer more opportunities for job training.

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