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Trump Administration Loosens Restrictions On Short-Term Health Plans

By Julie Appleby August 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The administration says these plans, which can now last as long as 12 months and be renewed for two years, will give consumers another less-pricey insurance option. Critics say the new rule is yet another swipe at the Affordable Care Act.

The Feds’ Termination Of A Tiny Contract Inflames Bitter Fight Over Fetal Tissue

By Emmarie Huetteman October 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Just weeks before midterm elections, a move by federal health officials spotlights a contentious issue: the use of human fetal tissue in research. Here’s what you need to know to understand the debate.

Unwieldy Health Costs Often Stand Between Teachers And Fatter Paychecks

By Emmarie Huetteman June 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Cash-strapped school boards, cities and legislatures scrounge to cover pay raises and pricey benefits and turn to teachers to fork over more of their shrinking take-home pay.

Outsiders Swoop In Vowing To Rescue Rural Hospitals Short On Hope — And Money

By Photos by Heidi de Marco June 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The community of Surprise Valley, Calif., wrestled with the idea of selling its tiny, long-cherished hospital to a Denver entrepreneur who sees a big future in lab tests for faraway patients. Last summer, another exec had a similar idea but left town.

Some Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare’s ‘Flat Fee’ Payment Proposal

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR July 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration says its plan to overhaul the way Medicare pays doctors will save physicians time and paperwork. But critics worry the changes will hurt patients’ care and doctors’ income.

A Baby Was Treated With A Nap And A Bottle Of Formula. The Bill Was $18,000.

By Jenny Gold and Sarah Kliff, Vox July 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

An ER patient can be charged thousands of dollars in “trauma fees” — even if they weren’t treated for trauma.

Despite Red Flags At Surgery Centers, Overseers Award Gold Seals

By Christina Jewett September 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A decade ago, California stopped licensing surgery centers and then gave approval power to private accreditors that are commonly paid by the same centers they inspect. That system of oversight has created a troubling legacy of laxity, a Kaiser Health News investigation finds.

Without Safety Net Of Kids Or Spouse, ‘Elder Orphans’ Need Fearless Fallback Plan

By Judith Graham October 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Older adults who lack a conventional support system should plan ahead to deal with life’s predictable challenges as they age.

Best Reads Of The Week With Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes May 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don’t have to.

When Credit Scores Become Casualties Of Health Care

By Shefali Luthra May 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The complexity of health insurance coverage rules, along with market trends that leave consumers open to more out-of-pocket costs, lead to mounting medical debt for consumers.

State Highlights: Connecticut’s Health Exchange Balks At Cumbersome Abortion Billing Rule; 1 In 3 Adults Admitted To Tennessee’s Psychiatric Hospitals Will Return Within 6 Months

November 19, 2018 Morning Briefing

Media outlets report on news from Connecticut, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, California, Florida, Washington and Iowa.

Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters

By Jay Hancock July 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Grants by top pharma group to lightly regulated, politically active nonprofits dwarf its conventional campaign spending.

If You’re Blindsided By Health Plan Changes, Learn The Root Causes — And Your Rights

By Michelle Andrews September 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Insurers can reduce benefits or change cost sharing, but they are generally supposed to tell enrollees about the change beforehand. And although plans must tell patients when they are denied coverage, sometimes treatment is affected for other reasons.

A Tale Of Two CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer

By Alison Kodjak, NPR News April 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?

‘They Deserve It’: In Foster Homes, Veterans Are Cared For Like Family

By Patricia Kime Photos by Lynne Shallcross May 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

With the motto “Where Heroes Meet Angels,” a small Veterans Affairs effort pairs vets in need of nursing home care with caregivers willing to share their homes. Medical foster homes save money, but it’s difficult to find enough spaces for all those who could benefit.

Calif. Leads Nation In Pushing Back Against Trump Administration Health Policies

By Ana B. Ibarra April 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In the face of federal efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, policymakers in the largest state are proposing laws and other changes to counter them. Beyond that, they’re aggressively pushing measures to expand health coverage beyond what the ACA envisioned.

Postcard From D.C.: Kicking Around The ACA? For Tom Price, That’s So 2017.

By Emmarie Huetteman May 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services says the law eliminating penalties for most people who don’t have insurance coverage will hurt the insurance marketplaces.

Lax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark

By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network August 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A Kaiser Health News and USA Today Network investigation finds that a hodgepodge of state rules governing outpatient centers allow some deaths and serious injuries to go unexamined. And no rule stops a doctor exiled by a hospital for misconduct from opening a surgery center down the street.

4 Takeaways From Trump’s Plan To Rescind CHIP Funding

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump is recommending that Congress approve his plan to take back about $7 billion in funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Plan. Experts are divided about whether it would have any effect.

Medicare Reconsiders Paying For Seniors’ Spine Operations At Surgery Centers

By Christina Jewett July 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

After a USA Today Network-Kaiser Health News investigation, Medicare announced last week that it is re-evaluating whether these procedures “pose a significant safety risk” to patients.

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