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Medicare Fails To Recover Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Lab Overcharges

By Fred Schulte December 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Genetic testing firms declare bankruptcy and wipe out debt to the federal government.

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Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

By Susan Jaffe Photos by Heidi de Marco January 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Agencies sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won’t pay for their services, say patient advocates.

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Surprise Ambulance Bills: A Consumer’s Guide

By Melissa Bailey November 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

What to do if you get hit by an exorbitant ambulance bill — and how to avoid them in the first place.

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Sen. Collins’ Strategy To Stabilize Insurance Market Raises Doubts Among Analysts

By Julie Rovner December 11, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Even if the Republican from Maine can get her party to go along, her suggestions to bolster the individual insurance market may be too little, too late.

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Ten ERs In Colorado Tried To Curtail Opioids And Did Better Than Expected

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio February 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The collaboration known as ALTO, Alternatives to Opioids, set out to reduce opioid doses in the emergency room by 15 percent. It managed a 36 percent reduction instead.

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Applying Silicon Valley Smarts To Age-Old Diseases

By Brian Rinker April 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Customized iPhones are just one example of devices that can be used to combat health threats in developing countries. They are helping scientists in California and Cameroon attack the parasite that causes river blindness, an African scourge.

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Make Room For Baby: After Giving Birth, Duckworth Presses Senate To Bend Rules

By Emmarie Huetteman April 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Illinois Democrat is the first sitting senator to give birth. She’s using the opportunity to call for adjusting Senate rules to accommodate new parents.

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States Strive To Curb Costs For A Crucial — But Exorbitant — Hemophilia Treatment

By Barbara Feder Ostrov Photos by Heidi de Marco March 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Saving the lives of people with the bleeding disorder can require high doses of expensive blood-clotting factor. Taxpayers foot much of the bill as manufacturers profit enormously.

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Work-For-Medicaid Lifts Off In Indiana, But Even Fans Fret About Red Tape

February 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Requiring some Medicaid recipients to work or perform community service for their benefits has stirred controversy. KHN’s Sarah Varney explores what the policy could mean for 30,000 low-income Hoosiers.

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Taken For A Ride? Ambulances Stick Patients With Surprise Bills

By Melissa Bailey Photos by Heidi de Marco November 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Public outrage over surprise medical bills prompted 21 states to pass consumer protection laws. But these laws largely ignore ambulance rides, which can leave patients stuck with hundreds or even thousands of dollars in bills.

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Doctors Make Big Money Testing Urine For Drugs, Then Ignore Abnormal Results

By Fred Schulte November 29, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicare and insurers struggle to oversee a booming business in testing urine samples. In some cases, pain doctors’ lack of follow-through can turn fatal.

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How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug

By Fred Schulte June 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

An inside look at how Purdue Pharma pushed OxyContin despite risks of addiction and fatalities.

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Some States Roll Back ‘Retroactive Medicaid,’ A Buffer For The Poor — And For Hospitals

By Michelle Andrews November 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The retroactive payments provide protection for poor patients who can be enrolled in Medicaid after becoming seriously ill. That enrollment process takes time, and the look-back provision helps guarantee coverage they would have been entitled to if they had enrolled earlier.

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FDA Raids Florida Stores That Consumers Use To Buy Drugs From Canada

By Phil Galewitz November 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The federal agents warned store owners that importing drugs from foreign countries is illegal and that those helping “administer” such medicines could face penalties.

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House Republicans Aim To Yank Tax Credits For Orphan Drugs

By Sarah Jane Tribble November 2, 2017 KFF Health News Original

House Republicans want to repeal federal tax credits that have helped spur a boom in orphan drugs for rare diseases.

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Heated And Deep-Pocketed Battle Erupts Over 340B Drug Discount Program

By Sarah Jane Tribble November 28, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Drugmakers, hospitals and lawmakers are taking sides in a showdown over a discount program that covers drug purchases at some hospitals.

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Good Friends Might Be Your Best Brain Booster As You Age

By Judith Graham December 14, 2017 KFF Health News Original

SuperAgers, men and women over age 80 with extraordinary memories, share a commitment to sustaining friendships.

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Marketplace Confusion Opens Door To Questions About Skinny Plans

By Julie Appleby November 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Regulators are beginning to scrutinize claims by companies that their alternative plans help people meet Obamacare requirements.

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No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transportation At Risk In Some States

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco January 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

For more than 50 years, the program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry certain clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states have sought — and received — waivers to that rule.

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A Poor Neighborhood In Chicago Looks To Cuba To Fight Infant Mortality

By Miles Bryan, WBEZ January 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Infant mortality in some of the poorest ZIP codes in the United States rivals that of countries like war-torn Syria. Cuba, meanwhile, does a good job of keeping babies healthy on a tight budget. A team of Cuban health professionals recently spent time in Chicago helping peers there tackle the daunting problem.

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