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Don’t Count on Lower Premiums Despite Pandemic-Driven Boon for Insurers

By Bernard J. Wolfson July 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Early in the pandemic, insurers expected the costs of treating COVID-19 would vastly increase medical spending. Instead, non-COVID care has plummeted and insurers have pocketed the result. Still, few industry observers are predicting broad-based premium cuts in 2021, though some health plans have proposed lowering their rates.

N.Y. Leads The Nation In COVID-19 Tests, But Testing Still Doesn’t Meet Demand

By Michelle Andrews April 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

New York City and hospital officials recommend testing only the sickest people and encouraging others to stay home to get well. But other officials say wider tests are needed to ensure that essential workers don’t spread the disease.

Big Study Confirms That Coronavirus Antibodies Last At Least 6 Months

February 3, 2021 Morning Briefing

Three months after a natural infection, 99% of the 20,000 study participants retained antibodies. After six months, 88% had antibodies. The results follow several smaller studies with similar results. However, it’s still unclear how long antibodies last after receiving a covid vaccine.

FDA Advisory Panel To Review Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine

February 26, 2021 Morning Briefing

It’s the final step in the emergency use authorization process. Approval could come this weekend, giving the U.S. a third coronavirus vaccine.

More Lawmakers Infected By Coronavirus

November 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia), who was tested multiple times with mixed results, appeared with Vice President Mike Pence at a campaign rally on Friday. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) and Reps. Bryan Steil (R-Wisconsin) and Joe Courtney (D-Connecticut) all tested positive for COVID-19.

Postcard From The Edge: L.A. Street Vendors Who Can’t Stop Working

By Anna Almendrala April 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Foot traffic in L.A. has fallen off a cliff amid the COVID-19 crisis, driving many street vendors away. But some are still on the streets, peddling their wares out of economic necessity. Many are undocumented immigrants who won’t get any help from the recently approved $2 trillion federal assistance package.

As Covid Variant Worries Continue, WHO Warns World Is At ‘Risky’ Stage

March 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

Houston and Florida are experiencing a spread of the more infectious UK coronavirus variant, as the World Health Organization issues a warning that this is no time to relax in the battle against the virus.

Some States Are Reporting Incomplete COVID-19 Results, Blurring The Full Picture

By Fred Schulte March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Maryland, Ohio and others are reporting only positive tests, which skews tracking and an understanding of how the virus spreads.

Spending Boost Planned For Covid Tests And Improved Variant Tracking

February 18, 2021 Morning Briefing

As different coronavirus variants surge in the country, large-scale plans to genetically track them and improve testing systems and supplies are unveiled.

Analysis: The Real Tragedy Of Not Having Enough COVID-19 Tests

By Elisabeth Rosenthal April 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

How can we know when to reopen society without testing many more people?

Study Finds Covid Deaths Of Black Women Are 3 Times White Male Rate

April 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

In other medical research news, doctors in Japan have achieved the first living-donor lung tissue transplant for a patient suffering covid lung damage, and the hunt continues for simple and effective treatments for the coronavirus.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Remaking Medicaid — Maybe

January 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration is proposing to let states have more control of their Medicaid programs in exchange for potentially less money from the federal government. Meanwhile, the dangerous respiratory virus spreading from China is starting to affect trade and transportation along with public health. Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, Erin Mershon of Stat and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.

Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures

By Jenny Gold and Markian Hawryluk May 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

From cafeteria staff to doctors and nurses, hospital workers around the country report frustrating failures by management to notify them when they have been exposed to co-workers or patients known to be infected with COVID-19.

Biden Covid Team Unseals ‘Hidden’ Reports Tracking State Covid Levels

January 29, 2021 Morning Briefing

Access to weekly state profile reports was previously limited to governors by the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force.

‘Into the Covid ICU’: A New Doctor Bears Witness to the Isolation, Inequities of Pandemic

By Jenny Gold March 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolation, anti-mask rallies and an overwhelming number of deaths.

Rapid At-Home Tests Arrive To Boost Covid-Beating Efforts

April 2, 2021 Morning Briefing

Backed by federal and private investment, a series of speedy covid tests that can be administered at home is arriving as part of the effort to suppress coronavirus–particularly as variants are spreading, and in some places test numbers are shrinking.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies

May 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Frustration from inside the Trump administration over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to become public, as whistleblowers ― some anonymous, some named — tell how the effort is being undermined by favoritism, incompetence and a disdain for science. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court heard a case that could threaten the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rachana Pradhan of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend their favorite stories of the week they think you should read, too.

2021 Health Plans Granted Leeway To Limit Consumers’ Benefit From Drug Coupons

By Michelle Andrews July 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A rule finalized this spring by the Trump administration permits employers and insurers not to apply drug company copayment assistance toward enrollees’ deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for any drug.

‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: 5 Things To Know About Hitting The COVID-19 Peak

By Phil Galewitz April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump says the country has seen a peak in new cases, but that doesn’t mean the end of the pandemic, experts say. Buckle in — we could be social distancing into 2022.

Primary Care Doctors Look at Payment Overhaul After Pandemic Disruption

By Steven Findlay August 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many physicians were forced to close their offices — or at least see only emergency cases — when the pandemic struck. Because they are generally paid piecemeal for every service, they suffered big losses, leading to layoffs and pay cuts. Some doctors say they now are looking to overhaul the way they get paid.

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