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An Arm and a Leg: She Sued a Hospital and Lost — But Felt She’d Won

By Dan Weissmann February 16, 2023 Podcast

A listener sued a hospital in small-claims court and lost but felt as if she’d won. Now, she wants to encourage more people to take their bills to court.

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FTC To Refund Consumers Who Bought Fake Health Plans From Benefytt

March 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

The refunds total nearly $100 million and seek to help consumers who fell for fake health plans offered by Benefytt Technologies under various names. Also in the news: UnitedHealth in New York, insurer participation in ACO REACH, and more.

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Bertha Embriz is sitting on a chair in her house beside the window. The sun is shining in, highlighting her face as she looks up to the ceiling. In the background, a statue of the Virgin Mary can be seen hanging on the wall, as well as some plants on the windowsill.

Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report February 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

California has enrolled into Medi-Cal more than 300,000 older immigrant adults lacking legal residency since May, but the state doesn’t know how many more might be eligible. Community workers are now searching for them.

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An Arm and a Leg: Can They Freaking Do That?!? (2023 Update)

By Dan Weissmann February 1, 2023 Podcast

Can a medical provider you’ve never heard of send you an outrageous bill? Sure. Can you fight back and win? Yes, sometimes you can. Here’s how to do it.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Finally, a Fix for the ‘Family Glitch’

April 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

President Joe Biden welcomed former President Barack Obama back to the White House this week to announce a new policy for the Affordable Care Act that would make subsidies available to more families with unaffordable employer coverage. Meanwhile, Congress struggled to find a compromise for continued federal funding of covid-19 vaccines, testing, and treatments. Tami Luhby of CNN, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live From Aspen: Three HHS Secretaries on What the Job Is Really Like

June 22, 2023 Podcast

What does a day in the life of the nation’s top health official really look like? And how much of their agenda is set by the White House? In this special episode of KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” — taped before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Ideas Festival, in Aspen, Colorado — host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former U.S. secretaries of Health and Human Services. Secretary Xavier Becerra and former secretaries Kathleen Sebelius and Alex Azar talk candidly about what it takes to run a department with more than 80,000 employees and a budget larger than those of many countries.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Big Week for Biden

August 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Congress is leaving for its annual summer break having accomplished far more than many expected, including, barring unforeseen snags, a bill to address the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and extend the enhanced subsidies for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the abortion issue continues to roil the nation as Indiana becomes the first state to ban the procedure in almost all cases since the Supreme Court overruled the constitutional right to abortion in June. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Washington’s Slow Churn

June 2, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Stemming gun violence is back on the legislative agenda following three mass shootings in less than a month, but it’s hard to predict success when so many previous efforts have failed. Meanwhile, lawmakers must soon decide if they will extend current premium subsidies for those buying health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and the Biden administration acts, belatedly, on Medicare premiums. Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Michelle Andrews, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about a too-common problem: denial of no-cost preventive care for a colonoscopy under the Affordable Care Act.

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A digital illustration in bright copic marker and pencil shows a Black woman back-to-back with a mirror image of herself. On the left side, she wears her hair in a natural afro — the way, she was told, was required for an EEG procedure, allowing no product or protective styles. The version of herself on the right shows her hair in protective braids, which are separated to reveal parts of her scalp where an EEG device would need to be placed. That hairstyle would actually make it easier to get an accurate reading from the procedure, despite the instructions she was given.

How One Patient’s Textured Hair Nearly Kept Her From a Needed EEG

By Tarena Lofton Illustration by Oona Zenda April 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

An EEG can help diagnose conditions like epilepsy, sleep disorders, and brain tumors. But a design flaw and outdated Eurocentric practices make the test less effective on thicker, denser, and curly hair types, potentially excluding or deterring some people from getting screened.

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¿Comprando seguro de salud de ACA? Aquí, lo nuevo de este año

By Julie Appleby October 31, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Comprar ahora significa tener cobertura vigente a partir del 1o de enero de 2023. Aunque gran parte de los planes permanecen iguales año tras año , hay algunos cambios que los consumidores deben tener en cuenta.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': A Year Without Roe

June 29, 2023 Podcast

It’s been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and, with it, the nationwide right to abortion. The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization set off widespread uncertainty in government and the courts about the legality or illegality of the procedure. But the decision has had other consequences too, including affecting where health professionals choose to locate. In this special episode of KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF’s Alina Salganicoff about the organization’s research and other work on women’s health policy over the past year.

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Students in Rural Colorado Are Left Without Options as Specialized Schools Close

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Helen Santoro May 12, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A new state law aims to keep the doors open at schools that accept students with intensive needs. One preteen in rural Colorado shows how the current system leaves some students bouncing between institutions far from home.

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Mark Cuban Has Been Taking On the Drug Industry. But Which One?

By Darius Tahir February 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The billionaire entrepreneur and NBA team owner is making waves with his new drug company. But his generics aren’t always the lowest-priced deal.

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Georgia Bill Aims to Limit Profits of Medicaid Managed-Care Companies

By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine January 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Georgia lawmakers unveiled a mental health bill that would limit the profits of the managed-care companies that serve Medicaid patients. KHN previously reported that Georgia, unlike most states, does not set a medical loss ratio for the companies’ spending on medical care and quality improvements.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Kids Are Not OK

February 16, 2023 Podcast

A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that teenagers, particularly girls, are reporting all-time high rates of violence and profound mental distress. Meanwhile, both sides in the abortion debate are anxiously waiting for a district court decision in Texas that could effectively revoke the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more.

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California Handed Its Medicaid Drug Program to One Company. Then Came a Corporate Takeover.

By Samantha Young April 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The company awarded the state’s Medi-Cal Rx contract was taken over by another company, Centene. That left the state with a contractor it didn’t pick — one that has been accused of overbilling nine other state Medicaid programs and is now under investigation by California.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The ACA Turns 12

March 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Although its fate was in doubt more than a few times, the Affordable Care Act turned 12 this week. Year 13 could be pivotal in determining how many Americans receive ACA health insurance, and at what price. Meanwhile, three leading credit bureaus agreed to stop using most medical debt to measure U.S. consumers’ creditworthiness. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

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Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives

By Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani and Yuki Noguchi, NPR News and Bram Sable-Smith Updated December 21, 2022 Originally Published June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People talk about the sacrifices they made when health care forced them into debt.

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HIV Preventive Care Is Supposed to Be Free in the US. So, Why Are Some Patients Still Paying?

By Sarah Varney March 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Labor issued rules in July clarifying that health plans need to cover the costs of prescription drugs proven to prevent HIV infection, along with related lab tests and medical appointments, at no cost to patients. More than half a year later, the erroneous billing continues.

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Election Canvassers Want Latinos to Know Voting Is Good for Their Health

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

One of the nation’s largest community clinic chains is running a get-out-the-vote campaign in Los Angeles and Orange counties this election, targeting primarily Latino communities, where turnout tends to be low.

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