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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.

A Biden Win and Republican Senate Might Lead to Gridlock on Health Issues

By Julie Rovner November 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If Democrat Joe Biden is successful in his bid for the presidency but the Senate remains in GOP control, Democrats’ plans for major changes in health care may be curbed.

Las Vegas Teachers Health Trust Can’t Cover Claims From Before July

August 27, 2021 Morning Briefing

Clark County teachers learned their health insurance trust has no money to cover claims made before July. In other news, Washington state kills its first “murder hornet” nest; Florida hasn’t spent $820 million to benefit low-income children; pushback on San Francisco’s homeless plan; and more.

Time to Discuss Potentially Unpleasant Side Effects of COVID Shots? Scientists Say Yes.

By JoNel Aleccia and Liz Szabo November 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

From the likelihood of achy, flu-like side effects to the need for two doses, weeks apart, consumers need to know now what to expect when vaccines to prevent COVID-19 roll out.

California Boy Dies From Rare Brain Amoeba After Lake Swim

August 16, 2021 Morning Briefing

The 7-year-old died Aug. 7, suffering from the rare condition called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. In other news, 650,000 Georgians in the State Health Benefit Plan will see no health insurance increase next year; a rare bourbon collection is raffled for cystic fibrosis; and a Mississippi city tries to collect on $1.8 million in ambulance fees.

Last Thing Patients Need During Pandemic: Being Last to Know a Doctor Left Network

By Michelle Andrews July 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health plan network changes occur all the time as doctors retire, relocate or leave networks. Unfortunately, patients may be the last to find out about such changes because there are often few requirements that either providers or insurers inform them.

Back to the Future: Trump’s History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes

By Victoria Knight August 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Even before he was elected, the president talked about a plan that would be released soon. Now he is saying the end of August.

Nevada Poised To Become Second State To Try Public Option-Type Program

June 7, 2021 Morning Briefing

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, says he will sign the bill recently passed by the state legislature that would set up a type of public health insurance option — plans sold by private insurers on the state’s Obamacare marketplace. Meanwhile, NBC News reports on the state of the public option debate amidst Democrats.

Covered California Announces Record-Low Rate Hike for 2021

By Bernard J. Wolfson August 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health plans offered through Covered California, the health insurance exchange, will increase premiums by a statewide average of 0.6% next year. Health insurers reported strong profits in the second quarter of 2020 as their expenses plunged because of fewer surgeries and patient visits for non-COVID treatment.

Progressive Group Highlights Trump, Tillis Weakness on Insulin Price Tags

By Aneri Pattani October 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The progressive Change Now PAC launched a campaign ad, which also circulated on Facebook, criticizing President Donald Trump and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) for not “fighting” for people with diabetes who struggle with the high cost of insulin.

‘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.

With Becerra as HHS Pick, California Plots More Progressive Health Care Agenda

By Angela Hart and Samantha Young December 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has already begun discussing California health care priorities with Xavier Becerra, tapped this week by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as his Health and Human Services secretary.

In Search of the Shot

February 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN readers detail their frustrations and successes as they hunt for a scarce covid-19 vaccine.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Trump Administration’s War on Fauci

July 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Case counts for COVID-19 are rising in nearly every state, yet a major campaign by the Trump administration this past week was an attempt to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, a trusted voice in public health. Meanwhile, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s surprise decision to protect abortion rights, there’s been a flurry of activity on reproductive health issues in lower federal courts. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.

Could Trump’s Push To Undo The ACA Cause Problems For COVID Survivors? Biden Thinks So.

By Julie Appleby July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The speech by the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee was delivered the same day the Trump administration reaffirmed its support of a lawsuit that would invalidate all of the Affordable Care Act, including the law’s preexisting condition protections.

Congress Said COVID-19 Tests Should Be Free — But Who’s Paying?

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio May 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Some large employers interpreted themselves as exempt from new federal laws that say tests for the coronavirus should be free to patients. Large academic medical centers are holding back from sending bills to these patients to avoid a backlash over surprise billing.

With DACA Ruling, Did Supreme Court Grant Trump New Powers To Reshape Health Care?

By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact July 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There’s a theory now being embraced by President Donald Trump that the Supreme Court’s recent DACA decision makes it harder for a new president to undo the executive action of a predecessor. He cited it in a recent interview, saying that finding gave him the power to issue new health care and immigration plans. And some legal scholars disagree.

If You’ve Lost Your Health Plan In The COVID Crisis, You’ve Got Options

By Julie Appleby June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

But some of those options, like special enrollment periods, are time-sensitive.

Essential Worker Shoulders $1,840 Pandemic Debt Due To COVID Cost Loophole

By Sarah Varney June 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Carmen Quintero had symptoms of COVID-19, couldn’t get tested and ended up with a huge bill. She also was told to self-isolate and assume she had the coronavirus — which is hard when you live with elders.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Still Seeking A Federal Coronavirus Strategy

May 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Democrats were not impressed with the Trump administration’s COVID-19 national testing strategy document submitted to Congress this week. They say the pandemic requires more direction from the federal government, while the administration wants to give nearly all the responsibility to the states. Meanwhile, in an effort to shore up his base of senior voters, President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to limit what those on Medicare must pay out-of-pocket for insulin. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Erin Mershon of STAT News and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Phil Galewitz, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment about a patient who thought he might have COVID-19, did everything right and got a big bill, anyway.

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