CMS Retracts Medicare Advantage Enrollment Report For Corrections
January 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
Meanwhile: Medicare Advantage enrollees aren’t seeing expected savings on supplemental care; Inflation Reduction Act’s annual prescription cap will provide significant savings; Georgia wants to change Medicaid eligibility requirements; and more.
This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True
By Bram Sable-Smith
November 1, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Complaints about misleading health insurance marketing are soaring. State insurance commissioners are taking notice. They’ve created a shared internal database to monitor questionable business practices, and, in the future, they hope to provide a public-facing resource for consumers. In the meantime, consumers should shop wisely as open enrollment season begins.
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
January 2, 2024
KFF Health News Original
“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
As House Eases Up On Medicaid Cuts, Trump Tells Congress To Tax The Rich
May 9, 2025
Morning Briefing
Meanwhile, the GOP is looking to nix a Trump-backed Medicaid drug-pricing plan, and Democrats are urging cuts to excess spending in Medicare Advantage.
Insurers Bilked $50B From Medicare For Dubious Diagnoses, Review Finds
July 8, 2024
Morning Briefing
In its analysis of the Medicare Advantage program, The Wall Street Journal looked at details of “doctor visits, hospital stays, prescriptions and other care.” Separately, a Stat review has found that more than two dozen Medicare Advantage insurers now qualify for big taxpayer-funded bonuses.
Researcher: Medicare Advantage Plans Costing Billions More Than They Should
By Fred Schulte
November 11, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Some insurers pocketed ‘eye-popping’ overpayments, billing records show.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: News You Might Have Missed
April 14, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Congress is in recess, so the slower-than-average news week gives us a chance to catch up on underreported topics, like Medicare’s coverage decision for the controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm and ominous new statistics on drug overdose deaths and sexually transmitted diseases. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
For Young People on Medicare, a Hysterectomy Sometimes Is More Affordable Than Birth Control
By Gina Jiménez
March 7, 2023
KFF Health News Original
While Medicare was designed as health insurance for those 65 and older, it also covers people with disabilities who are young enough to still get pregnant. Yet they often struggle to get their birth control covered and end up with large medical bills — or instead opt for hysterectomies or tubal ligations, which Medicare sometimes will cover.
Morning Briefing for Friday, October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024
Morning Briefing
Bird flu, affordable care and the election, Medicare Advantage, futuristic health devices, abortion, and more. Plus, your weekend reads.
Morning Briefing for Monday, September 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
Morning Briefing
Medicare Advantage, drug use, bird flu, health impact of big storm, IVF coverage, maternal health, and more are in the news.
Morning Briefing for Wednesday, October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
Medical debt, birth control, IV fluid shortage, abortion law, long covid, Medicare Advantage plans, pharmacies closing, and more
Even Negotiated Medicare Prices Of 10 Drugs Higher Than In Peer Nations
December 3, 2024
Morning Briefing
Researchers analyze the prices on drugs negotiated by Medicare, in comparison to what they cost in other countries. Other Medicare news relates to Medicare Advantage ratings, open enrollment, and veterans.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024
Morning Briefing
Open enrollment, opioid settlement funds, Medicare Advantage overbilling, weight loss drugs, extreme heat, mosquito-borne diseases, and more
OIG Reports Reveal 3 Health Insurers’ Medicare Advantage Overcharges
September 27, 2024
Morning Briefing
Humana, HealthAssurance Pennsylvania, and EmblemHealth are accused of overcharging taxpayers to the tune of $140 million by exaggerating the severity of Medicare Advantage members’ illnesses.
Former Medicare Chief Warns About Medicare Advantage Pay Rates
October 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
Donald Berwick, who ran Medicare during the Obama administration, says Medicare Advantage plans run by private insurers need a lot more regulation. He suggests a two-pronged system fix that would take the overpayments out of MA and use that money to cover vision, dental, and hearing service in traditional Medicare, Stat says.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, April 23, 2024
April 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
Nursing home staffing, Medicaid “unwinding,” medical record privacy, Medicare Advantage, homelessness, measles, and more are in the news.
Feds Will Redo This Year’s Medicare Advantage Quality Ratings
June 14, 2024
Morning Briefing
The decision, announced late Thursday, comes in the wake of two court rulings that faulted the agency’s ratings, The Wall Street Journal reported. Also: Legionella bacteria are detected at CMS headquarters near Baltimore.
Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now?
By Julie Appleby
February 10, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Insurers, employers, and taxpayers will all be affected as drug manufacturers move these products to the commercial market.
Hospitales rurales, atrapados en el dilema de sus viejas infraestructuras
By Markian Hawryluk
January 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
El aumento de los costos, en medio de reducciones de los pagos de las aseguradoras, dificulta que los pequeños hospitales obtengan financiación para grandes renovaciones.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump 2.0
November 8, 2024
Podcast
As Donald Trump readies for his return to the White House — with the backing of a GOP majority in the Senate and, possibly, the House — the entire health care industry is waiting to see what happens next. Clearly on the agenda: the future of abortion and reproductive rights, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and public health’s infrastructure. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Jackie Fortiér, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-Washington Post “Bill of the Month” feature, about a 2-year-old who had a very expensive run-in with a rattlesnake.
