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A Smart Move on Tax Day: Get Health Insurance Information Using Your State’s Tax Forms

By Sarah Boden, WESA April 14, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A growing number of states — including Maryland, Colorado, and Massachusetts — are using tax forms to point people toward lower-cost health coverage available through state insurance marketplaces.

Once the New Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage?

By Michelle Andrews July 19, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration’s approval is viewed as groundbreaking, but many details still must be figured out.

A Year With 988: What Worked? What Challenges Lie Ahead?

By Colleen DeGuzman July 26, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, a national hotline, reached its first-year milestone this month.

Death and Redemption in an American Prison

By Markian Hawryluk February 21, 2024 KFF Health News Original

More than a quarter century after an inmate helped start a hospice program in one of the nation’s most notorious prisons, he is trying to spread the idea.

An Arm and a Leg: A $229,000 Medical Bill Goes to Court

By Dan Weissmann April 20, 2023 Podcast

Lisa French was told her surgery would cost $1,337. But the hospital sent her a bill for $229,000, then sued her. The case went all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court. The court’s ruling could have major implications for determining a “reasonable price” in health care.

Watch: What Happens When Car and Health Insurance Collide

April 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal helps accident victims avoid pitfalls in seeking medical care — a conundrum profiled in KHN-NPR’s most recent Bill of the Month installment.

US Military Says National Security Depends on ‘Forever Chemicals’

By Patricia Kime November 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

PFAS chemicals are found in hundreds of products and weapons used by the U.S. military. Defense Department officials say a blanket ban on these man-made substances would threaten military readiness.

Squeezed by Temp Nurse Costs, Hospital Systems Create Their Own Staffing Agencies

By Andy Miller December 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals have depended on travel nurses to fill shifts, especially during covid surges. Now some larger systems, reeling from high contract labor costs, have created staffing units, aiming to lure nurses who want more work flexibility and better pay than staff RNs get.

Readers and Tweeters React to Racism, Inequities in Health Care

June 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

High Court Allows Insurers To Limit Dialysis, Forcing Patients To Medicare

June 22, 2022 Morning Briefing

In a 7-2 decision, the justices said an employer-provided health plan could make all dialysis providers out of network, which reduces reimbursements from the plan. That can have the effect of forcing patients into Medicare, which covers serious kidney disease. The court also refused to take up an appeal by the maker of Roundup, which is facing massive liability claims from people asserting that the weed killer causes cancer.

Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor’s Office?

By Hannah Norman January 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Entrepreneurs see smartphones as an opportunity to meet patients where they are. But many app-based diagnostic tools still need clinical validation to get buy-in from health care providers.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes

January 5, 2023 Podcast

The year-end spending bill passed by Congress in late December contains a wide array of health-related provisions, including a structure for states to begin to disenroll people on Medicaid whose coverage has been maintained through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is taking steps to make the abortion pill more widely available. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Mark Kreidler, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a billing mix-up that took about a year to sort out.

She Paid Her Husband’s Hospital Bill. A Year After His Death, They Wanted More Money.

By Samantha Liss August 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A widow encountered a perplexing reality in medical billing: Providers can come after patients to collect well after a bill has been paid.

Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They’re Still Anyone’s Guess.

By Julie Appleby July 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A Trump administration rule mandating that hospitals disclose true prices on their websites took effect this year. But compliance is spotty and even when the data is public, it’s hard to find and understand.

What One Hospital’s Slow Recovery From a Cyberattack Means for Patients

By Farah Yousry, Side Effects Public Media June 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks over the past few years. Getting hacked can cost a hospital millions of dollars, expose patient data, and even jeopardize patient care.

Analysis: Don’t Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Glenn Kramon August 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: Health Spending Is Moving in Congress

January 22, 2026 Podcast

Lawmakers appear on the brink of passing a spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services and a bipartisan health policy bill delayed for over a year. But the outlook is bleaker for the health care outline released by President Trump last week. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews oncologist and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel to discuss his new book, “Eat Your Ice Cream.”

Readers and Tweeters Weigh Marijuana’s Merits Against Those of Alcohol or Opioids

May 31, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Doctors Are as Vulnerable to Addiction as Anyone. California Grapples With a Response.

By Bernard J. Wolfson January 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Medical Board of California, which licenses MDs, is developing a program to evaluate, treat, and monitor doctors with alcohol and drug problems. But there is sharp disagreement over whether those who might volunteer for the program should be subject to public disclosure and over how much participants should pay.

Employers Are Concerned About Covering Workers’ Mental Health Needs, Survey Finds

By Michelle Andrews October 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Nearly half of large employers report that increasing numbers of their workers were using mental health services, according to a KFF annual employer survey. Yet almost a third of those employers said their health plan’s network didn’t have enough behavioral health care providers for employees to have timely access to the care they need.

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