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Seniors With Prediabetes Should Eat Better, Get Moving, but Not Fret Too Much About Diabetes

By Judith Graham June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

About half of adults 65 and older have above-normal blood sugar levels that put them in the prediabetes category. Although that is a signal to improve your eating habits and get more exercise, researchers say only a small percentage of the group will develop diabetes.

Digital Mental Health Companies Draw Scrutiny and Growing Concerns

By Harris Meyer July 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Consumers who have trouble getting in to see a therapist are turning to online behavioral health providers that offer quick access. But there’s limited research on their effectiveness.

Trauma Surgeons Detail the Horror of Mass Shootings in the Wake of Uvalde and Call for Reforms

By Andy Miller and Lauren Sausser June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Trauma surgeons say that the weapons used in mass shootings are not new but that more of these especially deadly guns are on the street, causing injuries that are difficult to survive.

California Law Aims to Strengthen Access to Mental Health Services

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The law doesn’t take effect until July, but its passage should force insurers to expand their rosters of therapists. Here’s how you can challenge your health plan’s mental health services until then.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: 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.

Appendicitis Is Painful — Add A $41,212 Surgery Bill To The Misery

By Julie Appleby January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A young man averted medical disaster after a friend took him to the nearest hospital just before his appendix burst. But more than a year later, he’s still facing a $28,000 balance bill for his out-of-network surgery.

‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Fight Bogus Medical Bills Like a Bulldog

By Dan Weissmann August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When a colleague brings a medical billing problem to human resources director Steve Benasso — he goes to battle. “I am a bulldog on this stuff,” he said. In this episode, Benasso tells how he does it.

How a Former Catholic Priest Is Navigating a California Medicaid Plan Through Big Changes

By Bernard J. Wolfson April 14, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Michael Hunn left the clergy and became a hospital and health system executive. He’s been named CEO of CalOptima, Orange County’s Medi-Cal health insurance plan for low-income residents, and his spiritual background is helping him guide the publicly run plan into the future.

Abortion Politics Lead to Power Struggles Over Family Planning Grants

By Katheryn Houghton May 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Conservative-leaning states and nonprofit reproductive health care providers are competing over control of states’ Title X funding for family planning programs.

Long Wait for Justice: People in Jail Face Delays for Mental Health Care Before They Can Stand Trial

By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People in jail who have serious mental illness and cannot stand trial because of their condition are waiting months, or even more than a year, to get into their state psychiatric hospitals.

New Weight Loss Treatment Is Marked by Heavy Marketing and Modest Results

By Julie Appleby June 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Approved as a device, not a drug, Plenity contains a plant-based gel that swells to fill 25% of a person’s stomach, to help people eat less. Results vary widely but are modest on average.

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers

By Susan Jaffe November 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Medicare officials say complaints are rising from seniors lured into private plans with misleading information or enrolled without their consent. In response, officials have threatened to penalize the private companies selling Medicare Advantage and drug plans if they or agents working on their behalf mislead consumers.

Tech Glitches at One VA Site Raise Concerns About a Nationwide Rollout

By Darius Tahir April 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The more than $16 billion, decade-long effort by the Department of Veterans Affairs was designed to provide seamless electronic health records for patients from enlistment in the military past discharge.

‘That’s Just Part of Aging’: Long Covid Symptoms Are Often Overlooked in Seniors

By Judith Graham May 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Millions of older adults are grappling with long covid, yet the impact on them has received little attention even though research suggests seniors are more likely to develop the poorly understood condition than younger or middle-aged adults.

California Plans for a Post-Roe World as Abortion Access Shrinks Elsewhere

By Rachel Bluth November 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

While other states dramatically restrict abortion and the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court weighs Roe v. Wade, California is preparing to absorb the country’s abortion patients.

5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests

By Damon Darlin January 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Telling insurance companies to pay for rapid covid-19 tests is just the latest covid-related cost the federal government expects them to bear. But who really ends up paying for it?

‘Down to My Last Diaper’: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty

By Jenny Gold October 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Diapers are a baby essential, but no federal program helps families cover their considerable cost. Jennifer Randles, a professor of sociology at Fresno State in California, spoke with KHN about her novel research exploring the outsize role “diaper math” plays in the lives of low-income moms.

Desperate for Cash: Programs for People With Disabilities Still Not Seeing Federal Funds

By Lauren Weber and Andy Miller March 2, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Almost a year after the American Rescue Plan Act allocated what could amount to $25 billion to home and community-based services run by Medicaid, many states have yet to access much of the money due to delays and red tape.

For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865

By Richard Harris, NPR News December 23, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A New York City woman, worried that her sore throat might be strep, got swabbed at her doctor’s office. The sample was sent to an out-of-network lab for sophisticated DNA tests ― with a price tag similar to a new SUV.

Climate Change May Push the US Toward the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for West Nile Virus

By Melissa Bailey March 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado recently recorded the most West Nile virus deaths and cases of neuroinvasive infections in nearly two decades. Scientists warn that climate change will make conditions ripe for more West Nile transmission.

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