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Should Big Insurance Become Like Walmart To Lower Health Costs?

By Jay Hancock August 11, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Evidence shows dominant insurers hold down hospital prices. Big insurers seeking to get bigger want to take that idea to the extreme.

Report: Hungry Teens Often Feel Responsibility To Help Feed The Family

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

After interviewing scores of teenagers, researchers report that many who face hunger are not aware of assistance programs or think they don’t qualify.

‘Digital Health’ Not Just For Well-Heeled Fitness Fiends

By Barbara Feder Ostrov June 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A small group of advocates and entrepreneurs is using mobile phones and digital scales to make a difference in the health of poor people, too.

Why Nearly Half Of The Obamacare Co-Ops Have Folded

November 2, 2015 KFF Health News Original

As open enrollment begins for the health exchanges, one development that’s turning into a concern is the collapse of a number of alternative insurance plans known as co-ops. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey joins PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff to answer real Americans’ questions about shopping for coverage.

Insurance To Cover Critical Illnesses Becoming More Popular, But May Prove Costly

March 21, 2016 Morning Briefing

As consumers find their general health plans have higher deductibles, they are increasingly turning to policies that cover specific — and expensive — illnesses, such as cancer. But consumer advocates question the cost. Also, a look at cancer treatment expenses and surprise bills that some people receive after getting out-of-network care.

It’s Open Enrollment Time: What To Know About Obamacare Costs

October 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey appeared on PBS NewsHour to talk about open enrollment season to buy health insurance coverage on healthcare.gov and online state marketplaces.

Hidden Plan Exclusions May Leave Gaps In Women’s Care, Study Finds

By Michelle Andrews August 16, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The research finds that many plans don’t make details about what services are not covered readily apparent.

Some Seniors Surprised To Be Automatically Enrolled In Medicare Advantage Plans

By Susan Jaffe July 27, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Concerns raised as health insurers automatically move members of their marketplace or individual plans who are eligible for Medicare.

Filling A Prescription? You Might Be Better Off Paying Cash

By Julie Appleby June 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Amid growing concern about rising drug costs, the practices of prescription benefit management firms are drawing a new level of attention.

Single Mom’s Search For Therapist Foiled By Insurance Companies

By April Dembosky, KQED July 28, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A single mom, a son with autism and a maddening search for the help she badly needed.

Hidden Stroke Victims: The Young

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco August 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The number of hospitalizations for stroke is rising quickly among young people, even as it drops across the U.S. population as a whole.

FDA Eases Paperwork To Help Some Patients Get Experimental Drugs

By Rachel Bluth June 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The Food and Drug Administration has introduced a simplified form that doctors will use to seek FDA approval to treat seriously ill patients with experimental drugs after other options run out.

Consumer Confusion Continues In Obamacare’s Third Year

By Fred Mogul, WNYC November 9, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Officials are reaching out to people who sat on the sidelines for the first two years of the health law, and they are finding the law is still not well understood – and, for some, insurance is still too expensive.

Old Motels Get New Life Helping Homeless Heal

By David Gorn Photos by Heidi de Marco June 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Using run-down motels to care for and temporarily house homeless people recently discharged from the hospital helps stabilize them inexpensively, preventing unnecessary and costly returns to ERs and hospitals.

The Hospital Is In Network, But Not The Doctor: N.Y. Tries New Balance Billing Law

By Elana Gordon, WHYY August 19, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Consumers in New York are getting new protections against “balance billing,” where insurers bill patients for the difference between what insurers pay and what providers want, and states considering similar laws are watching closely.

UnitedHealth To Exit California’s Obamacare Market

By Chad Terhune May 31, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Though United’s presence was small, its departure from the nation’s largest state underscores insurers’ ongoing dissatisfaction with Obamacare exchanges.

California Insurance Marketplace Wants To Kick Out Poor-Performing Hospitals

By Chad Terhune March 21, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Providers and insurers are balking at a Covered California proposal to eject hospitals with inordinately high costs and low quality from its networks.

Five Things Young Adults Should Know About Buying Health Insurance

By Lisa Gillespie November 9, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Open enrollment under Obamacare started Nov. 1 – if you’re uninsured, now’s the time to consider options.

Insured By A PPO? Beware Of Costly Trap As Insurers Remove Out-Of-Network Limits

December 3, 2015 Morning Briefing

A trend among this year’s marketplace plans leaves some consumers responsible for potentially unlimited bills when they thought they had some financial protections. And in other Obamacare news, The Texas Tribune reports on a rise in health insurance scams.

When Medicare Advantage Drops Doctors, Some Members Can Switch Plans

By Susan Jaffe March 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

In the past eight months, Medicare officials have quietly granted the special enrollment periods to more than 15,000 Medicare Advantage members in seven states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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