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Zika Traveling Tips: Some Issues To Consider

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 11, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Organizations ranging from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Pan American Health Organization offer a range of resources regarding the Zika virus to help keep travelers safe and informed about risks.

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Electronic Records Offer A Chance To Ensure Patients’ End-Of-Life Plans Aren’t Lost In Critical Moments

By Shefali Luthra March 23, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Some experts say this opportunity has not been realized, but advocates and policymakers are focusing on fixes that would make the digital versions of end-of-life planning documents easy for health professionals to locate.

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Critics Of Medicare’s Overall Hospital Star Rating Push For Changes

By Jordan Rau May 18, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials delayed the release of the ratings after the hospital industry and members of Congress objected to the formula, saying it worked against hospitals that take the patients that are the toughest to treat.

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A New Sort Of Consultant: Advising Doctors, Patients On California’s Aid-In-Dying Law

By Lisa Aliferis June 8, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A Berkeley doctor begins an unusual practice as a law takes effect this week permitting doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients who request them.

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Trump Stands Firm On Goal Of Overturning Roe V. Wade

November 14, 2016 Morning Briefing

Although Donald Trump walked back other campaign promises in an interview Sunday, he reiterated that abortion rights decision should be left to the states. When asked what that would mean for women in states that make abortion illegal, he said, ““Well, they’ll perhaps have to go — they’ll have to go to another state.” Meanwhile, language allowing health care workers to be exempt from performing services that violate their beliefs crops up on Trump’s transition website.

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Medicare Delays Plans For New Star Ratings On Hospitals After Congressional Pressure

By Jordan Rau April 20, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The “overall hospital quality” rating is designed to help consumers who are sometimes confused by the variety of quality measures that the government already provides. But members of Congress had asked for the delay because of concerns that the methodology for the stars was not accurate.

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Insurers Quitting Health Law Exchanges May Still Sell Plans To Individuals

By Michelle Andrews May 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s consumer columnist answers readers’ questions including whether recent announcements about plans pulling out of the health law’s exchanges could affect the access to coverage for consumers who don’t use those exchanges.

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Aid-In-Dying: Not So Easy

By Emily Bazar May 5, 2016 KFF Health News Original

In June, California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with prescriptions from their doctors, but getting those prescriptions will require serious effort.

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FDA Retreats From Recall Of Scope-Cleaning Machines Tied To Outbreaks

By Chad Terhune May 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

After a wave of sometimes-deadly superbug infections, the agency last year ordered a recall of Custom Ultrasonics machines used to disinfect medical scopes. Now, with little explanation, it is backing off.

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Most Doctors Unsure How To Discuss End-of-Life Care, Survey Says

By Barbara Feder Ostrov April 14, 2016 KFF Health News Original

They recognize the responsibility, but some may need training.

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IRS Could Help Find Many Uninsured People, But Doesn’t

By Phil Galewitz April 5, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Many low-income households that claim earned income tax credit lack health insurance, Urban Institute finds.

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FDA Targets 4,402 Websites In International Crackdown On Illegal Prescription Drugs

June 10, 2016 Morning Briefing

The FDA is participating in a global effort led by INTERPOL to curb the spread of dangerous counterfeit prescription drugs.

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Dueling Star Ratings May Confuse Some Home Health Patients

By Jordan Rau February 23, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Medicare offers star ratings of agencies’ quality and of patients’ perceptions, but often they don’t match up.

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TrumpCare Takes It On The Chin

By Julie Rovner March 4, 2016 KFF Health News Original

GOP health policy analysts skewer front-runner’s health proposal.

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Health Plans’ Coverage Of Some Drugs Can Be A Source Of Consumer Confusion

By Julie Appleby December 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Some medicines, particularly intravenous treatments, are not listed in plans’ pharmacy benefit section and, therefore, it’s difficult to confirm coverage specifics.

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Medi-Cal Expands To Immigrant Children. Here’s How It Works.

By Emily Bazar April 4, 2016 KFF Health News Original

New law applies state’s low-income health care program to children in the U.S. illegally.

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Attention Shoppers:  New Calif. Website Details Costs, Quality of Medical Procedures

By Barbara Feder Ostrov September 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Seeking to create smarter consumers, the California insurance department unveils a website showing wide variation in costs and quality of medical services across the state.  

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Trump Health Plan Recycles GOP Staples And Adds A Populist Wrinkle

By Scott Hensley, NPR News March 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Donald Trump drew fire in recent debates for his lack of specifics on how he would change the country’s health care system. He released a plan Wednesday that is unlikely to satisfy critics.

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Three Hospitals Hope To Spark A Reduction In Surgeries By Inexperienced Doctors

By Sandra G. Boodman April 27, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The prestigious facilities are seeking to improve patient safety by getting surgeons and hospitals to pledge to meet minimum thresholds for 10 high-risk procedures.

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FAQ: What Are The Penalties For Not Getting Insurance?

By Michelle Andrews March 9, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A consumer’s guide to the tax penalties for not having insurance.

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