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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Coronavirus Goes Viral

The rapidly spreading coronavirus has led to the cancellation of sporting events, conferences and travel, with Congress and President Donald Trump scrambling to catch up to the spiraling public health crisis. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has issued long-awaited rules aimed at making it easier for patients to carry copies of their medical records. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

March 12, 2020

Tampons, Pads And Politics Mesh In New Push For Access To Menstrual Supplies

As a national movement for better access to menstrual products gains steam, “period equity” activists in Colorado are finding the path to change isn’t straight. Although Denver last summer repealed sales taxes on menstrual products and the state now requires supplies to be provided in prisons, an effort to repeal the statewide sales tax on the products failed. So, activists assemble supply kits to donate to those who need them.

By Kate Ruder

March 12, 2020

Asking Never Hurts

Crushed By A Hospital Bill? Stand Up For Yourself

Most hospitals must offer free or reduced-cost care to certain patients, based on income, even if they have insurance. But some hospitals erect barriers to charity care, so it’s up to patients to advocate for themselves.

By Bernard J. Wolfson

March 11, 2020

KHN Impact

VCU Health Halts 30-Year Campaign That Seized Patients’ Wages, Put Liens On Homes

The bold move by the giant hospital system will help thousands of patients in the wake of a Kaiser Health News investigation last year.

By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas

March 11, 2020

Dental Shock: Six Pulled Teeth And One Unexpected Bill

One woman's experience with the high cost of dental care and confusing Medicare coverage offers a teachable moment for other consumers. Her small church took up a collection, but the surprise bill — four times what she expected to pay — was sent to collections.

By Victoria Knight

March 10, 2020

KHN & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Pence Leaves Out Key Details About Health Coverage Of Coronavirus Testing

The vice president's remarks are more proof that health care is complicated.

By Julie Appleby

March 6, 2020

Colorado Forges Ahead On A New Model For Health Care While Nation Waits

Since gaining control of the House, Senate and governor’s office, Colorado Democrats are pushing an aggressive health care agenda. With measures to create a public insurance option, welcome drug importation, lower drug prices, curtail surprise billing and cap insulin copays, the state is becoming a likely model for health policies at the federal level.

By Markian Hawryluk

Feb. 28, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Readers And Tweeters Dive Into Debate Over ‘Medicare For All’

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

Feb. 28, 2020

Photo Essay

Your School Assignment For The Day: Spelling And Specs

In California’s rural Central Valley, low-income children have limited access to vision care. School districts are teaming up with nonprofits to fill the gaps.

By Heidi de Marco

Feb. 27, 2020

Bill Of The Month

Watch: One Father’s Fight Against ‘Predatory’ Drug Price

"CBS This Morning" looks at the latest "Bill of the Month" installment. A drug implant for children has a price tag of $37,300, while one used in adults with the same active ingredient goes for $4,400.

Feb. 26, 2020

KHN & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Sanders Embraces New Study That Lowers ‘Medicare For All’s’ Cost, But Skepticism Abounds

The research exaggerates potential savings, cherry-picks evidence and downplays some of the potential trade-offs.

By Shefali Luthra

Feb. 26, 2020

Congressional Candidates Go Head-To-Head On Health Care — Again

The California Democratic members of Congress who flipped seven Republican seats two years ago made health care a major campaign issue, criticizing their opponents for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. As the Democrats defend their seats in this year’s elections, they are coming back to health care — but the issues are different.

By Ana B. Ibarra

Feb. 24, 2020

Bill Of The Month

Hormone Blocker Shocker: Drug Costs 8 Times More When Used For Kids

Two drug implants are nearly identical. The one for children has a list price of $37,300. For adults, the list price is $4,400. One dad fought for his daughter to be able to use the cheaper drug.

By Sydney Lupkin, NPR News

Feb. 24, 2020

It’s Not Just Hospitals That Sue Patients Who Can’t Pay

Until very recently, the separate company that runs the emergency department at Nashville General Hospital in Tennessee was continuing to haul patients who couldn't pay medical bills into court.

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio

Feb. 21, 2020

Listen: Missouri Efforts Show How Hard It Is To Treat Pain Without Opioids

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber was interviewed by KBIA’s Sebastián Martínez Valdivia to discuss the challenges Missouri faces in managing patients’ pain amid the opioid epidemic.

Feb. 20, 2020

KHN & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Scalpels Out: Democrats Make Slashing Attacks On Health Care Plans

Candidates’ tough health policy talk strayed far from hope for unity.

By Emmarie Huetteman, Victoria Knight, and Shefali Luthra

Feb. 20, 2020

Analysis: Who Profits From Steep Medical Bills? The People Tasked With Fixing Them.

Surprise bills are just the latest weapons in a decades-long war among health care industry players over who gets to keep the fortunes generated each year from patient illness: $3.6 trillion in 2018. The practice is an outrage, yet no one in the health care sector wants to unilaterally make the type of big concessions that would change things.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal

Feb. 19, 2020

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.

By Brianna Labuskes

Feb. 14, 2020

KHN & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says No.

Biden’s statement misses the mark because of messy math.

By Shefali Luthra

Feb. 14, 2020

Podcast

‘An Arm And A Leg’: What We’ve Learned And What’s Ahead For The Show

For this bonus episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” Dan Weissmann gives up the host’s chair and answers questions from reporter and colleague Sally Herships.

By Dan Weissmann

Feb. 14, 2020

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