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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ What’s Next For The VA?

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the collapse of the nomination of White House physician Ronny Jackson to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. They also discuss new bipartisan congressional efforts to address the opioid epidemic. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.

April 26, 2018

‘Rapid Autopsy’ Programs Seek Clues To Cancer Within Hours Of Death

More than a dozen centers nationwide now ask terminal patients to allow speedy study of the diseases that kill them.

By JoNel Aleccia

April 26, 2018

Hospitals Lure Diabetes Patients With Self-Care Courses, But Costs Can Weigh Heavily

Self-management classes can help the tens of millions of Americans now diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. But the education can come with a high price tag.

By Julie Appleby

April 26, 2018

Peak Health Plan Premiums Give Rise To Activism — And Unconventional Solutions

For people who buy their health coverage rather than get it from the government or through work, Charlottesville, Va., has claimed the title of having the country’s highest health insurance costs, and its residents are fighting back.

By Rachel Bluth

April 25, 2018

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

KHN’s newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don’t have to.

By Brianna Labuskes

April 20, 2018

Federal Appeals Court Puts Chill On Maryland Law To Fight Drug Price-Gouging

The decision in Maryland’s case could slow momentum for other states that are attempting to take action to curb high drug costs.

By Shefali Luthra

April 17, 2018

Congress Urged To Cut Medicare Payments To Many Stand-Alone ERs

As free-standing emergency departments multiply, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommends a 30 percent reduction in some federal reimbursements for those within 6 miles of a hospital.

By Michelle Andrews

April 17, 2018

Safety Violations Compound Pain Of Painkiller Shortages

California and federal officials have cracked down on a major compounding pharmacy they say posed a threat to public safety, but their actions are worsening shortages of medications that doctors rely on to keep their patients out of pain.

By Pauline Bartolone

April 16, 2018

Great Weekend Reads From KHN

KHN's newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don't have to.

By Brianna Labuskes

April 13, 2018

Investigation

FDA Launches Criminal Investigation Into Unauthorized Herpes Vaccine Research

The Food and Drug Administration rarely prosecutes research violations, but its criminal division is looking into the experimental herpes vaccine research by Southern Illinois University professor William Halford.

By Marisa Taylor

April 12, 2018

Medical Marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Federal Limits On Research Hinder Patients’ Relief

Suffering Americans seek medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids and other powerful pharmaceuticals. Though legal in 29 states, some doctors say the lack of strong data makes it hard to recommend.

By Marisa Taylor and Melissa Bailey

April 12, 2018

How A Drugmaker Turned The Abortion Pill Into A Rare-Disease Profit Machine

An abortion drug invented decades ago is being used to treat Cushing’s syndrome — and it’s bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year.

By Sarah Jane Tribble

April 10, 2018

C-SPAN: FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Talks To KHN

Kaiser Health News reporter Sarah Jane Tribble sat down with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on C-SPAN’s "Newsmakers" program. The conversation ranged from how the nation should combat the opioid epidemic to reining in drug prices.

April 9, 2018

Bill Of The Month

A Tale Of Two CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer

Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?

By Alison Kodjak, NPR News

April 9, 2018

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes

April 6, 2018

Postcard From L.A.

Dialysis Patients Sign Up For November Ballot Fight

Frustrated by dialysis centers they call dirty and understaffed, patients and health care workers rallied across California Thursday before delivering more than 600,000 signatures to election offices in support of a ballot initiative intended to improve patient care.

By Ana B. Ibarra

April 6, 2018

Pre$cription for Power

Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?

Kaiser Health News launches “Pre$cription for Power,” a groundbreaking database to expose Big Pharma’s ties to patient groups.

By Emily Kopp, Sydney Lupkin, and Elizabeth Lucas

April 6, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Alive And Limping: ACA In The Age Of Trump

In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo take a deep dive into the state of the federal health law, what happened in 2017 and the Affordable Care Act's viability going forward.

April 5, 2018

Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries

Under new federal rules unveiled this week, these privately run alternatives to traditional Medicare might provide air conditioners, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals.

By Susan Jaffe

April 3, 2018

Americans Have Mixed Feelings About The ACA’s Future — But Like Their Plans

Most people who buy insurance on the individual market say they are motivated by concerns about high medical bills and a desire for peace of mind — not the law’s requirement that they have coverage, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

By Rachel Bluth

April 3, 2018

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