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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ HHS Leaders Take To The Stump

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and new podcast panelist Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss this week’s spate of speeches by the leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services. They also discuss the slow progress on health legislation on Capitol Hill intended to fund the government and stabilize the individual insurance market. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.

March 8, 2018

Medicaid Nation

States Strive To Curb Costs For A Crucial — But Exorbitant — Hemophilia Treatment

Saving the lives of people with the bleeding disorder can require high doses of expensive blood-clotting factor. Taxpayers foot much of the bill as manufacturers profit enormously.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

March 6, 2018

CMS Issues Split Decision On Arkansas Medicaid Waiver

A top Senate Democrat calls the move “a mockery of the HHS ethics process" after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma did not recuse herself in the decision to approve the Medicaid work requirement in Arkansas — the third state to get such a waiver.

By Phil Galewitz

March 5, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The ACA Heads Back To Court. Again.

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Sarah Kliff of Vox discuss the latest lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. They also explore how your health care system increasingly depends on the state you live in. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.

March 1, 2018

Tens Of Thousands Of Medicaid Recipients Skip Paying New Premiums

Five states demand small payments from those who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, but enrollees often face few consequences if they don’t make their remittances.

By Phil Galewitz

March 1, 2018

ACA’s Popularity Grows, Even As GOP Lauds Change To Requirement To Have Coverage

Forty percent of people are unaware that Congress repealed the penalty for most people who don’t have insurance coverage starting in 2019.

By Phil Galewitz

March 1, 2018

Insuring Your Health

Refusing To Work For Medicaid May Not Translate To Subsidies For ACA Plan

In states that are instituting work requirements for Medicaid coverage, refusing to get a job will not likely make you eligible for subsidies to buy a marketplace plan.

By Michelle Andrews

Feb. 27, 2018

Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says

States often get federal approval to test new approaches to improve Medicaid services or expand coverage. But the GAO study found that too often these efforts are not adequately evaluated or the results are not available in a timely manner.

By Phil Galewitz

Feb. 23, 2018

Couple Makes Millions Off Medicaid Managed Care As Oversight Lags

How a California health plan’s CEO and her husband, an executive consultant, got rich off the taxpayer-funded program for the poor. Critics see a conflict of interest, the plan doesn’t, and the state has no rules either way.

By Chad Terhune

Feb. 22, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common?

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield-Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss President Donald Trump’s budget plan and how some states are trying to stabilize the Affordable Care Act, while others are trying to violate it. Also, Rovner and KHN’s Sarah Jane Tribble interview Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Feb. 15, 2018

Work-For-Medicaid Lifts Off In Indiana, But Even Fans Fret About Red Tape

Requiring some Medicaid recipients to work or perform community service for their benefits has stirred controversy. KHN's Sarah Varney explores what the policy could mean for 30,000 low-income Hoosiers.

Feb. 14, 2018

Trump’s Budget Proposal Swings At Drug Prices With A Glancing Blow

The Trump administration rolled out a list of actions to attack drug prices, but most dance around the edges.

By Sarah Jane Tribble

Feb. 12, 2018

Upsurge Of Suburban Poor Discover Health Care’s Nowhere Land

More low-income people now live in suburbs than in cities or rural areas, putting a strain on local health services. Suburbs, which traditionally have had fewer resources or infrastructure, are scrambling to catch up.

By Elaine Korry

Feb. 9, 2018

Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs

The agreement would add $2 billion to the National Institutes of Health and fund community health centers around the country. But it does not include provisions to help stabilize the federal health law’s marketplaces.

By Julie Rovner and Shefali Luthra

Feb. 7, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Readers And Tweeters Add Two Cents On Amazon Venture To Repackage Health Care

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

Feb. 6, 2018

Indiana Gets Federal Approval For Medicaid Plan That Could Slice Enrollment

HHS officials sign off on a plan that could lock out for six months thousands of people who fail to get their paperwork done promptly.

By Phil Galewitz

Feb. 2, 2018

Indiana Medicaid Drops 25K From Coverage For Failing To Pay Premiums

The state branded its Medicaid expansion with some key conservative policies, and officials and advocates across the country are keenly watching the results.

By Phil Galewitz

Feb. 1, 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The State Of The (Health) Union

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Julie Appleby and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss President Donald Trump’s promises to reduce drug prices in his first State of the Union Address. The panelists also discuss the departure of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after conflict-of-interest reports and the efforts by some states to flout the Affordable Care Act.

Jan. 31, 2018

Insuring Your Health

After Polyps Are Detected, Patients May No Longer Qualify For Free Colonoscopies

While the federal health law made insurers cover the full cost of screening colonoscopies, consumers with a history of polyps who need more frequent tests may have to pick up some costs.

By Michelle Andrews

Jan. 30, 2018

Medicaid Nation

No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transportation At Risk In Some States

For more than 50 years, the program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry certain clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states have sought — and received — waivers to that rule.

By JoNel Aleccia

Jan. 30, 2018

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