Are Vital Home Health Workers Now A Safety Threat?
Hundreds of thousands of health care workers go into homes to provide important services for seniors and disabled people. But with the rising concerns about the danger of the coronavirus pandemic, especially for older people, these health workers could be endangering their patients and themselves.
Near Trump鈥檚 Florida Home, Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Gets Off To Rocky Start
Just 5 miles from Mar-a-Lago, the POTUS鈥 outpost, Florida residents find that the president鈥檚 pledge to make testing accessible hasn鈥檛 materialized.
Cerca de la casa de Trump, las pruebas de COVID-19 al paso tuvieron un comienzo dif铆cil
A pesar de las reiteradas afirmaciones de la Casa Blanca de que las pruebas estar谩n disponibles para todos, para los residentes de West Palm Beach, la realidad fue muy diferente.
Heart Association Puts Halt To Bayer鈥檚 Giant Displays Of Baby Aspirin
After Kaiser Health News鈥 questions, the association tells the aspirin maker to take down display bins at Walmart pharmacies that gave a false impression that the over-the-counter drug is recommended for everyone to prevent heart attacks.
Needy Patients 鈥楥aught In The Middle鈥 As Insurance Titan Drops Doctors
UnitedHealthcare is dropping hundreds of physicians from its New Jersey Medicaid network, separating patients from longtime doctors. Physicians charge the insurer is using its market power to shift business to practices it controls.
Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Chief Labels Medicaid 鈥楳ediocre.鈥 Is It?
This claim 鈥榳ouldn鈥檛 pass muster鈥 in a first-year statistics class.
5 Things To Know About Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Block Grant Plan
Federal officials unveiled guidance for states that want to opt out of some of the current funding program and instead seek a fixed payment to gain more flexibility.
Despite New Doubts, ‘Hotspotting’ Help For Heavy Health Care Users Marches On
A high-profile effort in Camden, New Jersey, to reduce health spending by identifying high-cost patients and giving them more coordinated and preventive medical care has been copied around the country. Many of those groups are pushing forward with the efforts, despite a recent critical study of the Camden initiative.
Employers鈥 Dream Of Controlling Health Costs Turns To Workers鈥 Sleep
Sleep is the latest in an ever-growing list of wellness issues 鈥 such as weight loss, exercise and nutrition 鈥 that firms are targeting to improve workers鈥 health and lower medical costs.
Border Fight: Trump鈥檚 Plan To Import Cheaper Drugs From Canada Faces Hurdles
The administration鈥檚 proposed rule to allow states to bring in prescription medications isn鈥檛 expected to provide immediate relief.
Supreme Court Seems Sympathetic To Insurers In Obamacare Case
Justices from the right and left ask whether Congress needs to keep its promises.
Obamacare Back At The High Court 鈥 With Billions For Insurers On The Line
The case revolves around a health law provision designed to help insurers recover some losses because they had an unusually high number of sick and expensive customers. Insurers complain that when Republican lawmakers discontinued funding the program, it was like 鈥淟ucy Van Pelt pulling the football away from Charlie Brown.鈥
Efforts To Move The Needle On Flu Shot Rates Get Stuck
In the past decade, federal and state governments have removed cost and access obstacles, but immunization rates remained flat. That worries public health officials.
Vacuna 鈥済ratuita鈥 contra la gripe tiene un costo sorprendentemente alto聽
En una peque帽a muestra de una aseguradora, Kaiser Health News encontr贸 diferencias dram谩ticas entre los costos para sus propios empleados.
The Startlingly High Cost Of The 鈥楩ree鈥 Flu Shot
Although many consumers pay nothing out of pocket for flu shots, insurers foot the bill. And those prices vary dramatically.
Verma Attacks Critics Of Medicaid Work Requirement, Pushes For Tighter Eligibility
The Trump administration鈥檚 top Medicaid official says the effort to thwart these work mandates 鈥渟tifles innovation.鈥
Obamacare鈥檚 Star Ratings Offer A Glimmer Of Insight 鈥 But Not For All
Federal officials unveil new ratings for the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 marketplace plans. Missouri is one of eight states that has no plans earning at least three stars on a five-star scale.
Calificaci贸n de estrellas del Obamacare ofrece algo de informaci贸n, pero no para todos
Las calificaciones se pueden ver en cuidadodesalud.gov, el sitio federal en donde los consumidores revisan los beneficios y precios de los planes.
States Try A Gentler Approach To Getting Medicaid Enrollees To Work
Facing GOP pressure to install work requirements for adults getting Medicaid coverage, some states seek instead to offer more opportunities for job training.
Tenn. Block Grant Experiment Would Boost Federal Funding, State Medicaid Chief Says
In a Q&A with Kaiser Health News, Tennessee Medicaid Director Gabe Roberts says state officials are requesting a modified block grant from federal officials because it would save money and allow the state to keep some of that savings.
