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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Ask Us Anything!

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From Medicare dental coverage to drug prices to fetal tissue research, the panelists answer listeners鈥 questions. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner.

Blue Shield鈥檚 Trims To Out-Of-State Coverage Give Some Californians The Blues

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To keep costs down, Blue Shield of California next year will scale back on a program allowing members to receive a wide range of care beyond the state鈥檚 borders. Customers with individual plans mostly won鈥檛 be able to get coverage out of state except for emergencies or other exceptional circumstances. 聽

El remedio para las cuentas m茅dicas sorpresa puede estar en una ley federal

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A partir de un caso reportado por Kaiser Health News, expertos analizan la posibilidad de que una ley federal sea el comienzo para solucionar las tremendas cuentas sorpresa.

The Remedy For Surprise Medical Bills May Lie In Stitching Up Federal Law

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The wide-ranging law has the potential to blindside many consumers whose health care comes from company and union health plans that are 鈥渟elf-funded,鈥 meaning they pay claims out of their own funds.

No Gaps In Understanding: Here’s Your Primer On Medigap Coverage

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Seniors often don鈥檛 realize that private insurers are required to offer Medigap policies, or supplemental insurance, only when people first sign up for Medicare.

Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug Out Of Reach For Many At Risk

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It鈥檚 getting increasingly difficult for patients to afford Truvada, also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, because of the drug鈥檚 high price and insurance company efforts to restrict the use of coupons that shield patients from it.

C贸mo las cuentas m茅dicas pueden afectar el historial de cr茅dito

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Casi el 40% de los adultos menores de 65 a帽os informaron un puntaje de cr茅dito m谩s bajo debido a deudas m茅dicas, seg煤n el an谩lisis m谩s reciente del Commonwealth Fund.

When Credit Scores Become Casualties Of Health Care

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The complexity of health insurance coverage rules, along with market trends that leave consumers open to more out-of-pocket costs, lead to mounting medical debt for consumers.