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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Open Enrollment And A Midterm Preview

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the start of open enrollment for individual health insurance plans for 2019 and preview what next week’s midterm elections might mean for health policy. Plus, Barbara Feder Ostrov of KHN and California Healthline talks to Julie about the latest NPR-KHN “Bill of the Month” feature.

Nov. 1, 2018
Billions In ‘Questionable Payments’ Went To California’s Medicaid Insurers And Providers

The money was paid on behalf of more than 400,000 people who may have been ineligible for the public program, a state audit found. One had been dead for four years before payments stopped.

By Chad Terhune

Nov. 1, 2018
Pricey Precision Medicine Often Financially Toxic For Cancer Patients

Medical treatments targeting the DNA in tumor cells are celebrated, but insurers often won’t cover the skyrocketing cost.

By Liz Szabo

Nov. 1, 2018
In Search Of Insurance Savings, Consumers Can Get Unwittingly Wedged Into Narrow-Network Plans

Restrictive lists of doctors and hospitals expose people to larger out-of-pocket costs, but trend appears to be slowing.

By Steven Findlay

Nov. 1, 2018
Trump Rollback Of Disability Rules Can Make Doctor’s Visits Painstaking

Standards have been proposed to address what are often viewed as disparities in treatment, but the Trump administration has declined to enforce them.

By Rachel Bluth

Oct. 31, 2018
2018 Elections

In Swing Districts, Republicans May Pay For Having Tried To Reverse The Health Law

Though Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) counts himself a moderate, many of his voters heading to the polls are furious about how he aided his party’s efforts to dismantle Obamacare.

By Emmarie Huetteman

Oct. 31, 2018
2018 Elections

Republicans’ Drive To Tighten Immigration Overlooks Need For Doctors

Many areas in the U.S. depend on foreign doctors, but bitter political arguments over immigration have sown concerns about limited opportunities for these physicians.

By Max Blau, Andy Miller and Katja Ridderbusch, Georgia Health News and �鶹Ů�� Health News

Oct. 30, 2018
2018 Elections

With One Hand, Administration Boosts ACA Marketplaces, Weakens Them With Another

The Trump administration gives states more flexibility to get around the health law’s requirements for insurance plans. But at the same time it wants employers to move millions of workers to the insurance exchanges.

By Julie Appleby

Oct. 30, 2018
2018 ELECTIONS

GOP’s Latest Campaign Punch On Health Care Relies On Classic Hook: Medicare

Republicans seek to turn the tables on charges that they are undermining preexisting conditions, so they’re hammering the plans championed by some Democrats to expand Medicare.

By Julie Rovner

Oct. 30, 2018
Dialysis Giant DaVita Defends Itself In Court And At The Polls

Although dialysis provider DaVita Inc. has taken major financial hits this year, including a $383.5 million jury award in response to wrongful death lawsuits, it still rakes in profits. The company faces its biggest threat next month, when California voters weigh in on a ballot initiative that could force it to leave the state.

By Samantha Young

Oct. 29, 2018
Bill of the Month

That’s A Lot Of Scratch: The $48,329 Allergy Test

A California college professor never imagined that trying to figure out what was causing her rash could add up to such a huge bill.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

Oct. 29, 2018
2018 Elections

In California, Novel Initiatives Test Cities’ Power — And Will — To Tame Health Costs

Union-backed initiatives in Palo Alto and Livermore, Calif., aim to cap charges by hospitals and doctors, seeking to build on national furor over rising medical bills. The measures arise in health care markets that are among the most expensive in the nation.

By Rob Waters

Oct. 29, 2018
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

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

By Brianna Labuskes

Oct. 26, 2018
Trump Adds A Global Pricing Plan To Wide Attack On Drug Prices, But Doubts Persist

Over the past five months, the Trump administration has proposed a series of reforms to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

By Sarah Jane Tribble

Oct. 26, 2018
Letters to the Editor

Readers And Tweeters: Are Millennials Killing The Primary Care Doctor?

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

Oct. 26, 2018
2018 Elections

Gun Store Owner Marshals Voters To Expand Medicaid In Idaho

Idaho is one of four conservative states where voters next month will determine whether to buck the GOP’s resistance to the Affordable Care Act and implement or renew its expansion of Medicaid to adults.

By Phil Galewitz

Oct. 26, 2018
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Trump, GOP Fight Back On Health Care

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Ollstein of Politico discuss a flurry of proposals from the Trump administration on prices Medicare pays for drugs and the Affordable Care Act.

Oct. 25, 2018
In Days Of Data Galore, Patients Have Trouble Getting Own Medical Records

Federal law guarantees that people have the right to see and obtain a copy of their medical records. But, hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and insurance companies often erect obstacles.

By Judith Graham

Oct. 25, 2018
Booming Economy Helps Flatten Medicaid Enrollment And Limit Costs, States Report

The drop in the number of people enrolled in the federal-state program for low-income residents is the first since 2007.

By Phil Galewitz

Oct. 25, 2018
2018 Elections

States Explore Paths To Pay Their Share For Medicaid Expansion — Using Political GPS

The state-federal health insurance program is more popular than ever. Now, states that want to expand eligibility are devising new strategies to pay for it — creating, in many red states, a significant political challenge.

By Shefali Luthra

Oct. 24, 2018

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