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The five Democrats who led the key committees that wrote the Affordable Care Act talk with Julie Rovner at a session at the Spotlight Health portion of the annual Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.
Federal officials say loosening the regulation of these plans will offer small businesses a more affordable health insurance option, but critics are wary.
The surgeon and writer has been named to head a project by Amazon, Bershire-Hathway and JP Morgan to reduce health costs. He said he wants to help doctors 鈥渄o the right thing鈥 in delivering care.
As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. A KHN investigation uncovered dozens of cases of deaths and injuries.
When a loved one gets dementia, many families get no guidance on what to do about that person’s guns. Here are legal and practical steps to stay safe.
Advocates in Texas say immigrant families, nervous about a higher degree of scrutiny in applications for health and food benefits, are choosing to drop out of Medicaid and SNAP for citizen children.
A small group of insurers offers some members with serious illnesses medically tailored meals to improve their health.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times report from the Spotlight Health portion of the annual Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. They鈥檙e joined by Democratic Govs. John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Steve Bullock of Montana.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.
As the opioid epidemic rages, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and researcher is leading an effort to curb overprescribing by offering procedure-specific guidelines to ensure that post-surgical patients leave the hospital with enough, but not too much, pain medication.
The White House鈥檚 latest immigration strategy has created challenges for the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is now responsible for more children 鈥 many far younger than in previous administrations.
Laura Mosqueda, a geriatrician, wants to train new doctors to better care for elderly people as the country鈥檚 population ages. She will face a big challenge as USC reels from drug and sexual misconduct scandals that have enraged students and landed the university in legal hot water.
Other states are watching to see if controlling how much hospitals get paid can continue to hold down costs in 鈥淏ig Sky Country.鈥
The Trump administration issued the final rule on association health plans, which supporters say will make coverage more affordable for some employees but led others to warn about 鈥渏unk insurance.鈥
Patients revived from an opioid overdose who get methadone or Suboxone treatment for addiction afterward are much more likely to be alive a year later, says a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
About a dozen states have added hepatitis C to the list of medical conditions for which people can face criminal prosecution if they engage in certain activities like sex without disclosure, needle-sharing or organ donation.
Cash-strapped school boards, cities and legislatures scrounge to cover pay raises and pricey benefits and turn to teachers to fork over more of their shrinking take-home pay.
Oral arguments are heard in a legal challenge regarding the state of Kentucky鈥檚 requirement that adults who gained Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 expansion prove that they work or volunteer in order to get health coverage.
KHN鈥檚 newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
New programs, known as ACOs, reward hospitals and physician groups that hold down costs by keeping enrollees healthy. The health care providers are asked to address social issues 鈥 such as homelessness, lack of transportation and poor nutrition 鈥 that can cause and exacerbate health problems.
