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Eighteen years ago, most first responders were not thinking about their future health when they spent hours searching âThe Pileâ for the remains of terror victims. Today, their illnesses are a slow-moving epidemiological nightmare that has been as difficult for scientists to study as it has been easy for politicians to overlook.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a health plan intended to provide a more moderate alternative to his competitorsâ âMedicare for Allâ plans. It would build on the Affordable Care Act but would go much further. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus Planned Parenthoodâs very bad week, the U.S. House vote to repeal the health lawâs âCadillac taxâ on generous health plans, and the reduction in deaths from opioids.
A House committee approved its version of legislation to solve the problem of surprise medical bills. But the measure includes a key provision thatâs got less support in the Senate.
Banking on new cost estimates, a bipartisan coalition in Congress is poised to try â once again â to end a three-year limit on coverage for lifesaving medication required to keep the organs functioning.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
A pricing tool embedded in their electronic health record and prescribing system lets doctors see how much patients will pay out-of-pocket based on their insurance and the pharmacy. But doctors have been slow to adopt the technology, which has limitations.
The Affordable Care Act is again being put to the test after a lower court judge ruled the massive health law unconstitutional. Could the case ricochet back to the Supreme Court in the throes of the 2020 presidential campaign season?
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
A draft plan spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would allow the federal government for the first time to negotiate prices for 250 drugs for Medicare and apply those prices to all payers, including employers and insurers.
Democratic presidential candidates disagreed on how to fix health care in their first debate Wednesday, although they all called for boosting insurance coverage and lowering prices. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is keeping health care in the news, too, with a new plan to make medical prices more available to the public. Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the latest in news about bipartisan progress on catch-all legislation to address âsurpriseâ medical bills. Plus, Rovner interviews NPRâs Jon Hamilton about the latest KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ installment.
On the first of the Democratâs two-night debate, only New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered full support for a single-payer system that would banish private health insurance.
The measure also includes a range of provisions designed to address health care costs.
Julie Rovner, the chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, joins Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alan Weil of Health Affairs at the Aspen Ideas: Health festival to discuss how consumersâ values impact the politics surrounding the national debate on health care.
How big an issue will health really be in the 2020 election? Will the Republicans find their political footing on the issue? In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times report from the Aspen Ideas: Health festival in Aspen, Colo. Joining them are Chris Jennings, who advised Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on health policy, and Lanhee Chen, who advised GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio.
A rule proposed by the Trump administration would leave patients with limited English proficiency with fewer guarantees of a written notice that free translation services are available. It also would no longer require directions on how patients can report discrimination they experience in a medical setting.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
A legislative package from Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) would handle surprise medical bills by having insurers pay them the âmedian in-network rate,â meaning the rate would be similar to what the plan charges other doctors in the area for the same procedure.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is scheduled next week to mark up a massive legislative package on curbing health costs, but some of the details remain unresolved, including what formula to use to pay doctors and hospitals involved in surprise medical bills.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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