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KHN has teamed up with our partners at PolitiFact to monitor 100 key promises made by Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign â including those surrounding the Affordable Care Act.
Critics were ready to bury the stateâs new health insurance plans, based on a public option, when 2023 rate hikes were announced, but officials are confident people will be drawn to the plansâ benefits.
Nearly half of large employers report that increasing numbers of their workers were using mental health services, according to a KFF annual employer survey. Yet almost a third of those employers said their health planâs network didnât have enough behavioral health care providers for employees to have timely access to the care they need.
KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discusses the Senate Democratsâ plans to let Medicare negotiate some drug prices, cap out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors, and fund enhanced subsides for ACA marketplace health plans.
Stemming gun violence is back on the legislative agenda following three mass shootings in less than a month, but itâs hard to predict success when so many previous efforts have failed. Meanwhile, lawmakers must soon decide if they will extend current premium subsidies for those buying health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and the Biden administration acts, belatedly, on Medicare premiums. Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat News join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHNâs Michelle Andrews, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ episode about a too-common problem: denial of no-cost preventive care for a colonoscopy under the Affordable Care Act.
Even the savviest Medicare drug plan shoppers can get a shock when they fill prescriptions: That great deal on medications is no bargain after prices go up.
The Biden administration unveiled a new special enrollment option aimed at signing up low-income Americans for Affordable Care Act coverage â even if it is outside of the usual annual open enrollment period. But insurers are cutting broker commissions at the same time.
What a difference a year makes. The speech was delivered to a largely unmasked crowd of lawmakers, justices, and Cabinet members in the House chamber.
Washington was the first state in the U.S. to introduce a public option for health insurance, but the rollout hasnât been smooth. Other states with public options in the works are taking notice.
Southern California correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson answers questions about the health coverage deals available on Californiaâs Affordable Care Act marketplace during Radio BilingĂźeâs news program âLĂnea Abierta.â
Temporary subsidies helped boost enrollment under the Affordable Care Act to a record 14.5 million, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. But unless Democrats in Congress extend those subsidies, many of those new enrollees will be in for a rude surprise just ahead of midterm elections. Meanwhile, the need to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer further crowds an already tight legislative schedule. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Diana Greene Foster, author of âThe Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having â Or Being Denied â An Abortion.â
Families of four with incomes of less than about $40,000 a year can pay no premiums and have low deductibles. For some others, health insurance in 2022 will cost more than in 2021 â in some cases, significantly more.
Federal health officials appear poised to extend a recommendation for covid boosters to all adults, following moves by some governors and mayors to broaden the eligible booster pool as caseloads rise. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration finally has a nominee to head the agency: former FDA chief Robert Califf. And Medicare premiums for consumers will likely rise substantially in 2022, partly due to the approval of a controversial drug to treat Alzheimerâs disease. Tami Luhby of CNN, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dan Weissmann, host of the âAn Arm and a Legâ podcast.
Many job-based health plans broadened their mental health and substance use coverage to make sure workers had the support they needed this year as pandemic stress lingered, the annual KFF survey finds. Also, the proportion of employers offering health insurance to their workers remained steady, and increases for premiums and out-of-pocket health expenses were moderate.
Democrats in Congress and the states are devising strategies to expand health coverage â through the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid and a âpublic option.â But progress remains halting, at best. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington may have to agree on how to control prescription drug prices if they wish to finance their coverage initiatives. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, Rovner interviews Michelle Andrews, who reported and wrote last monthâs KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ episode about a very expensive sleep study.
The University of Miami Health System charges a truck driver six times what Medicare would pay for an overnight test.
Before the pandemic, Colorado was building momentum to pass whatâs known as a âpublic optionâ health plan that would lower insurance premiums and force hospitals to accept lower payments. But now with hospitals and health care providers enjoying support as front-line heroes in the pandemic, state legislators have stripped the option from their bill.
In his campaign, President Joe Biden promised to undo policies, particularly health policies, implemented by former President Donald Trump. Yet, despite immense executive power, reversing four years of action takes time and resources.
Democratsâ $1.9 trillion covid relief package will offer some of the most significant help for Americans to pay for health insurance in a decade. But the temporary provisions are complicated. KHN offers tips for consumers.
Experts say the two-year expansion of subsidies for most people who buy insurance through the government exchanges would be among the most significant changes to the affordability of private insurance since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
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