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Stephanie Halver鈥檚 doctor recommended she get a breast MRI, partly because of her family鈥檚 cancer history. Her insurer approved the scan, but unlike mammograms, breast MRIs aren鈥檛 universally covered as zero-cost preventive care.
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and older adults are at higher risk. But only about a quarter of patients eligible for screening are up to date.
In the U.S., more than a dozen kinds of cancer are on the rise among people under 50. The HealthQ team shares the latest guidance on being proactive with your family and doctor.
Some screenings and treatments no longer make sense for patients as they age. Researchers have just added a few more to the list.
Post-mastectomy pain syndrome, or PMPS, is estimated to afflict tens of thousands of U.S. women each year. And yet it is not well understood and is inconsistently treated.
PrEP has been available for more than a decade, but billing mistakes, lack of awareness, and lingering stigma keep many people from getting the lifesaving HIV prevention medication.
More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware of the risk, and fewer still are screened and treated.
A joint project of NPR and 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News, Healthcare Helpline helps you navigate the health system hurdles between you and good care. Send us your tricky questions, and we may tap a policy sleuth to puzzle them out. Here is what to do if your preventive care gets denied.
A doctor doing environmental health research in rural Maine is working to establish the best practices to treat patients exposed to 鈥渇orever chemicals,鈥 potentially leading the way for practitioners across the nation.
This installment of InvestigateTV and 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series explores how the type of medical facility where a patient seeks care can affect the cost of that care 鈥 particularly when that facility is a hospital.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are struggling to reach consensus on cutting the Medicaid program as they search for nearly a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade 鈥 as many observers predicted. Meanwhile, turmoil continues at the Department of Health and Human Services, with more controversial cuts and personnel moves, including the sudden nomination of Casey Means, an ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚, to become surgeon general. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Lauren Sausser, who co-reported the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature, about an unexpected bill for what seemed like preventive care.
The state has in recent years embraced several initiatives recommended in an influential health care workforce report, including alternative payment arrangements for primary care doctors to earn more. Despite increasing residency programs, student debt forgiveness, and tuition-free medical school, California is unlikely to meet patient demand, observers say.
A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.
Clinicians and researchers are searching for answers to whether an incidental finding on breast X-rays could improve the detection of cardiovascular disease risk among women.
An ongoing lawsuit aims to set aside the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 requirements that insurers cover preventive care, such as contraception. If that happens, state reproductive health laws 鈥 varying across the country 鈥 would carry more weight, resuming the 鈥渨ild West鈥 dynamic from before Obamacare.
The designers of the Affordable Care Act might have assumed that they spelled out with sufficient clarity that millions of Americans would no longer have to pay for certain types of preventive care. But they didn鈥檛 reckon with America鈥檚 ever-creative medical billing juggernaut.
Convenient as it may be, beware of getting your blood drawn at a hospital. The cost could be much higher than at an independent lab, and your insurance might not cover it all.
There is no direct evidence that screening women in their 40s will save lives, yet modeling suggests expanding routine mammography to include them might avert 1.3 deaths per 1,000. Highlighting the risk of false positives, some specialists call for a more personalized approach.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
A federal judge鈥檚 recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act is by no means the final word. Even parsing its impact is complicated. Here are key issues to watch as the case works its way through the legal system.
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