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Many of the nationâs safety-net clinics for low-income patients are having to turn their model of care upside down overnight to deal with the realities of the pandemic â a challenge both financially and logistically. Federal funding is on the way.
The presidentâs statement frames the data in a way that doesnât accurately represent the status of the American response to COVID-19.
As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, a new survey reveals widespread medical gear shortages while hospitals give up on a fractured supply chain and take matters into their own hands with planes sprinting past cargo ships.
On the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Kaiser Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and Kaiser Family Foundation Executive Vice President Larry Levitt put the law in perspective.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Public health professionals dismissed the presidentâs claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being âsimply astonishingâ and âsimply untrue.â
Just 5 miles from Mar-a-Lago, the POTUSâ outpost, Florida residents find that the presidentâs pledge to make testing accessible hasnât materialized.
Bidenâs statement leaves out context about how countries decided on which test theyâd use to identify the presence of the coronavirus.
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and Californiaâs Democratic leaders is costing the Golden State hundreds of millions of health care dollars â with billions more at stake.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
There are important distinctions between how insurance companies will cover the test and the treatment. This makes the presidentâs statement an exaggeration, at best.
The rapidly spreading coronavirus has led to the cancellation of sporting events, conferences and travel, with Congress and President Donald Trump scrambling to catch up to the spiraling public health crisis. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has issued long-awaited rules aimed at making it easier for patients to carry copies of their medical records. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
A Colorado lawmaker giving birth near the start of the stateâs four-month legislative session highlighted the lack of comprehensive paid family leave. Yet a bill to add a statewide system that once seemed a sure thing is getting bogged down.
The wide field of Democrats vying to face President Donald Trump in the fall has been reduced to two major candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, each with a different prescription for the health system. Meanwhile, Congress and the Trump administration scramble to address the spread of the novel coronavirus. And the Supreme Court agrees to consider the latest case against the Affordable Care Act. Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, Tami Luhby of CNN and Emmarie Huetteman of Kaiser Health News join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
This claim âwouldnât pass musterâ in a first-year statistics class.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
President Donald Trumpâs proposed budget includes billions of dollars in health spending cuts, Congress gets back to work on surprise medical bills, and health care remains a top issue for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), a former Health and Human Services secretary, joins the panel at a special taping before a live audience in Washington, D.C. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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