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When Kansas elected Laura Kelly as governor, Medicaid expansion looked like a shoo-in, with seemingly broad support across state government. It didnât happen. A look at conservativesâ new health care playbook and the politics of obstruction. Health care for 130,000 Kansans hangs in the balance.
President Donald Trump keeps promising a new health plan, but so far itâs nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is proposing a plan to cancel billions of dollars in medical debt owed by patients. This week, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Rovner also interviews KHNâs Rachel Bluth about the latest âBill of the Monthâ feature. Plus, for âextra credit,â the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
Itâs easy to criticize pharmaceutical and insurance companies. But we spend much more on hospitals.
Throughout her young life, Sylvia Colt-Lacayo has been told her disability didnât need to hold her back. She graduated near the top of her high school class. She was co-captain of the mock trial team. In April, she learned she had been admitted to Stanford University with a full scholarship. Now, the struggle to fund the caregivers she needs to leave home is proving her toughest battle yet.
In the background, advisers weigh the risks of rolling out a comprehensive health care proposal. Peering into the crystal ball, hereâs a glimpse of what could be included in the GOP plan.
Dentistry in the U.S. can get expensive, even with good insurance. So more people are taking a trip to beautiful Costa Rica to cut the dentistry bill â and perhaps get a tan.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Patients are often told to be smart consumers and shop around for health care before they use it. What happens when people actually take that advice?
Germanyâs pharmacies provide insights into the countryâs low drug prices and strict regulations. But theyâre still businesses.
The individual insurance market in Washington is dominated by companies that do business only in the Pacific Northwest, and the stateâs insurance commissioner credits them with helping keep premium rates lower than in other states.
Wyoming is taking on expensive air ambulance bills by trying to expand Medicaid to cover transport for all patients. This is a big change: a red state seeking to control what's been a growing free-market bonanza.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Dialysis companies are fighting a bill in the California legislature that could disrupt their business model. Their weapons: campaign cash and a sophisticated public relations campaign.
Before âMedicare for All,â there was just Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to 60 million Americans. This week, KHNâs Julie Rovner talks to Tricia Neuman of the Kaiser Family Foundation about how Medicare works and whom it serves. Then, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join Rovner to talk about some current Medicare issues being debated in Washington, D.C.
Americans routinely skirt federal law by crossing into Canada and Mexico or tapping online pharmacies abroad to purchase prescription medications at a fraction of the price they would pay at home. Is it safe? Not necessarily. Hereâs some advice.
An encounter with a cat led to rabies shots and provided yet another illustration of how confusing, contrary and expensive the American health care system is.
The loss of the longtime hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., forces trauma patients to deal with changing services and expectations.
You asked about drug prices, the âCadillac taxâ on generous insurance plans and why Americans donât know that most other countries also have combination public-private insurance systems. This week, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Caitlin Owens of Axios join KHNâs Julie Rovner to answer those questions.
Critics worry the delays come at a steep cost: Medicare paying for millions of unnecessary exams and patients subject to radiation for no medical benefit.
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