Are Surprises Ahead For Legislation To Curb Surprise Medical Bills?
This high-profile issue has gained bipartisan attention, but it remains unclear if thatās enough to move it to the finish line. Hereās a review of the current state of play.
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Did The ACA Create Preexisting Condition Protections For People In Employer Plans?
Not exactly. We found that protections for preexisting conditions for most people with job-based insurance predated the Affordable Care Act by more than a decade.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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āShamā Sharing Ministries Test Faith Of Patients And Insurance Regulators
Officials in Washington and other states are cracking down on companies that avoid health insurance regulations by masquerading as faith-based care.
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Podcast: KHNās āWhat The Health?ā States Race To Reverse ‘Roe’
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss the new abortion bans passed in Alabama and Georgia; bipartisan congressional efforts to end āsurpriseā out-of-network medical bills; and a new public option health insurance plan soon to be available in Washington state.
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Trumpās Talk On Preexisting Conditions Doesnāt Match His Administrationās Actions
The administrationās position on a pending lawsuit to get the Affordable Care Act is one of the reasons experts said thereās cause for skepticism.
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Walmart Charts New Course By Steering Workers To High-Quality Imaging Centers
Walmart, the nationās largest private employer, is recommending that employees and dependents use one of 800 imaging centers identified as providing trustworthy care.
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Listen: A Blitz Of Health Care Bills
Kaiser Health Newsā Julie Rovner talks about a package of health care bills that Democrats plan to push through the House this week during an interview on āHere and Now.ā
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Newsom Changes Course On Plan To Pay For Immigrant Health Coverage
Californiaās governor Friday scuttled his plan to siphon public health money from four counties to help provide health coverage for unauthorized immigrants ages 19 through 25.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Listen: Trump’s Plan To End ‘Unpleasant Surprise’ Bills
President Donald Trump called for an end to the "unpleasant surprise" of certain medical bills on Thursday. NPR reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin covered the White House announcement, which featured two patients from the KHN-NPR "Bill of the Month" series.
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Surprise! Fixing Out-Of-Network Bills Means Someone Must Pay
Despite the broad agreement on the need to address surprise bills, insurers and health care providers oppose the other sideās preferred solutions.
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Podcast: KHNās āWhat The Health?ā āConscienceā Rules, Rx Prices and Still More Medicare
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about the Trump administrationās effort to allow health care practitioners and organizations to refuse to provide care or refer patients for services that violate their conscience or religion. Also this week, the administration orders TV ads for prescription drugs to include list prices. And Tennessee wants free rein from the federal government to run its Medicaid program. Plus, Rovner interviews Joan Biskupic, author of a new book on Chief Justice John Roberts, about the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the 2012 ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
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Market Muscle: Study Uncovers Differences Between Medicare And Private Insurers
Findings released Thursday by the Rand Corp. highlight how reimbursement rates vary nationally and the impact the charges have on the nationās high cost of health care.Ā
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Putting A Face To Surprise Bills: Among Specialists, Plastic Surgeons Most Often Out-Of-Network
Many plastic surgeons donāt participate in health plans, even when providing emergency care at a hospital. Too often that catches patients off guard.
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The Long And Winding Road To Mental Health Care For Your Kid
A growing mental health crisis among children is exacerbated by a national shortage of child psychiatrists and therapists. Itās either difficult to get, or to afford, an appointment for your child. Hereās some advice that might help.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Short-Staffed Nursing Homes See Drop In Medicare Ratings
In its latest update to the Nursing Home Compare website, the government gave 1,638 homes its lowest star rating for staffing ā one star on its five-star scale. Most were downgraded because payroll records reported no registered-nurse hours at all for at least four days.
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For Those With Developmental Disabilities, Dental Needs Are Great, Good Care Elusive
Lack of access means that people with physical and cognitive disabilities have a heavier burden of dental disease.
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Podcast: KHNās āWhat The Health?ā Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello āMedicare-For-Allā?
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss the latest in news about the Trump administrationās effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act, a historic hearing on āMedicare-for-allā and the Kansas Supreme Courtās ruling that the state constitution protects a womanās right to abortion. Also, Rovner interviews KHNās Carmen Heredia Rodriguez about the latest āBill of the Monthā feature.