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Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tried to tell the story of Ady Barkan in the latest Democratic debate. Heâs one of the most prominent advocates for âMedicare for Allâ and is spending his remaining time alive doing everything he can to make the case that all Americans need affordable health coverage.
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.
Medicare beneficiaries under observation care in the hospital can face higher costs for treatment and are not covered for nursing home care when discharged. A federal trial in Hartford, Conn., will determine whether the governmentâs ban on appeals involving observation care coverage is fair.
When it comes to physician-administered infusion drugs, doctors sometimes have a financial reason for their choice and patients often arenât aware of cheaper options.
Health care was a major topic at the Democratic presidential candidate debates in Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the focus on plan minutiae may have left viewers more confused than edified. Alice Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Caitlin Owens of Axios join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss the points made by the candidates plus a series of Trump administration health initiatives on drug prices and hospital shopping.
The Wednesday night event marked the second night in a row for Democratic presidential hopefuls to stake claims on how to fix the health care system.
The proposed rules would require hospitals to provide far more detail about the actual prices they charge insurers for patientsâ care.
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing â and fears of terminal illness â scammers are persuading seniors to hand over cheek swabs with their DNA, not knowing it may lead to identity theft and Medicare fraud.
Candidates used their varying views on how to achieve universal coverage â whether through Medicare for All or more incremental steps â as a means to differentiate themselves from the field.
Asked to choose between building on the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with a national Medicare for All plan, 55% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said they would expand the existing law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Tuesday.
The drug industry has the biggest lobbying war chest.
Even some Republicans who supported a sweeping bipartisan bill to rein in drug costs may not back it in the Senate vote.
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee unveiled their long-awaited proposal to try to rein in prescription drug costs, even as bipartisan leaders of the other Senate committee that oversees health announced it would not bring its drug price bill to the Senate floor until fall. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus court actions on health issues.
Efforts to control drug prices seemed on a glide path earlier this year after gaining traction at the White House and in Congress. But prospects today look less certain and highly controversial.
Tennessee companyâs Medicare billings for urine tests were examined by Kaiser Health News in 2017.
More than 400,000 U.S. workers have retired in foreign countries and their ranks are rising. But Medicare doesnât cover most expenses overseas, so these expats will need to confront the cost of finding alternative insurance.
Amid an overall crackdown on private insurersâ Medicare billing practices, a new government audit and a whistleblower suit allege St. Louis-based Essence Group Holdings Corp.'s Medicare Advantage plans overcharged taxpayers.
Banking on new cost estimates, a bipartisan coalition in Congress is poised to try â once again â to end a three-year limit on coverage for lifesaving medication required to keep the organs functioning.
An enhanced government effort to catch insurers that overcharge Medicare faces resistance from the insurance industry.
Is the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? That was the question before a federal appeals court in New Orleans this week. Two of the three judges on the panel seemed inclined to agree with a lower court that the elimination of the tax penalty for failure to maintain coverage could mean the entire health law should fall. Also this week, President Donald Trump wants to improve care for people with kidney disease. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus courts blocking efforts to require drug prices in TV ads and to kick Planned Parenthood out of the federal family planning program. Plus, Rovner interviews University of Michigan law professor Nicholas Bagley about the latest legal threat to the ACA.
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