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The progressive proposal adds details to the discussion of this controversial approach to overhauling the nationâs health system, and Democratic primary candidates will have to be prepared to get more specific.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched this month the âWhatâs Coveredâ app, designed to provide yes-or-no answers about what services are covered under traditional Medicare. KHN took it for a test drive with real consumers.
Alice Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss the latest national health spending estimates, another FDA crackdown on dietary supplements and lawsuits between insurers and the federal government that could result in a windfall for consumers.
Support for âMedicare-for-allâ is becoming a front-runner topic among Democratic presidential candidates. But the phrase is being used to describe any number of policies.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
The âMedicareâfor-allâ debate is already in full swing, but what does that phrase even mean? Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHNâs Julie Rovner for a beginnerâs guide to the next big health policy debate. For âextra credit,â the panelists provide their favorite health policy stories of the week, and as a special Valentineâs Day bonus, their favorite #HealthPolicyValentines.
A new study examines how seniors with deteriorating strength and other physical functions deal with such challenges as taking a shower or getting dressed in the morning.
The Michigan Democrat chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee and his impact on health care was immense.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Congress and President Donald Trump are starting to wrestle with health policy issues, and health is already a key debate point in the early run-up to the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. Might any major health policy legislation be passed and signed this year? Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Kimberly Leonard of The Washington Examiner, along with special guest Tom Miller of the American Enterprise Institute, join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and take questions from a live studio audience.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
From Medicare dental coverage to drug prices to fetal tissue research, the panelists answer listenersâ questions. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHNâs Julie Rovner.
Californiaâs incoming congressional delegation will be the largest in the U.S. House of Representatives to support progressive health care policies such as âMedicare-for-all.â But the political reality of a Republican Senate and president means that they will need to pursue ideas that âarenât pie in the sky.â
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
The fallout continues from that Texas court decision that ruled Congressâ 2017 elimination of the tax penalty for failing to have insurance rendered the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Meanwhile, enrollment for 2019 at healthcare.gov was down, but far less than many predicted. KHNâs Julie Rovner, along with panelists Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, discuss this, plus the best, most overhyped and nerdiest stories of 2018. Also, Rovner interviews GOP strategist and pollster Frank Luntz.
There could be a long legal struggle ahead over the decision by a judge in Texas to invalidate the federal health law. But if his decision stands, it would have long-lasting effects on health care from insurance coverage to Medicare payments to privacy protections.
Biologic drugs, made from living organisms, are big moneymakers partly because they have little competition from âbiosimilars.â Itâs a very different story in Europe.
The whistleblower complaint says that Sutter, one of the largest health systems in the U.S., exaggerated how sick certain Medicare patients were in order to collect higher payments from the government-funded program.
Medicare instructs inspectors to look for staffing inadequacies in homes that report suspiciously low numbers of registered nurses and weekend workers.
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