California Author Uses Dark Humor — And a Bear — To Highlight Flawed Health System
Mother-to-be Kathleen Founds made a routine doctor’s appointment to discuss the risks of antidepressants in pregnancy. After the visit, Founds, who relies on medication to quell the manic highs and despondent lows of bipolar disorder, learned the physician was out…
California’s Resolve Questioned After It Grants Medi-Cal Contract Concessions
California’s decision last month to cancel the results of a long-planned bidding competition among commercial health plans in its Medicaid program has some industry insiders and consumer advocates wondering whether the state can stand up to insurers and force improvements…
Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?
Today, KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors. The audits, which cover billings from 2011 through 2013, are the most recent financial reviews…
Journalists Follow Up on Radon Mine Health Spas, Open Enrollment, and Health Fraud
KHN Montana correspondent Katheryn Houghton discussed Montana’s radon mine health spas on Montana Public Radio’s “The Big Why” podcast on Jan. 18. KHN correspondent Julie Appleby discussed this year’s open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act health plans on NPR’s…
As US Bumps Against Debt Ceiling, Medicare Becomes a Bargaining Chip
The Host While repealing the Affordable Care Act seems to have fallen off congressional Republicans’ to-do list for 2023, plans to cut Medicare and Medicaid are back. The GOP wants Democrats to agree to cut spending on both programs in…
Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. U.S. Health Care Is Harmful to One’s Health Thank you for publishing this research (“Hundreds of…
Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.
Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and counting since then, how is he…
GOP House Opens With Abortion Agenda
The Host Julie Rovner KHN @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is Chief Washington Correspondent and host of KHN’s weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the…
new year – remove, reboot, and rebuild
Happy New Year everyone! I am here to encourage you to ring in the New Year with a Remove, Reboot, and Rebuild button. Instead of focusing on resolutions that never really reap positive results, try instead to look at different…
Muchas familias con cobertura de empleador inasequible ahora son elegibles para subsidios de Covered California
Si tener a la familia en el plan de salud patrocinado por tu empleador ha sido una dificultad financiera, o imposible de pagar, la ayuda puede estar en camino. El gobierno federal ha corregido recientemente una controversial norma del Departamento…
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