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Hundreds of protesters descended on the state Capitol on Thursday, warning against government tyranny and corporate greed. Their target: not taxes, not high-tech surveillance, but a bill that would determine which kids must get their routine shots.
A new data analysis by KHN and Johns Hopkins researchers shows that even as the CDC issued warnings, surgeons handed out many times the number of opioid pills needed for post-op pain.
Doctors routinely order MRIs, but the price patients pay can be unpredictable. Hear how one determined woman scanned her options to find the best deal.
A new state law says hospitals and insurers will have to work it out among themselves when they cant agree on a price -- instead of sending huge bills to patients. Bill of the Month patient Drew Calver galvanized attention on the issue after he told his story to KHN, NPR and "CBS This Morning."
The federal government has doled out at least $2.4 billion in state grants since 2017 to address the opioid epidemic, which killed 47,600 people in the U.S. that year alone. But local officials note that drug abuse problems seldom involve only one substance.
Lawmakers and patients want to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Hospitals, doctors and insurers say they want to eliminate them, too, but their opposition to one anothers proposals could complicate legislative efforts. Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the latest in news about reproductive health and health care sharing ministries.
An unexpected hospital bill can bust the family budget. That leaves lots of people with bills they cant pay. Turns out, thats a crisis for hospitals too, and some are getting creative about collecting debt.
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the Trump administrations efforts to curtail federally funded research using fetal tissue, the backlash from former Vice President Joe Bidens support for the anti-abortion Hyde Amendment and how health policy intersects with both trade and immigration policy.
People who buy insurance on their own may have little notice when something goes amiss. Its a quirk in health policy at the heart of the next episode of An Arm and a Leg podcast.
Health care and how much it costs is scary. But you're not alone with this stuff, and knowledge is power. "An Arm and a Leg" is a podcast about these issues, and its second season is co-produced by KHN.
KHN correspondent Rachel Bluth appeared on "PBS NewsHour Weekend" to talk with host Megan Thompson about the continuing problem of surprise medical bills and how the issue is playing on Capitol Hill.
For our 100th episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Sandhya Ramen of CQ Roll Call join KHNs Julie Rovner to take a deep dive into the abortion debate, discussing everything from the latest news to the history of the Supreme Courts jurisprudence as well as how states are trying to further expand or restrict abortion rights and access. Also, Rovner interviews KHNs Lauren Weber about the latest Bill of the Month installment.
Buprenorphine is becoming an increasingly popular choice among doctors in California for treating opioid addiction. Use of methadone, while still more common, has not gained ground in recent years.
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the latest Democratic efforts to push Medicare for All in the U.S. House. They also review new initiatives to raise the federal minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 and new lawsuits challenging the Trump administrations actions on reproductive health. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Health care and how much it costs is scary. But youre not alone with this stuff, and knowledge is power. "An Arm and a Leg" is a podcast about all these issues, and its second season, co-produced by Kaiser Health News, starts on June 4.
For a generation of LGBTQ+ people who lived through unprecedented social change, getting older poses new challenges. When it comes to seeking elder care, concerns about lack of services, discrimination, neglect and even abuse threaten to reverse recent progress.
Deep questions underlie what is happening in Fort Scott, Kan.: Do small communities like this one need a traditional hospital at all? And, if not, what health care do they need?
Crowded emergency rooms are likely to blame. In 2017, the median ER wait time for patients before admission as inpatients to California hospitals was 336 minutes or more than 5翻 hours.
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the new abortion bans passed in Alabama and Georgia; bipartisan congressional efforts to end surprise out-of-network medical bills; and a new public option health insurance plan soon to be available in Washington state.
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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