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KHNâs Julie Rovner was featured on NPRâs "Weekend Edition" and MSNBCâs "Kasie DC" show over the weekend to talk about Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warrenâs plan to fund âMedicare for All.â
U.S. political parties for years have argued about the role of government in providing health care and expanding coverage to more people. But as the cost of medical services continues to grow faster than most Americansâ incomes, even people with private insurance coverage are finding the cost of care becoming unaffordable, KHNâs Julie Rovner writes in a new article in BMJ.
The Freedom of Information Act lawsuit could spur the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release audits that document up to $650 million in overcharges.
As you enter college this fall, health insurance may not be at the top of your mind. But itâs important to have coverage if you have a chronic condition or if something unexpected happens. Luckily, college students have several options.
The latest technology makes managing Type 1 diabetes much easier. But managing insurance company rules for the supplies is a big obstacle for some patients.
Before âMedicare for All,â there was just Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to 60 million Americans. This week, KHNâs Julie Rovner talks to Tricia Neuman of the Kaiser Family Foundation about how Medicare works and whom it serves. Then, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join Rovner to talk about some current Medicare issues being debated in Washington, D.C.
The tax on generous health plans â originally envisioned as a way to help pay for the ACA and change consumersâ behavior â has never been implemented, and Congress is considering repeal.
Politicians are throwing around a lot of terms when they talk about their health care plans: universal care, âMedicare for All,â âMedicare Buy-In.â KHN helps explain what they are talking about.
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.
Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a health plan intended to provide a more moderate alternative to his competitorsâ âMedicare for Allâ plans. It would build on the Affordable Care Act but would go much further. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus Planned Parenthoodâs very bad week, the U.S. House vote to repeal the health lawâs âCadillac taxâ on generous health plans, and the reduction in deaths from opioids.
Need to know more about âMedicare for All?â Itâs a top issue in the Democratic presidential primary campaign. This holiday week, we are rerunning our explainer on the subject. But first, KHNâs âWhat the Health?â host Julie Rovner talks to KHNâs Shefali Luthra about how health played out in the first Democratic candidate debates last week.
Findings released Thursday by the Rand Corp. highlight how reimbursement rates vary nationally and the impact the charges have on the nationâs high cost of health care.Â
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss the new âMedicare-for-allâ bill introduced by House Democrats, the grilling of pharmaceutical company CEOs by a Senate committee and new Trump administration rules that take aim at Planned Parenthood. Plus, Rovner interviews KHNâs Julie Appleby about the latest âBill of the Monthâ installment.
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.
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.
The federal health law has opened up new options for young adults but it can sometimes be confusing. A quick guide to the choices.
Before the federal health law guarantee that consumers cannot be turned down because of their medical history, it was difficult to balance insurersâ needs to make a profit and individualsâ needs for coverage.
Although Republicans flirted with the idea of changing the tax code so that the value of employer-sponsored health insurance is added to workersâ tax liability, House leaders decided to instead keep the ACAâs tax on insurers and employers that provide generous coverage.
âPortabilityâ will likely be a buzz word in the health law repeal-and-replace debate, but the concept raises a number of complicated policy issues.
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