Health Policy Valentines Too Sweet Not to Tweet
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An Arm and a Leg: Know Your ‘No Surprises’ Rights
The No Surprises Act protects patients from surprise out-of-network bills. But there are caveats. For instance, these protections apply only to care in a hospital. This episode breaks it all down.
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Readers and Tweeters: Give Nurse Practitioners Their Due
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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I Write About Americas Absurd Health Care System. Then I Got Caught Up in It.
A KHN reporter had written for years about the people left behind by the absurdly complex and expensive U.S. health care system. Then he found himself navigating that maze as he tried to get his insulin prescription filled.
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The Doctor Didnt Show Up, but the Hospital ER Still Charged $1,012
A St. Louis-area toddler burned his hand on the stove, and his mom took him to the ER on the advice of her pediatrician. He wasnt seen by a doctor, and the dressing on the wound wasnt changed. The bill was more than a thousand dollars.
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KHNs What the Health?: Dealing With Drug Prices
Medicare officials tentatively plan to restrict the use of a controversial Alzheimers drug to only those patients participating in clinical trials, while the Department of Health and Human Services looks into lowering the monthly Medicare Part B premium. Meanwhile, covid confusion still reigns, as the Biden administration moves, belatedly, to make more masks and tests available. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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App Attempts to Break Barriers to Bankruptcy for Those in Medical Debt
Medical bills are a leading reason people get stuck in a cycle of debt. Declaring bankruptcy is one lifeline, but attorney and court fees can put it out of reach. The nonprofit Upsolve created an app it calls the TurboTax of bankruptcy to help people hit the reset button and rebuild their financial lives.
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KHNs What the Health?: Contagion Confusion
Its 2022 and the covid-19 pandemic is still with us, as are congressional efforts to pass President Joe Bidens big health and social spending bill. But other issues seem certain to take center stage on this years health agenda, including abortion, the state of the health care workforce, and prescription drug prices. Tami Luhby of CNN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHNs Victoria Knight, who reported the latest KHN-NPR Bill of the Month episode.
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Listen: How the New ‘No Surprises’ Law Tackles Unexpected Medical Bills
Years in the making, a new federal law against surprise medical bills took effect Jan. 1.
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Then the Bill Came: Year 4 of KHN-NPR’s Bill of the Month Is a Wrap
Our crowdsourced investigation of the high, confusing and arbitrary medical bills generated by our health system is set to begin its fifth year in 2022.
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An Anesthesiology Practices Busy Day in Court Collecting on Surprise Bills
Legislative crackdowns on out-of-network bills havent kept specialists from hitting patients with unexpected charges running into thousands of dollars.
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An Arm and a Leg: The Rapid-Test Edition: Who’s Making a Buck?
In this episode, host Dan Weissmann talks to reporters who investigated the shortage of tests and traced the U.S. rapid-testing problem back to government agencies.
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New Parents Slapped With Surprise Bills for Treating Newborns
Regular use of a more advanced screening method turns a low-cost procedure into a pricier one.
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Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign Letters of Protection May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks
The letters function as liens that protect spine surgery clinics while patients could be left with inflated medical bills and unexpected health risks.
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Covered Californias Insurance Deals Range From No-Brainer to Sticker Shock
Families of four with incomes of less than about $40,000 a year can pay no premiums and have low deductibles. For some others, health insurance in 2022 will cost more than in 2021 in some cases, significantly more.
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NICU Bill Installment Plan: Thatll Be $45,843 a Month for 12 Months, Please
After baby Dorian Bennett arrived two months early and spent more than 50 days in the neonatal ICU, his parents received a bill of more than $550,000 despite having insurance. The Florida hospital had a not-so-helpful suggestion: monthly payments of more than $45,000 for a year.
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The Charges Seem Crazy: Hospitals Impose a Facility Fee For a Video Visit
Facility fees, designed to help hospitals cover the high cost of staying open 24/7, have long rankled consumers. Now, some patients are assessed the fees while sitting at home for a telehealth appointment.
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KHNs What the Health?: Oh, Oh, Omicron
Even before the omicron variant of covid starts to spread widely in the U.S., hospitals are filling up with post-holiday delta cases. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court signals loudly that 2022 will be the year it rolls back abortion rights in a big way. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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An Arm and a Leg: She Fights Health Insurers for Fun And Wins
Law professor Jackie Fox looks at health insurance policies like any other contract, and she has spent 30 years making sound legal arguments to help patients get the care they need.
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Suit by Doctors, Hospitals Seeks Change in How Arbitrators Settle Surprise Billing Cases
The American Medical Association and American Hospital Association are not arguing to halt the law that protects patients from unexpected bills from providers they didnt know were outside their insurance network. Instead, they want to change the rules for the mediators who will settle the dispute between insurers and providers.