Social Media Fears About Lack Of Coverage For Protest Injuries May Be Overblown
Thousands of protesters thronged the streets in recent days to express their anger over the killing of an African American man, George Floyd, in...
Democratic Super PAC Uses Familiar Political Play To Hit Trump On Medicare
Priorities USA Action, a Democratic super PAC, announced a new digital and TV ad series criticizing President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Among...
Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth In Telehealth ― And Concern About Fraud
On March 17, Medicare chief Seema Verma stepped to the podium at a White House coronavirus briefing and unveiled a “historic action” to promote...
Readers And Tweeters Stay At Home And Stay In Touch With KHN
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Pandemic Delays Federal Probe Into Medicare Advantage Health Plans
Federal health officials, citing a need to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, have temporarily halted some efforts to recover hundreds of millions of dollars...
Medicaid en el “ojo de la tormenta” por nuevos desempleados que buscan cobertura
Con más desempleados aplicando para seguro médico, Medicaid podría colapsar
A medida que el coronavirus agita la economía y deja a millones de estadounidenses sin...
Federal Judge Rules Medicare Patients Can Challenge ‘Observation Care’ Status
Hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who have been denied coverage for nursing home stays because their time in the hospital was changed from...
Resurge la telemedicina, por miedo al coronavirus y cambios en los pagos
Lukas Kopacki, quien regresó a casa después que el campus de su universidad cerrara por la pandemia de coronavirus, se había estado sintiendo mal...
Telemedicine Surges, Fueled By Coronavirus Fears And Shift In Payment Rules
Lukas Kopacki, home from college after the coronavirus pandemic closed his campus, was feeling lousy for days with headaches, sore throat and difficulty breathing...
And Then There Were Two: Biden, Sanders Debate With Coronavirus On Everyone’s Mind
In the midst of a global health crisis that has disrupted daily life and heightened anxieties for millions of Americans, former Vice President Joe...
Pence Leaves Out Key Details About Health Coverage Of Coronavirus Testing
Amid ongoing concern about the new coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence sought to assure Americans that their health insurance will cover the tests needed...
Coronavirus Stress Test: Many 5-Star Nursing Homes Have Infection-Control Lapses
Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation’s nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt...
Democrats Sharpen Health Care Attacks As Primaries Heat Up
The ideal began to get real on Tuesday, as seven of the top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination sparred over the price tag...
U.S. Medical Panel Thinks Twice About Pushing Cognitive Screening For Dementia
A leading group of medical experts on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years.
The...
Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says...
During the Feb. 7 Democratic presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden once again questioned the price tag of “Medicare for All,” the single-payer...
Trump On ‘Medicare for All’ And The Costs Of Extending Health Care To Undocumented...
In his 2020 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump attempted to tie a Democratic proposal for health care reform to one of...
What To Do If Your Home Health Care Agency Ditches You
Craig Holly was determined to fight when the home health agency caring for his wife decided to cut off services Jan. 18.
The reason he...
Look Up Your Hospital: Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?
Under programs set up by the Affordable Care Act, the federal government cuts payments to hospitals that have high rates of readmissions and those...
An Attack Ad That Claims Michigan Sen. Gary Peters Supports ‘Medicare For All’ Doesn’t...
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who is running for a second term as Michigan’s junior senator, is the subject of an attack ad that takes...
Patients Want A ‘Good Death’ At Home, But Hospice Care Can Badly Strain Families
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“I’m not anti-hospice at all,” said Joy Johnston, who relocated to New Mexico years ago at age 40 to care for her dying...
Loopholes Limit New California Law To Guard Against Lofty Air Ambulance Bills
Kathleen Hoechlin lost control as she crested a small jump on her final ski run of the day at California’s Mammoth Mountain two years...
Government-Funded Day Care Helps Keep Seniors Out Of Nursing Homes And Hospitals
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Two mornings a week, a van arrives at the Escondido, Calif., home of Mario Perez and takes him to a...
Democrats Debate Whether Medicare for All Is ‘Realistic’
In the end, literally, the candidates returned to health care.
The sixth Democratic presidential debate on Thursday is likely to be best remembered for its...
What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?
Any day now, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans could rule the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
At least it seemed that...
Website Errors Raise Calls For Medicare To Be Flexible With Seniors’ Enrollment
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Saturday is the deadline for most people with Medicare coverage to sign up for private drug...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: We Spend HOW MUCH On Health Care?
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Health spending in the U.S. grew to $3.6 trillion in 2018, according to a new...
Did Joe Biden Overstate Democratic Voters’ Opposition To ‘Medicare For All’?
When the subject of “Medicare for All” came up during the Democratic debate last week, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that the majority...
In This Democratic Debate, Health Care Issues Took A Back Seat
Marijuana decriminalization. Paid family leave. And, yes, “Medicare for All.”
Democrats strayed a little from arguing the intricacies of single-payer health care during their fifth...
Do 160 Million Americans Really Like Their Health Plans? Kind Of
Articulating his proposal for health care reform, former Vice President Joe Biden emphasized the number of Americans who, he said, were more than perfectly...
Analysis: Elizabeth Warren Throws Down The Gauntlet
Laying the table for the next Democratic debate, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has issued a plan that explains how she would fund what she...
As Congress Works To Curb Surprise Medical Bills, N.Y.’s Fix Gets Examined
Lobbying campaigns and legislative battles have been underway for months as Congress tries to solve the problem of surprise billing, when patients face often...
Warren’s Plan On ‘Medicare For All’ Could Raise Concerns Among Health Providers
Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, joined host Scott Simon on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” on Saturday to talk about the plan released...