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Host Dan Weissmann talked about a new federal rule â a requirement for hospitals to make public the prices they negotiate with insurers â with Niala Boodhoo for the daily-news podcast âAxios Today.â
California Gov. Gavin Newsomâs 2021-22 budget blueprint would direct billions in state covid assistance to schools, businesses and the stateâs vaccination effort. But he didnât propose more funding for the state's 61 local health agencies, which have taken on increased responsibility for testing, contact tracing and enforcement of health orders.
Former health care executive Wendell Potter said, âWhat I used to do for a living was mislead people into thinking that we had the best health care system in the world.â Now, Potter is a health care whistleblower and spent part of 2020 publishing high-profile apologies for the work he used to do.
With a majority too small to eliminate the filibuster, Democrats will not have enough votes in the Senate to pass many of their plans without Republicans and will also have only a razor-thin majority in the House. This combination could doom many Democratic health care proposals, like offering Americans a government-sponsored public insurance option, and complicate efforts to pass further pandemic relief.
T.K. Dutes â a former nurse who is now a radio host and podcast-maker â interviewed âAn Arm and a Legâ host Dan Weissmann about what he learned in 2020, and whatâs ahead for the show.
While many private insurers cap what members pay in health costs, Medicare does not. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have proposed annual limits ranging from $2,000 to $3,100. But thereâs disagreement about how to pay for that cost cap.
The coronavirus pandemic colored just about everything in 2020. But there was other health policy news that you either never heard or might have forgotten about: the Affordable Care Act going before the Supreme Court with its survival on the line; ditto for Medicaid work requirements. And a surprise ending to the âsurprise billâ saga. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
A gynecologist in Carlsbad, New Mexico, tested the 60-year-old grandmother for various sexually transmitted infections without her knowledge. Her share of the lab fee was more than $3,000.
A long-debated measure to stop doctors, hospitals and other health care providers from billing patients for charges not covered by their insurance will gain congressional approval as part of the sweeping government spending package.
Congress seems on the verge of finishing a long-delayed COVID-19 relief bill, which will reportedly include neither of the things each party wanted most â for Republicans, liability protections; for Democrats, funding for states and localities. That bill is likely to be tied to a package to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year and, possibly, include a fix for âsurpriseâ medical bills that patients receive when they inadvertently receive care outside their insurance network. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner talks to Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health, about the future of employer-provided health insurance.
The coronavirus pandemic has hit hard for Troy Muenzer of Chicago. He had a âsuspected caseâ of COVID in the spring, was billed nearly $1,000 after he unsuccessfully sought to get tested for COVID-19 and has been furloughed after the airline he worked for saw a major decline in passengers.
Host Dan Weissmann gives us an inside look at his familyâs quest to pick health insurance for next year. COVID-19 makes it more complicated.
On the latest episode of âAn Arm and a Legâ: Come for insights from an Obama administration health policy leader, stay to hear how frank health policy conversations can get uncomfortable.
Millions of people are looking for coverage on the federal and state marketplaces right now. Sometimes itâs hard to tell the difference between a comprehensive plan and a âjunkâ plan with limited benefits and coverage restrictions.
The official transition to a Joe Biden administration has finally begun, and he is expected to announce his health care team soon, including a new secretary of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens in the U.S., officials are preparing for the effort to get Americans vaccinated as soon as vaccines are approved by the FDA. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHNâs Julie Appleby, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ installment.
COVID-19âs âlong haulersâ â patients with lingering effects of the disease â have joined the ranks of Americans with preexisting conditions. For those shopping for health coverage on the individual market, hereâs help navigating an uncharted insurance landscape.
Tests for the coronavirus are supposed to be free. And, usually, they are. But sometimes ⌠things happen. Hereâs how to avoid getting a surprise bill for a test.
It was a surprise even in a family of lawyers. The process called âsubrogationâ began with one Nevada familyâs health insurer denying their claim for an emergency room visit after 9-year-old fell off his bike.
Some consumers who received tax credits to purchase insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces report theyâve received letters in error from the government saying they didnât file the IRS forms to account for how much money they made and how much funding they received from the government.
A provision the Trump administration tucked into its final rule on health plan price transparency requires telling consumers what they will pay out-of-pocket for drugs and showing them what the plan paid.
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