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One woman's experience with the high cost of dental care and confusing Medicare coverage offers a teachable moment for other consumers. Her small church took up a collection, but the surprise bill ā four times what she expected to pay ā was sent to collections.
The vice president's remarks are more proof that health care is complicated.
Since gaining control of the House, Senate and governorās office, Colorado Democrats are pushing an aggressive health care agenda. With measures to create a public insurance option, welcome drug importation, lower drug prices, curtail surprise billing and cap insulin copays, the state is becoming a likely model for health policies at the federal level.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
In Californiaās rural Central Valley, low-income children have limited access to vision care. School districts are teaming up with nonprofits to fill the gaps.
"CBS This Morning" looks at the latest "Bill of the Month" installment. A drug implant for children has a price tag of $37,300, while one used in adults with the same active ingredient goes for $4,400.Ā Ā
The research exaggerates potential savings, cherry-picks evidence and downplays some of the potential trade-offs.
The California Democratic members of Congress who flipped seven Republican seats two years ago made health care a major campaign issue, criticizing their opponents for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. As the Democrats defend their seats in this yearās elections, they are coming back to health care ā but the issues are different.
Two drug implants are nearly identical. The one for children has a list price of $37,300. For adults, the list price is $4,400. One dad fought for his daughter to be able to use the cheaper drug.
Until very recently, the separate company that runs the emergency department at Nashville General Hospital in Tennessee was continuing to haul patients who couldn't pay medical bills into court.
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber was interviewed by KBIAās SebastiĆ”n MartĆnez Valdivia to discuss the challenges Missouri faces in managing patientsā pain amid the opioid epidemic.
Candidatesā tough health policy talk strayed far from hope for unity.
Surprise bills are just the latest weapons in a decades-long war among health care industry players over who gets to keepĀ the fortunes generated each year from patient illness: $3.6 trillionĀ in 2018. The practice is an outrage, yet no one in the health care sector wants to unilaterally make the type of big concessions that would change things.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Bidenās statement misses the mark because of messy math.
For this bonus episode of āAn Arm and a Leg,ā Dan Weissmann gives up the hostās chair and answers questions from reporter and colleague Sally Herships.
President Donald Trumpās proposed budget includes billions of dollars in health spending cuts, Congress gets back to work on surprise medical bills, and health care remains a top issue for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), a former Health and Human Services secretary, joins the panel at a special taping before a live audience in Washington, D.C. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
As lawmakers consider bills to protect patients against surprise medical bills, doctors have waged a stealth on-the-ground campaign to win over members of Congress. Hereās how they did it.
By writing in payment limits when signing hospital forms, patients might have leverage in negotiations over disputes that arise from surprise medical bills.
Caveat emptor. Some of these health insurance plans might prove helpful for some people, but making that determination is not easy.
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