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Even though consumers donât expect to pay for faulty service or goods, they are often forced to pay for bad health care. But a small number of hospitals and doctors are seeking to change that practice.
The House and Senate want to reduce or eliminate federal tax credits for âorphan drugsâ used to treat rare diseases, but patients are fighting against the plan.
The price for Pfizerâs Prevnar 13 has increased 5 to 6 percent each year since its 2010 approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
Drugmakers, hospitals and lawmakers are taking sides in a showdown over a discount program that covers drug purchases at some hospitals.
Even though the federal health law allows young adults to stay on their parentsâ plan, those children are generally responsible for their own debts.
In this episode of âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss some of the under-covered health stories of the past several weeks, including drug price issues, the opioid epidemic and womenâs reproductive health.
The federal agents warned store owners that importing drugs from foreign countries is illegal and that those helping âadministerâ such medicines could face penalties.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the inclusion of health policies into the current tax cut debate, including a possible repeal of the fines for people who fail to maintain health insurance.
Most states have laws that require that cancer patients who get their treatment orally rather than by infusion in a doctorâs office not pay more out-of-pocket. A new study finds that the impact of those laws is mixed.
Millions of dollars in campaign spending and a media blitz of advertisements muddy public understanding of Issue 2, the Drug Price Relief Act.
UnitedHealth, a health industry goliath, has its hand in doctorsâ offices, surgery centers, technology services and prescription drugs. It is the industry model, and CVS and Aetna, says one expert, are âwannabes.â
About 9 million people claimed about $87 billion in medical deductions in 2015.
In this episode of âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the start of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, legislative efforts on Capitol Hill on taxes and childrenâs health insurance, and recommendations of the presidentâs opioid commission.
A quick guide to revisions to the cost-sharing subsidies for lower-income marketplace customers and the proposal to add different plans to the market.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans would like to see the administration focus on efforts on making the Affordable Care Act work, rather than trying to make it fail.
For several million consumers who buy their own insurance but earn too much to qualify for subsidies, the ever-growing price of premiums takes a big toll.
Tom Price resigned from running the Department of Health and Human Services after a series of news stories detailing how he tallied more than $400,000 in private plane travel paid for by taxpayers.Â
Those relying on the federal governmentâs safety net are grandmothers, the kid next door, your supermarket cashier â maybe even you.
Employers report the sixth consecutive year of small increases, but workers at small firms feel the biggest pinch, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey.
Not only are health prices hidden, industry players are contractually obligated to keep them secret. Thatâs why answering a simple question â how much does it cost to have a baby in Mountain View, Calif.? â became a journalistic quest.
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