Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging
One out of every 13 older Americans struggles to find enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasnât kept pace with the graying population.
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KHNâs âWhat The Health?â: All About Medicare
Before âMedicare for All,â there was just Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to 60 million Americans. This week, KHNâs Julie Rovner talks to Tricia Neuman of the Kaiser Family Foundation about how Medicare works and whom it serves. Then, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join Rovner to talk about some current Medicare issues being debated in Washington, D.C.
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Feds Pave The Way To Expand Home Dialysis â But Patients Hit Roadblocks
What changes are needed to bring home dialysis to more patients â especially older adults, the fastest-growing group of patients with serious, irreversible kidney disease? We asked nephrologists, patient advocates and dialysis company officials for their thoughts.
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Democratsâ Different Takes On Tackling Health Care
KHN reporter Emmarie Huetteman joined Connecticut Public Radioâs Lucy Nalpathanchil on the âWhere We Liveâ program Tuesday to talk about the variety of options that Democratic presidential candidates are proposing for voters.
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KHNâs âWhat The Health?â: We Answer Your Questions
You asked about drug prices, the âCadillac taxâ on generous insurance plans and why Americans donât know that most other countries also have combination public-private insurance systems. This week, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Caitlin Owens of Axios join KHNâs Julie Rovner to answer those questions.
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Watch: Defining The Debate On Health Care Coverage Options
Politicians are throwing around a lot of terms when they talk about their health care plans: universal care, âMedicare for All,â âMedicare Buy-In.â KHN helps explain what they are talking about.
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Going Down Fighting: Dying Activist Champions âMedicare For Allâ
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tried to tell the story of Ady Barkan in the latest Democratic debate. Heâs one of the most prominent advocates for âMedicare for Allâ and is spending his remaining time alive doing everything he can to make the case that all Americans need affordable health coverage.
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Trump Administration Hits Brakes On Law To Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs
Critics worry the delays come at a steep cost: Medicare paying for millions of unnecessary exams and patients subject to radiation for no medical benefit.
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Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks To Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
Medicare beneficiaries under observation care in the hospital can face higher costs for treatment and are not covered for nursing home care when discharged. A federal trial in Hartford, Conn., will determine whether the governmentâs ban on appeals involving observation care coverage is fair.
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Infusion Treatments â Needed or Not â Can Deplete Patientsâ Wallets
When it comes to physician-administered infusion drugs, doctors sometimes have a financial reason for their choice and patients often arenât aware of cheaper options.
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KHNâs âWhat The Health?â: Deciphering The Democratsâ Health Debate
Health care was a major topic at the Democratic presidential candidate debates in Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the focus on plan minutiae may have left viewers more confused than edified. Alice Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Caitlin Owens of Axios join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss the points made by the candidates plus a series of Trump administration health initiatives on drug prices and hospital shopping.
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Biden-Harris Debate Rematch Highlights Health Plan DifferencesÂ
The Wednesday night event marked the second night in a row for Democratic presidential hopefuls to stake claims on how to fix the health care system.
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Trump Administration Moves To Make Health Care Costs More Transparent
The proposed rules would require hospitals to provide far more detail about the actual prices they charge insurers for patientsâ care.
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Genetic-Testing Scam Targets Seniors And Rips Off Medicare
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing â and fears of terminal illness â scammers are persuading seniors to hand over cheek swabs with their DNA, not knowing it may lead to identity theft and Medicare fraud.
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In A Messy Democratic Presidential Debate, Facts About ‘Medicare For All’ Get Tossed About
Candidates used their varying views on how to achieve universal coverage â whether through Medicare for All or more incremental steps â as a means to differentiate themselves from the field.
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Democrats Favor Building On ACA Over âMedicare For Allâ
Asked to choose between building on the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with a national Medicare for All plan, 55% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said they would expand the existing law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Tuesday.
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Klobuchar Says D.C. Has Enough Drug Lobbyists To Double-Team Lawmakers
The drug industry has the biggest lobbying war chest.
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GOP Senators Distance Themselves From Grassley And Trumpâs Efforts To Cut Drug Prices
Even some Republicans who supported a sweeping bipartisan bill to rein in drug costs may not back it in the Senate vote.
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KHNâs âWhat The Health?â: Cue The Drug Price Debate
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee unveiled their long-awaited proposal to try to rein in prescription drug costs, even as bipartisan leaders of the other Senate committee that oversees health announced it would not bring its drug price bill to the Senate floor until fall. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus court actions on health issues.
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Summer Setbacks: The Long Road To Lower Drug Prices Hits Some Potholes
Efforts to control drug prices seemed on a glide path earlier this year after gaining traction at the White House and in Congress. But prospects today look less certain and highly controversial.