‘Patients are not hot potatoes’: How the fight over dialysis coverage is putting kidney failure patients at risk
(By Carrie Arnold for ST A T) As soon as she heard the Supreme Court decision, LaVarne Burton began to
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Health Insurance
Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it
(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Hospice doctor Bethany Snider sees the writing on the wall: “The hospice
Read MoreNo-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) When a federal judge in Texas declared unconstitutional a popular part of the
Read MoreBuyer’s remorse: How a Medicare Advantage business is strangling one of its first funders
By Bob Herman and Casey Ross for Stat News on March 13, 2023 When NaviHealth began building a business around
Read MoreFeds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients
By Lauren Sausser for Kaiser Health News on March 13, 2023 When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year,
Read MoreEli Lilly cuts the price of insulin, capping drug at $35 per month out-of-pocket
(By The Associated Press published by NPR) Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and
Read MoreAfter People on Medicaid Die, Some States Aggressively Seek Repayment From Their Estates
(By Tony Leys for Kaiser Health News) PERRY, Iowa — Fran Ruhl’s family received a startling letter from the Iowa
Read MoreHigh-deductible health plans are moving health outcomes in the wrong direction
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) As the number of Americans enrolled in high-deductible health plans continues to
Read MoreKHN-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ at 5: A Treasury of Solutions for Confounding Medical Bills
A crowdsourced investigation by KHN and NPR published on December 23, 2022 In 2022, readers shared more than 1,000 personal
Read More62% of Americans don’t trust their health plan when looking for care, survey finds
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A majority of Americans don’t like to go through their health plan to
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