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After some protests over the death of George Floyd resulted in violence, online discussions raised concerns that health plans might deny medical coverage. Although plans do sometimes make exclusions for âillegal actsâ or riots, experts say concerns by people who are protesting Floydâs death may be overstated.
A dad in Denver tried to do everything right when COVID symptoms surfaced. Still, he ended up with a huge bill from an insurer that had said it waived cost sharing for coronavirus treatment. What gives?
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
The Supreme Court this week, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that insurers are due the roughly $12 billion that Congress several years ago tried to cut off in payments under the Affordable Care Actâs ârisk corridorsâ provision. And while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in many places around the country, states are starting to reopen their economies at the urging of President Donald Trump and over objections of public health officials. Caitlin Owens of Axios and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHNâs Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ installment about COVID testing that should have been free but was not.
With most nonemergency procedures shelved for now, many health insurers are expected to see profits in the near term, but the longer view of how the coronavirus will affect them is far more complicated and could well impact what people pay for coverage next year.
The former president's statement highlights a clear difference of opinion that will likely come up often on the campaign trail.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Government officials want to focus on fighting COVID-19 instead of recouping overcharges that run into the millions.
Emergency rule changes by the federal government and some insurers have made telemedicine a useful tool.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
There are important distinctions between how insurance companies will cover the test and the treatment. This makes the presidentâs statement an exaggeration, at best.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Even in a solidly blue state where voters were demanding relief from high health care costs, the idea of a government-run public option for health insurance faced a âsteam train of opposition.â
Because seniors are at higher risk of cognitive impairment, proponents say screening asymptomatic older adults is an important strategy to identify people who may be developing dementia and to improve their care. But the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force cited insufficient evidence the tests are helpful.
UnitedHealthcare is dropping hundreds of physicians from its New Jersey Medicaid network, separating patients from longtime doctors. Physicians charge the insurer is using its market power to shift business to practices it controls.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Surprise bills are just the latest weapons in a decades-long war among health care industry players over who gets to keep the fortunes generated each year from patient illness: $3.6 trillion 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.
Insurance companies often require patients to have medical procedures, devices, tests and even some medicines preapproved to ensure the insurers are willing to cover the costs. But that doesnât guarantee theyâll end up paying. Some patients are getting stuck with unexpected bills after the medical service has been provided.
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