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For years, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one of California鈥檚 largest nonprofit hospitals, has been spending less on charity care than other nonprofit hospitals in the state. Now it is expanding eligibility for free and discounted medical care.
Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, sat down for a rare interview with KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney. They discuss her views on President Donald Trump鈥檚 plan for sustaining public health insurance programs, how the administration would respond if Obamacare is struck down by the courts in the future and her thoughts on how the latest "Medicare for All" proposals would affect innovation and access to care.
A routine doctor's visit for a sore throat brought more than $28,000 in charges for one New York City woman in our latest "Bill of the Month" installment.
Every country provides and pays for health care differently. Yet surveys show the U.S. health system covers fewer people and costs more than the systems of most other industrialized countries. Are there international systems that the U.S. could emulate or borrow from? On this special episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 host Julie Rovner interviews international health experts Gerard Anderson of Johns Hopkins and Christopher Pope of the Manhattan Institute.
The influential trade association has said little over the years as health systems, including those of its own trustees, seized patients鈥 incomes and assets. Now it is reevaluating.
Every year 鈥 for decades 鈥 the Buehler family and friends have organized a softball tournament in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area to raise money for someone with big medical expenses. In 2019, the group helped forgive $1 million in medical debt.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
In our ongoing, crowdsourced investigation with NPR and CBS, we鈥檝e armed future health system pilgrims with the tools they need to avoid exorbitant medical bills and fight back against unfair charges. Here鈥檚 a look back at 2019鈥檚 stories.
A New York City woman, worried that her sore throat might be strep, got swabbed at her doctor鈥檚 office. The sample was sent to an out-of-network lab for sophisticated DNA tests 鈥 with a price tag similar to a new SUV.
Sutter Health will pay $575 million to settle a high-profile antitrust case filed by California鈥檚 attorney general. In addition, it has agreed to end a host of practices that the state alleged unfairly stifled competition.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Candidates again sparred over 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 and other approaches to health reform -- but this time they waited more than two hours before wading into health policy issues.
The Texas Medical Board bowed out of the rule-making process for a new law protecting consumers from surprise medical bills. Advocates hailed the new rules written by the state insurance regulators.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., sued thousands of patients for unpaid medical bills. Journalist Wendi Thomas wrote about it. Months later, the hospital dropped 6,500 lawsuits.
The administration鈥檚 proposed rule to allow states to bring in prescription medications isn鈥檛 expected to provide immediate relief.
KHN correspondent Shefali Luthra was among the guests on the podcast "Today, Explained" to talk about PrEP.
After my husband had a bike accident, we were subjected to medical bills that no one would accept if they had been delivered by a contractor, or a lawyer or an auto mechanic. Such charges are sanctioned by insurers, which generally pay because they have no way to know whether you received a particular item or service 鈥 and it鈥檚 not worth their time to investigate the millions of medical interactions they write checks for each day.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
KHN's Emmarie Huetteman appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss efforts on Capitol Hill to curb the cost of prescription drugs.
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