Castro鈥檚 Attack On Biden For Blanking On His Health Care Plan Falls Flat
It turns out the health care plans put forth by the campaigns of former Vice President Joe Biden and former Cabinet secretary Juli谩n Castro are not that different.
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Breaking A 10-Year Streak, The Number Of Uninsured Americans Rises
Census officials said most of the drop in health coverage was related to a 0.7% decline in Medicaid. The number of people with private insurance remained steady.
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Millions Of Diabetes Patients Are Missing Out On Medicare鈥檚 Nutrition Help
Health experts say the little-used benefit represents a lost opportunity for older adults to improve their health 鈥 and for the program to save money by preventing costly complications from diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
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Watch: Five Things To Know About Hunger Among America鈥檚 Aging
One out of every 13 seniors in America struggles to get enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasn鈥檛 kept pace with the graying population. KHN Midwest editor/correspondent Laura Ungar explains what you need to know about this largely hidden problem.
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Trump Promises 鈥楶henomenal鈥 Health Plan. What Might That Mean?
In the background, advisers weigh the risks of rolling out a comprehensive health care proposal. Peering into the crystal ball, here鈥檚 a glimpse of what could be included in the GOP plan.
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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 hasn鈥檛 kept pace with the graying population.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: All About Medicare
Before 鈥淢edicare for All,鈥 there was just Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to 60 million Americans. This week, KHN鈥檚 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 鈥 But Patients Hit Roadblocks
What changes are needed to bring home dialysis to more patients 鈥 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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Democrats鈥 Different Takes On Tackling Health Care
KHN reporter Emmarie Huetteman joined Connecticut Public Radio鈥檚 Lucy Nalpathanchil on the 鈥淲here We Live鈥 program Tuesday to talk about the variety of options that Democratic presidential candidates are proposing for voters.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: We Answer Your Questions
You asked about drug prices, the 鈥淐adillac tax鈥 on generous insurance plans and why Americans don鈥檛 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 KHN鈥檚 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, 鈥淢edicare for All,鈥 鈥淢edicare Buy-In.鈥 KHN helps explain what they are talking about.
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Going Down Fighting: Dying Activist Champions 鈥楳edicare For All鈥
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tried to tell the story of Ady Barkan in the latest Democratic debate. He鈥檚 one of the most prominent advocates for 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 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 government鈥檚 ban on appeals involving observation care coverage is fair.
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Infusion Treatments 鈥 Needed or Not 鈥 Can Deplete Patients鈥 Wallets
When it comes to physician-administered infusion drugs, doctors sometimes have a financial reason for their choice and patients often aren鈥檛 aware of cheaper options.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: Deciphering The Democrats鈥 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 KHN鈥檚 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 Differences聽
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 patients鈥 care.
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Genetic-Testing Scam Targets Seniors And Rips Off Medicare
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing 鈥 and fears of terminal illness 鈥 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 鈥 whether through Medicare for All or more incremental steps 鈥 as a means to differentiate themselves from the field.