KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Politics of Vaccine Mandates
Like almost everything else associated with the covid-19 pandemic, partisans are taking sides over whether…
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Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
New, often lower-cost plans capitalize on the convenience of telemedicine — and patients’ growing familiarity…
How to Crush Medical Debt: 5 Tips for Using Hospital Charity Care
The law says nonprofit hospitals are supposed to offer low-income patients financial assistance. But the…
The Checkup Is in the Mail? Soliciting Letter Carriers to Help Deliver Health Care
Here’s an out-of-the-box idea: Have letter carriers spend less time delivering mail and take time…
Biosimilar Drugs Are Cheaper Than Biologics. Are They Similar Enough to Switch?
Biologic drugs, made from living organisms, and the cheaper biosimilar drugs that mimic them are…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Autumn of Democrats’ Discontent
Congress is back in session with a short time to finish a long to-do list,…
California Moves on Climate Change, but Rejects Aggressive Cuts to Greenhouse Emissions
Drought, wildfires, extreme heat: California lawmakers cast climate change as the culprit in an emerging…
Delta Cutting ‘Like a Buzzsaw’ Through Oregon-California Border Counties
Zoom in on states with overall good vaccination rates and you see a checkerboard effect,…
To Quarantine or Not: The Hard Choices Schools Are Leaving to Parents and Staff
Back-to-school season has fueled immediate covid outbreaks. Instead of beefing up protections, some districts are…
Journalists Discuss Long Covid, Delta Variant, Clinic for Migrants
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week…
‘An Arm and a Leg’: Tips for Fighting Medical Bills from ProPublica’s Marshall Allen
Veteran health journalist Marshall Allen has been exposing health care grifters for years. Now he’s…
Paying Billions for Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug? How About Funding This Instead?
Aduhelm, approved by the Food and Drug Administration last month despite questions about its efficacy,…
Rural Ambulance Services Are in Jeopardy as Volunteers Age and Expenses Mount
Experts say rural communities must find new models to keep emergency services afloat as more…
The WHO Didn’t Reverse Its Position on Kids and Covid Vaccines
The World Health Organization this week updated its guidance on children and covid vaccinations —…
No Vacancy: How a Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs
What’s known as emergency room boarding of psychiatric patients has risen between 200% and 400%…
A Break From Breathlessness: How Singing Helped Me Through Long Covid
Long before covid, music therapists used singing and wind instruments to help COPD and asthma…
Covid Was a Tipping Point for Telehealth. If Some Have Their Way, Virtual Visits Are Here to Stay.
Pressure is mounting on Congress and the Biden administration to make permanent pandemic-inspired rules that…
Trying to Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek Out Black Obstetricians
Besides shared culture and values, a Black physician can offer Black patients a sense of…
Montana Med School Clash Revives For-Profit Vs. Nonprofit Flap
Two medical schools vie to open in Montana, highlighting the rapid spread of for-profit schools…
With Restrictions Tightening Elsewhere, California Moves to Make Abortion Cheaper
California lawmakers are debating a bill that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs that often prevent people…
Salesforce, Google, Facebook. How Big Tech Undermines California’s Public Health System.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has outsourced his way through the covid-19 pandemic, tasking his private-sector…
Telemedicine Is a Tool — Not a Replacement for Your Doctor’s Touch
The pandemic has demonstrated that virtual medicine is great for simple visits. But many new…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Sharing Vaccines With the World
The Biden administration is bucking the drug industry and backing a waiver of covid-19 vaccine…
This Small Canadian Drugmaker Wants to Make J&J Vaccines for Poor Nations. It Needs More Than a Patent Waiver.
All agree that covid vaccines are urgently needed to stop the pandemic, but simply waiving…
Relatively Few Drugs Account for a Large Share of Medicare Prescription Drug Spending
Relatively Few Drugs Account for a Large Share of Medicare Prescription Drug Spending Juliette Cubanski Follow…
Want to Delay Social Security? Buy an Annuity First
Annuity products could emerge as saviors in helping to rescue retirees from the “tsunami” of…
Lawmakers Proposes Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program
A member of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that he wants…
Airports Step Up Mental Health Assistance as Passenger Anxiety Soars
As more people return to air travel, tension is mounting in airports nationwide. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson…
The FDA Seeks a New Way to Review Old Drugs Without Causing Prices to Soar
A misguided federal program called the Unapproved Drugs Initiative, which put the FDA’s stamp of…
California Counties a Hodgepodge of Highs and Lows in Vaccinating Vulnerable Seniors
Like many states, California is seeing huge regional variations in covid vaccination rates for people…
Events of 2020 Moved Medical Students to Political Activism
The emergence of an organization for med students motivated by progressive concerns highlights the changing…
Doctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid
Dr. Linath Lim came to the U.S. as a refugee after slaving at work camps…
Lost on the Frontline: Explore the Database
As of Wednesday, the KHN-Guardian project counted 3,607 U.S. health worker deaths in the first…
When hand-washing can be dangerous to your health
If you’re like most people, you’re washing your hands more often than you used to. …
Food & COVID-19: Your Questions Answered
With so much conflicting information circulating about coronavirus, you may find yourself confused about what will…
Why Some People Have Covid Symptoms and Others Don’t
As you surely know by now, the coronavirus doesn’t look the same in everyone it…
Avoid coronavirus scams: What you need to know
Coronavirus disease (also known as COVID-19) is dominating the news and sending people across the…
Gilead says early results of coronavirus drug trial show improvement with shorter remdesivir treatment
Gilead Sciences said Wednesday preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of…
COVID-19 vaccine tracker
On 11 March, the World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. The…
Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment
Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment
Paycheck Protection Program Out Of Funds, But Could Be Extended
The Paycheck Protection Program has exhausted its $350 billion allocation and is not accepting any…
Treasury to provide automatic stimulus cash to Social Security Recipients
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service reversed their stance late Wednesday that Social Security…
Ford and GE Team up to build Ventilators
The U.S. is short of ventilators. It’s something American manufactures aim to change—rapidly. It is a…
Fake COVID-19 apps can load ransomware, spyware on devices
Security and tech experts have warned that hackers are now resorting to emails and apps…
Forgo 401k Early-Withdrawal Penalty
Calls for fiscal relief involving 401ks are growing louder, with The Wall Street Journal joining the American Retirement…
Carbon Taxes are Coming, Here’s how finance can avoid $1 Trillion in Losses
It’s a carbon tax. A new report by consultants at Oliver Wyman shows that the world’s financial…
How Life and Health Stocks Did Today
Insurance investors delivered a clear verdict today: They’re a bit worried about how a severe acute…
Solving the Mystery of Term Life Settlements
Can a term policy be sold in a life settlement? Yes! Yes! Yes! Like a…
U.S. Consumer Spending could see one-two punch from stocks drop, coronavirus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak has yet to spread meaningfully to U.S. shores,…
FDA Monitoring 20 Drugs at Risk of Shortage due to Coronavirus
As part of its efforts to ensure the supply of medical products from China during…
SEC Releases Updated List of Fake Regulators
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday updated its list of fictitious regulators and firms…
How Millenials Could Make the Fed’s Job Harder
WASHINGTON — “They say millennials are lazy,” billboards plastered across 15 major cities declared last…
Elderly Getting Scammed
t’s a story that happens all too often. Angie Kennard’s father had met someone on…
SEC Issues Warning on Coronavirus Investment Scams
The Securities and Exchange Commission is urging investors to be on the lookout for investment…
Powell to Confront “New Risk” to US Economy from China Virus
(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has confessed that it’s “very hard” to understand…
CMS PROPOSES 0.93% PAY RATE HIKE FOR MA PLANS IN 2021
The rate hike is part of a broader package of proposed “refinements” for Medicare Advantage…
HHS Congress may transfer millions of dollars in funding to respond to coronavirus
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified Congress on Sunday that it may…
Social Security Phone Scams on the Rise
In the past week, I have received more than a dozen phony calls on my…
Medicare for All could Die in 2020 as Private Insurers Add Seniors
Health insurers are expected to make it more difficult on Presidential candidates pushing single payer…
California plans to launch own prescription drug label
California wants to become the first state to create its own prescription drug label, Gov. Gavin…
Alicia Munnell’s Social Security Bridge v. Annuities Income Planning Smackdown
More U.S. retirement savers should probably buy ordinary annuities before they retire, but they don’t, and…
Walmart, Doctor on Demand roll out telehealth initiative for employees
Walmart is expanding benefits available through its telehealth program, which offers associates $4 virtual care…
Retirement Savings, Social Security, and Medicare: Changes 2020
When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, it will not only usher in a…
Tenth Circuit Upholds HHS Risk Adjustment Methodology
On December 31, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the methodology…