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Though Millions Are at Risk for Diabetes, Medicare Struggles to Expand Prevention Program

Jul 21, 2021 at 04:42 pm by pj

By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News Damon Diessner tried for years to slim down from his weight of more than 400 pounds, partly because his size embarrasse.... Read More

Senate Democrats’ Plan Boosts Spending on Medicare, ACA Subsidies, Long-Term Care

Jul 15, 2021 at 08:03 pm by pj

By Michael McAuliff, Kaiser Health News The budget package Democrats are assembling in Congress would likely provide the biggest jolt to the American healt.... Read More

Food for Thought Presentation: A Look at Lockdowns

Jul 13, 2021 at 03:00 pm by pj

In the interest of providing differing perspectives on lockdowns and how the pandemic was managed, we bring this presentation to our readers. PANDA’s co-founder,.... Read More

Labor Department Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers From Covid

Jun 13, 2021 at 07:35 pm by pj

By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Labor Department officials on Thursday announced a temporary emergency standard to protect health care workers, say.... Read More

Expanding Insurance Coverage Is Top Priority for New Medicare-Medicaid Chief

Jun 06, 2021 at 09:22 pm by pj

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The new head of the federal agency that oversees health benefits for nearly 150 million Americans and $1 trillion in fe.... Read More

Biden Administration Signals It’s in No Rush to Allow Canadian Drug Imports

May 30, 2021 at 02:36 am by pj

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration said Friday it has no timeline on whether it will allow stat.... Read More

Mental Health Services Wane as Insurers Appear to Skirt Parity Rules During Pandemic

May 04, 2021 at 11:51 pm by pj

By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News Therapists and other behavioral health care providers cut hours, reduced staffs and turned away patients during the pand.... Read More

Censorship or Misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube Spar Over Covid Roundtable Takedown

Apr 22, 2021 at 02:49 pm by pj

Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News In early April, YouTube took down a video featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a group of controversial scientists at a March 1.... Read More

Humana Health Plan in Florida Overcharged Medicare by Nearly $200 Million, Federal Audit Finds

Apr 20, 2021 at 01:16 am by pj

By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News A Humana Inc. health plan for seniors in Florida improperly collected nearly $200 million in 2015 by overstating how sick som.... Read More

Adult-use Legalization Laws not Associated with Adverse Impacts on Public Health

Apr 15, 2021 at 02:40 pm by pj

By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON When it comes to cannabis legalization, a common strategy by prohibitionists is to use “doom and gloom” or “fear of.... Read More

The FDA Seeks a New Way to Review Old Drugs Without Causing Prices to Soar

Apr 15, 2021 at 12:31 pm by pj

By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News Chuck Peterson of Omaha, Nebraska, recently experienced a swollen, painful knuckle caused by arthritis. He got a prescr.... Read More

Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules

Apr 15, 2021 at 12:27 pm by pj

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration Wednesday formally proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referral.... Read More

Biden Seeks $400 Billion to Buttress Long-Term Care. A Look at What’s at Stake.

Apr 12, 2021 at 06:57 pm by pj

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News There’s widespread agreement that it’s important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain indepe.... Read More

Calls Mount for Biden to Track US Health Care Worker Deaths from Covid

Apr 08, 2021 at 05:04 pm by pj

By Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, Kaiser Health News Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to set up a national tracking system of covid-19 death.... Read More

Democrats Gave Americans a Big Boost Buying Health Insurance. It Didn’t Come Cheap.

Mar 28, 2021 at 12:47 am by pj

By Noam N. Levey, Kaiser Health News When Democrats pushed through a two-year expansion of the Affordable Care Act in the covid-relief bill this month, man.... Read More

Incredibly Concerning - Lawsuit Threatens No-Charge Preventive Care for Millions

Mar 28, 2021 at 12:39 am by pj

By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News With a challenge to the Affordable Care Act still pending at the Supreme Court, conservatives are continuing to launch.... Read More

Florida Senate Passes COVID-19 Liability Protections for businesses and Healthcare Providers

Mar 23, 2021 at 04:17 pm by pj

The bill protects businesses and health care providers from unscrupulous or opportunistic lawsuits related to the COVID-19 pandemic The Florida Senate has passed Senat.... Read More

Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:43 pm by pj

By MICHAEL R. LOWE, BRIAN C. EVANDER, AND SARA D. MCLAUGHLIN On December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced propose.... Read More

Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:22 pm by pj

By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and maj.... Read More

Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:12 pm by pj

By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals.... Read More