Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She...
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Turnarounds and Shake-Ups – KFF Health News
The Host The midterm elections are months away, yet changes at the Department of Health and Human Services suggest the Trump administration is focusing on...
Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower...
Personal Finance Guru Faces Down an Insurance Denial
Dan Weissmann Less than 36 hours before his wife was scheduled to undergo major surgery, New York Times personal finance columnist Ron Lieber got an...
Wyoming Wants To Make Its Five-Year Federal Rural Health Funding Last ‘Forever’
Wyoming officials say they have a plan to make five years of upcoming grants from a new $50 billion federal rural health program last “forever.”...
Red and Blue States Alike Want To Limit AI in Insurance. Trump Wants To Limit the States.
It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin...
Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It’s the Industry Using the Data.
Darius Tahir Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers...
Listen: Why Do I Need Prior Authorization?
Listen in as “Life Kit” host Marielle Segarra and health reporter Sarah Boden untangle the red tape that can make the prior authorization process frustrating....
Journalists Unpack Impact of ICE Arrests on Families and Caffeine’s Effect on Dementia Risk
KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed the cost of cancer care in the wake of James Van Der Beek’s death on ABC News’...
ACA Subsidies Expired. Open Enrollment Ended. But It Will Still Take Awhile To Register the Results.
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News It’s February, so open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is over. We’re getting the first glimpses of how sign-ups are shaking out after the expiration of enhanced subsidies that helped most people with...