El altísimo costo de tener una enfermedad autoinmune en Estados Unidos
Después de años de debilitantes ataques de fatiga, Beth VanOrden finalmente pensó que había encontrado la respuesta a sus problemas cuando en 2016 le diagnosticaron la enfermedad de Hashimoto, un trastorno autoinmune. Para VanOrden, como para millones de estadounidenses, esa…
Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get
MISSOULA, Mont. — An hour before sunrise, Shelly Brost walked a mile in freezing rain to the public assistance office. She was running out of time to prove she still qualified for food aid after being stymied by a backlogged…
El daño colateral de la crisis de Medicaid: miles están perdiendo beneficios de alimentos
Una hora antes del amanecer, Shelly Brost caminó una milla bajo la lluvia helada hasta la oficina de asistencia pública de Missoula, en Montana. Se le estaba acabando el tiempo para demostrar que aún calificaba para recibir ayuda para comprar…
Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
Susan Jaffe After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a special weapon to make sure companies follow the new rules: you. Officials at the…
To Get Health Insurance, This Couple Made a Movie
Dan Weissmann Last fall, Ellen Haun and Dru Johnston were hustling to get their health insurance sorted out for 2023. The Hollywood couple are members of SAG-AFTRA, the union representing actors and writers. Members have to earn about $26,000 a…
Trump Puts Obamacare Repeal Back on Agenda
The Host Former president and current 2024 Republican front-runner Donald Trump is aiming to put a repeal of the Affordable Care Act back on the political agenda, much to the delight of Democrats, who point to the health law’s growing…
Adultos mayores, detectives contra avisos engañosos de Medicare Advantage
Después de una ofensiva sin precedentes contra las publicidades engañosas de las aseguradoras que venden planes privados de Medicare Advantage y de medicamentos, la administración Biden espera utilizar un arma especial para asegurarse que las empresas sigan las nuevas reglas:…
Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors
A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska hospitals. Across the country, health care providers are refusing to accept some Medicare Advantage plans — even as the coverage…
Hospitals and Doctors Are Fed up With Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million people, representing just over half of everyone in Medicare, by KFF’s count. But among doctors and hospitals, it’s a different story….
How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients
By Oona Tempest and Andy Miller November 27, 2023 Article HTML Oona Tempest and Andy Miller About 25 years ago, Andy Miller learned he had hypothyroidism, a condition that afflicts millions of other Americans. Curious about how this condition was…
Medicaid’s ‘Unwinding’ Can Be Especially Perilous for Disabled People
Earlier this year, Beverly Likens thought she’d done everything she needed to do to keep her Medicaid. Then came an unwelcome surprise: Ahead of surgery to treat chronic bleeding, the hospital said her insurance was inactive, jeopardizing her procedure. Likens had just…
Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano
Daniel Chang and Angela Hart Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisAge: 45Florida population: 22.2 million California Gov. Gavin NewsomAge: 56California population: 39 million Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — political rivals from opposite coasts and proxies for…
La atención de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom
Daniel Chang and Angela Hart Florida Gobernador Ron DeSantisEdad: 45Población de Florida: 22.2 million California Gobernador Gavin NewsomEdad: 56Población de California: 39 million El candidato presidencial republicano Ron DeSantis y el gobernador demócrata Gavin Newsom —rivales políticos y representantes de…
Why It’s So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care
The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them. In Colorado, a new analysis shows that the number of tests and treatments conducted for which the…
Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes Supplies
LOS ANGELES — June Voros sprang from her couch as a high-pitched beep warned her that she needed a quick dose of sugar. Her blood sugar was plummeting, and the beep came from a continuous glucose monitor attached to her…
Journalists Delve Into Open Enrollment, School Nurse Shortages, and More
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Lost in the Mix of Medicaid ‘Unwinding’: Kentucky Cut Off Her Health Care Over a Clerical Error
Rachana Pradhan The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room. The Kentucky resident was diagnosed with severe anemia and given a blood transfusion after her hemoglobin levels had…
Out for Blood? For Routine Lab Work, the Hospital Billed Her $2,400
Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN’s office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first prenatal checkup. After an ultrasound, getting anti-nausea medication, and discussing her pregnancy care plan, she…
Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many
For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid premiums on a long-term care insurance policy for their 91-year-old mother. But the policy does not cover home health aides whose assistance allows her to stay in her Sacramento, California,…
A Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance
If you’re wealthy, you’ll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted living facility or a nursing home. If you’re poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home. But if…
1 in 3 People Dropped by Utah Medicaid Left Uninsured, a ‘Concerning’ Sign for Nation
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News About 30% of Utah residents who were cut from Medicaid this year say they became uninsured, according to state officials who conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of people disenrolled from the program. Utah has dropped more…