A Battle Between Drugmakers and Insurers Hits Patients in the Wallet

2 years ago

There’s a long-running battle between insurers and drugmakers over financial assistance programs that purport to help patients afford expensive drugs.…

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment

2 years ago

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million…

Under Fire for Massive Health System Hack, Biden Team Leans on Insurers

2 years ago

The Biden administration has hit on a strategy to deal with the massive, industry-paralyzing cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group unit:…

Cuando tu cobertura de salud dentro de la red… simplemente se esfuma

2 years ago

Sarah Feldman, de 35 años, recibió las primeras cartas amenazantes del Centro Médico Mount Sinai en noviembre pasado. El sistema…

Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom

2 years ago

Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff…

When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients

2 years ago

In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s…

How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It

2 years ago

Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital system warned…

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All

2 years ago

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of…

A New $16k Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?

2 years ago

A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a…

An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare Episode

2 years ago

Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health insurance, but it’s more complicated, and expensive,…