Dealing With Hospital Closure, Pioneer Kansas Town Asks: What Comes Next?
After depending on the local hospital for more than a century, Fort Scott residents now are trying to cope with life without it.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 鈥楥onscience鈥 Rules, Rx Prices and Still More Medicare
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about the Trump administration鈥檚 effort to allow health care practitioners and organizations to refuse to provide care or refer patients for services that violate their conscience or religion. Also this week, the administration orders TV ads for prescription drugs to include list prices. And Tennessee wants free rein from the federal government to run its Medicaid program. Plus, Rovner interviews Joan Biskupic, author of a new book on Chief Justice John Roberts, about the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the 2012 ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
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Market Muscle: Study Uncovers Differences Between Medicare And Private Insurers
Findings released Thursday by the Rand Corp. highlight how reimbursement rates vary nationally and the impact the charges have on the nation鈥檚 high cost of health care.聽
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Effects Of Surgery On A Warming Planet: Can Anesthesia Go Green?
Two of the most commonly used anesthesia gases are similar medically but worlds apart when it comes to their impact on the planet.
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Readers And Tweeters Parse Ideas 鈥 From Snakebites To Senior Suicide
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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FDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices
In the wake of a KHN investigation, the agency will no longer let device makers file reports of harm outside a widely used public database.
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Even Doctors Can鈥檛 Navigate Our 鈥楤roken Health Care System鈥
A physician鈥檚 frustration navigating a medical emergency with his elderly father reveals a complex, dysfunctional system.
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Will Ties To A Catholic Hospital System Tie Doctors鈥 Hands?
Doctors at the University of California鈥檚 flagship San Francisco hospital are sharply divided over a proposal to join forces with a Catholic-run system that restricts care on the basis of religious doctrine 鈥 part of a broader public debate as Catholic hospitals expand their reach.
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Hospitals Chafe Under Medicare鈥檚 New Payment Rule For Off-Campus Clinics
Under the rule that took effect this year, Medicare will lower payments for clinic visits performed at hospital-owned facilities to a rate that is equivalent to what it pays an independent doctor. Federal officials expect the move will save the government $380 million this year.
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Patients Caught In Middle Of Fight Between Health Care Behemoths
A legal battle in Pennsylvania is testing the boundaries of health care competition and government action to oversee and regulate it.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 The Abortion Wars Rage On
Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about women鈥檚 reproductive health policy and the latest skirmish in the debate over 鈥淢edicare-for-all鈥: how hospitals should be paid.
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Cancer Is Especially Dangerous For Immigrants In South Texas. Here’s Why.
When an undocumented immigrant in a Texas border county gets a cancer diagnosis, it can be a death sentence because of a lack of public hospitals.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 You Have Questions, We Have Answers
Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to answer listener questions about the fate of the Affordable Care Act, 鈥淢edicare-for-all鈥 and how to talk about health care costs. Also, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite 鈥渆xtra credit鈥 stories of the week.
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How To Fight 鈥楽cary鈥 Superbugs? Cooperation 鈥 And A Special Soap
Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois hope that regional cooperation 鈥 and a special soap 鈥 will help them gain the upper hand against deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
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Making Smarter Decisions About Where To Recover After Hospitalization
Older adults 鈥 and their families 鈥 often find it challenging and stressful to find the best facility. And they often end up in the wrong spot, new research shows.
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Economic Ripples: Hospital Closure Hurts A Town’s Ability To Attract Retirees
Celina, Tenn., has long lured retirees, with its scenic hills and affordability. These newcomers help fuel the local economy. But a recent hospital closure makes the town a harder sell.
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Readers And Tweeters Chime In On Investigation Of Electronic Health Records
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Finding Homeless Patients A Place To Heal
California hospitals must comply with a new state law that requires them to try to find a safe place for homeless patients upon discharge. But hospitals say doing so isn鈥檛 as easy as calling a shelter and securing a cot.
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Elite Hospitals Plunge Into Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
Critics are concerned about the explosion in controversial stem cell procedures offered by clinics 鈥 and, increasingly, respected hospitals.
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California Hospitals See Massive Surge In Homeless Patients
Homeless patients accounted for about 100,000 visits to California hospitals in 2017, marking a 28% increase from just two years earlier. Health officials attribute the surge to the overall rise in California鈥檚 homeless numbers and the large proportion of people living on the streets with mental illness.