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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Surprise! Fixing Surprise Medical Bills Is Harder Than it Looks

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico @AliceOllstein Read Alice’s Stories Surprise medical bills — when patients receive an unexpected bill from a health provider not in their insurance network — are among the few […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The Karma Of Cutting Medicare

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Rebecca Adams CQ Roll Call @RebeccaAdamsDC Read Rebecca’s Stories Stephanie Armour The Wall Street Journal @StephArmour1 Read Stephanie’s Stories Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico @AliceOllstein Read Alice’s Stories Like those of his recent predecessors, President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in October […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ ‘Medicare-For-All’ For Dummies

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Rebecca Adams CQ Roll Call @RebeccaAdamsDC Read Rebecca’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post @pw_cunningham Read Paige’s Stories Republicans are still in charge of the White House and the Senate, but the “Medicare-for-all” debate is in full swing. […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ A ‘Healthy’ State Of The Union

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico @AliceOllstein Read Alice’s Stories Health policy played a surprisingly robust role in President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address. The president laid out […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Live From D.C.: A Look Ahead At Health Policy In 2019

(From left) Tom Miller, Kimberly Leonard, Anna Edney, Joanne Kenen and Julie Rovner(Lynne Shallcross/KHN) Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Kimberly Leonard Business Insider @leonardkl Read Kimberly’s Stories The 2020 presidential campaign has begun and health is a […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Drug Prices Are Rising Again. Is Someone Going To Do Something About It?

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico @AliceOllstein Read Alice’s Stories Many drugmakers have announced price increases with the start of the new year. The new Congress wants to do something about […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ New Year, New Health Proposals

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories Rebecca Adams CQ Roll Call @RebeccaAdamsDC Read Rebecca’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories The new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives took its first steps on health care — voting to intervene […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Ask Us Anything!

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Stephanie Armour The Wall Street Journal @StephArmour1 Read Stephanie’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post @pw_cunningham Read Paige’s Stories This week, KHN’s “What the Health?” panelists answered questions submitted by listeners. Among the topics covered were why Medicare […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ More On That Texas Lawsuit, And The Best And Worst Health Policy Stories Of The Year

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Kimberly Leonard Business Insider @leonardkl Read Kimberly’s Stories Reaction is still coming in about last week’s federal court ruling that declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. And nearly final numbers for insurance […]

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Insurance Enrollment Is Lagging — And There Are Lots Of Reasons Why

Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Rebecca Adams CQ Roll Call @RebeccaAdamsDC Read Rebecca’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico @AliceOllstein Read Alice’s Stories With less than a week to go before the deadline in most states, enrollment in health insurance for 2019 under the Affordable […]