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Ideas To Curb Surprise Medical Bills Percolate With Rare Bipartisan Push

By Shefali Luthra and Emmarie Huetteman February 5, 2019

The recent declaration by President Donald Trump that taming unexpected medical bills would be a top priority for his administration echoed through the halls of Congress.

Congress Wades Into Emotional Debate Over High-Cost Prescription Drugs

By Emmarie Huetteman and Rachel Bluth January 29, 2019

Key House and Senate committees kick off hearings on drug prices, and patients’ families weigh in with tragic stories.

Trump Highlights Health Agenda With Vow To Lower ‘Unfair’ Drug Prices

By Julie Rovner and Ana B. Ibarra February 5, 2019

The president laid out a series of goals, including lowering prescription prices, pursuing an end to the HIV epidemic and boosting funding for childhood cancers.

In Swing Districts, Republicans May Pay For Having Tried To Reverse The Health Law

By Emmarie Huetteman October 31, 2018

Though Rep. Tom MacArthur counts himself a moderate, many of his voters heading to the polls are furious about how he aided his party’s efforts to dismantle Obamacare.

The Feds’ Termination Of A Tiny Contract Inflames Bitter Fight Over Fetal Tissue

By Emmarie Huetteman October 11, 2018

Just weeks before midterm elections, a move by federal health officials spotlights a contentious issue: the use of human fetal tissue in research. Here’s what you need to know to understand the debate.

Threat To The ACA Turns Up The Heat On Attorney General Races

By Emmarie Huetteman September 28, 2018

As Republican and Democratic attorneys general square off on a Texas case that threatens to dismantle consumer protections in the federal health law, campaigns across the country for states’ highest legal officer get hotter. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is leading the defense of the Affordable Care Act in the Texas case, has maintained a high profile in challenging the Trump administration on health care and other policies.

Wisconsin Reinstates Coverage Of Transgender Treatment For State Workers

By Emmarie Huetteman August 29, 2018

The Group Insurance Board reversed a decision made last year to bar coverage of transgender hormone therapy and surgery for public workers.

McCain’s Complicated Health Care Legacy: He Hated the ACA. He Also Saved It.

By Emmarie Huetteman August 25, 2018

The six-term Arizona senator, who died Saturday, took on some of health care’s goliaths, such as the tobacco industry and insurance companies, in addition to the health law.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Let’s Talk Politics

July 31, 2018

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about health care’s emergence as a possible voting issue in the coming midterm elections. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Emmarie Huetteman about July’s “Bill of the Month”: a transgender woman’s “bait-and-switch” $92,000 surgical bill.

A Transgender Woman’s Quest For Surgery Caught In Political Crosswinds

By Emmarie Huetteman July 26, 2018

Dramatic policy swings, from an unprecedented expansion of transgender rights under the Obama administration to the unpredictable reduction of trans rights under President Donald Trump, have left many trans Americans feeling the whiplash.

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