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Health Insurance Price Data: It’s Out There, but It’s Not for the Faint of Heart

By Julie Appleby July 27, 2022

Health insurers and self-insured employer plans are now required to post their negotiated rates for almost every type of medical service. But navigating through the trove of information is no easy task.

Three Things to Know About Insurance Coverage for Abortion

By Julie Appleby July 13, 2022

Even before the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, insurance coverage for the service varied widely. Now it’s become even more complex, with additional changes and court challenges to come.

Tres cosas que hay que saber sobre la cobertura del seguro para abortos

By Julie Appleby July 13, 2022

Apenas una de las decenas de conflictos: el aborto puede estar cubierto por un plan de salud, pero si no hay proveedores disponibles, las pacientes no tienen acceso.

‘Free’ Screening? Know Your Rights to Get No-Cost Care

By Julie Appleby July 6, 2022

Even a decade in, the Affordable Care Act’s recommendations to simply cover preventive screening and care without cost sharing remain confusing and complex.

How Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public

By Julie Appleby July 1, 2022

New government rules force health insurers to publicly disclose what they pay for just about every service. That information could help consumers and employers know whether they’re getting a fair deal.

New Weight Loss Treatment Is Marked by Heavy Marketing and Modest Results

By Julie Appleby June 22, 2022

Approved as a device, not a drug, Plenity contains a plant-based gel that swells to fill 25% of a person’s stomach, to help people eat less. Results vary widely but are modest on average.

Nuevo tratamiento para adelgazar: mucho marketing y resultados discretos

By Julie Appleby June 22, 2022

Plenity está aprobado por la FDA como un dispositivo que contiene granos de un hidrogel absorbente de origen vegetal. Cada grano se “infla” hasta 100 veces su tamaño, llenando una cuarta parte del estómago de una persona.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Anti-Abortion Hard-Liners Speak Up

May 23, 2024

While Republican candidates in many states downplay their opposition to abortion, the most vehement wing of the movement, which helped overturn Roe v. Wade — those who advocate prosecuting patients, outlawing contraception, and banning IVF — are increasingly outspoken. Meanwhile, some state legislatures continue to advance new restrictions, like a proposal moving in Louisiana to include abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol on the list of the most dangerous drugs. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins schools of public health and nursing and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Shefali Luthra of The 19th about her new book on abortion in post-Roe America, “Undue Burden.”

As Red Cross Moves to Pricey Blood Treatment Method, Hospitals Call for More Choice

By Julie Appleby May 17, 2022

The nation’s largest supplier of platelets is moving to a method it says is easier for hospitals, but one that sharply raises costs, leading some centers to demand more options.

Sweeping, Limited, or No Powers at All? What’s at Stake in the Mask Mandate Appeal

By Julie Appleby May 6, 2022

Dictionaries, public comments, and even an old court case that involved underwear pricing could play a role as the government appeals a ruling that sharply limits federal authority during pandemics.

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