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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes

January 5, 2023

The year-end spending bill passed by Congress in late December contains a wide array of health-related provisions, including a structure for states to begin to disenroll people on Medicaid whose coverage has been maintained through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is taking steps to make the abortion pill more widely available. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Mark Kreidler, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a billing mix-up that took about a year to sort out.

Ouch! Needle-Phobic People Scarred by So Many Images of Covid Shots

By Julie Appleby March 9, 2021

The pictures are on the nightly news, on billboards, bus stop posters and all over social media. How can people who fear needles manage to get their covid shots?

Journalists Broach Topics From Vaccines and Super Bowl to True Love

February 12, 2021

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Calling All Vaccinators: Closing the Next Gap in Covid Supply and Demand

By Julie Appleby February 23, 2021

In the herculean effort to vaccinate America, the emphasis so far has been on trying to increase the number of vaccine doses available. Soon there could be a shortfall in people to administer the shots.

The State of Vaccine Supply: ‘Opaque.’ Unpredictable. ‘Hard to Pin Down.’

By Julie Appleby February 5, 2021

Americans’ frustrations surrounding the amount of available covid vaccine hinges on several factors — not the least of which is that demand far exceeds supply.

How a Bounty of Vaccines Flooded a Small Hospital and Its Nearby College

By Julie Appleby February 1, 2021

An ad hoc, chaotic distribution system is leading to a bizarre mix of vaccine haves and have-nots.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: 100 Days of Health Policy

April 29, 2021

It’s 100 days into Joe Biden’s presidency and a surprisingly large number of health policies have been announced. But health is notably absent from the administration’s $1.8 trillion spending plan for American families, making it unclear how much more will get done this year. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosens its mask-wearing recommendations for those who have been vaccinated, but the new rules are confusing. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Julie Appleby, who reported the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode.

Feeling Left Out: Private Practice Doctors, Patients Wonder When It’s Their Turn for Vaccine

By Julie Appleby January 13, 2021

Doctors say some patients, and even medical staff members, don’t know where to go to be vaccinated against covid-19.

Hospital Prices Just Got a Lot More Transparent. What Does This Mean for You?

By Julie Appleby January 5, 2021

Under a rule that kicked in Jan. 1, hospitals are required to make public the prices they negotiate with insurers. That’s a lot more information than was previously required, which was only the posting of “chargemasters” — the hospital-generated list prices that few consumers or health plans actually pay.

Surprise! Congress Takes Steps to Curb Unexpected Medical Bills

By Julie Appleby December 22, 2020

A long-debated measure to stop doctors, hospitals and other health care providers from billing patients for charges not covered by their insurance will gain congressional approval as part of the sweeping government spending package.

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