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Workplace Wellness Programs Barely Move The Needle, Study Finds

By Julie Appleby April 16, 2019

New research published in JAMA detected some changes in healthy behavior like weight and stress, but little overall impact in workers’ health status or employer health care spending.

Health Plans For State Employees Use Medicare’s Hammer On Hospital Bills

By Julie Appleby March 25, 2019

Some plans are experimenting with the idea of closely tying hospital reimbursement rates to what Medicare pays. The approach could be a game changer in their effort to control health costs.

Surgeons’ Opioid-Prescribing Habits Are Hard To Kick

By Julie Appleby and Elizabeth Lucas June 21, 2019

A new data analysis by KHN and Johns Hopkins researchers shows that even as the CDC issued warnings, surgeons handed out many times the number of opioid pills needed for post-op pain.

Broker Websites Expand Health Plan Shopping Options While Glossing Over Details

By Julie Appleby March 15, 2019

These direct-enrollment broker websites are “under-policed” and can steer consumers toward plans that may not be the best option for them, a new report concludes.

New Health Plans Expose The Insured To More Risk

By Julie Appleby March 13, 2019

Well-known insurers are offering plans with lower premiums. But they could leave patients on the hook for unexpected costs.

¡Miau-ch! Le cobran $48,152 por una droga contra la rabia

By Julie Appleby February 27, 2019

Una bióloga de Florida, amante de los animales, quiso alimentar a un gato callejero. Lo que siguió fue una pesadilla de gastos médicos inesperados.

Meow-ch! The $48,512 Cat Bite

By Julie Appleby February 27, 2019

An animal lover stopped to feed a hungry-looking stray cat outside Everglades National Park in Florida. First, the cat bit her finger — then the hospital billed her close to $50,000 for a treatment that typically costs about $3,000.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ ‘Medicare-For-All’ Debate: Who’s Going To Pay

February 28, 2019

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the new “Medicare-for-all” bill introduced by House Democrats, the grilling of pharmaceutical company CEOs by a Senate committee and new Trump administration rules that take aim at Planned Parenthood. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Julie Appleby about the latest “Bill of the Month” installment.

Price Check On Drug Ads: Would Revealing Costs Help Patients Control Spending?

By Julie Appleby and Sydney Lupkin May 9, 2019

As part of his plan to tamp down drug pricing, President Donald Trump wants pharmaceutical companies to provide cost information in drug ads — just like side effects.

How Hospital Pricing Fluctuates

February 27, 2019

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