New Mandate Raises Question: Who ’ll Pay for All the Covid Tests?
The Biden administration announces a rule that workers at large companies must get vaccinations or submit to regular testing. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Tests (Medical) Coronavirus Reopenings Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Workplace Environment Source Type: news
Biden Administration Goes Bigger on Cutting Drug Prices
The administration endorses a proposal for the government to negotiate on prices for all U.S. purchasers, not just Medicare. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) United States Politics and Government Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Biden, Joseph R Jr Source Type: news
Covid Medical Bills Are About to Get Bigger
As some insurers focus on encouraging vaccination, temporary waivers that kept patient costs low are expiring. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 2, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Health Insurance and Managed Care Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Tests (Medical) Source Type: news
Five Decades Later, Medicare Might Cover Dental Care
In the large budget bill now in Congress, supporters of the measure see a rare opportunity to advance a popular policy. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - August 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Teeth and Dentistry Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Law and Legislation Federal Budget (US) Source Type: news
Will You Have to Pay for a Coronavirus Test? Here's How to Avoid a Surprise Bill
Get tested at a public facility. Question what services are being provided. And know your rights under federal law. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - August 18, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Content Type: Service Tests (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Health Insurance and Managed Care Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Source Type: news
New Rule Raises Question: Who ’ll Pay for All the Covid Tests?
With the Delta variant surging, many companies decide that unvaccinated workers will need to get regular testing. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 31, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Tests (Medical) Coronavirus Reopenings Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Workplace Environment Source Type: news
Missouri ’s Medicaid Expansion Is On Again
But the tortuous path it ’s taken highlights the obstacles in expanding the low-income health program in other states where it has not been welcomed. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 23, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Medicaid Missouri Referendums Decisions and Verdicts Source Type: news
What Is HIPAA and How Does the Law Work?
The measure prohibits health professionals from revealing your medical records, but it is perfectly legal to ask whether someone has been vaccinated. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 23, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Aishvarya Kavi Tags: Privacy Vaccination and Immunization Republican Party Rumors and Misinformation Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Greene, Marjorie Taylor (1974- ) Source Type: news
Americans ’ Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Known, Totaling $140 Billion
A new study finds that health care has become the country ’s largest source of debt in collections. Those debts are largest where Medicaid wasn’t expanded. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 20, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Medicaid Health Insurance and Managed Care Debt Collection Credit and Debt States (US) Finances United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
For Surprise Medical Bills, It ’s the Beginning of the End
Last winter, Congress banned a much-hated practice. Now regulators have to figure out exactly how to make the law work. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Law and Legislation Consumer Protection Emergency Medical Treatment Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Hospitals Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Source Type: news
Obamacare ’s Survival Is Now Assured, but It Still Has One Big Problem
Twelve states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of poor Americans without health coverage and Democrats divided over how to respond. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Medicaid Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) States (US) Health Insurance and Managed Care Democratic Party House of Representatives Source Type: news
Gibraltar Votes to Ease Abortion Restrictions
Voters decided by a wide margin to lift a near-ban on the procedure, which had been one of the strictest such laws in Europe. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 25, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Raphael Minder Tags: Referendums Abortion Gibraltar Europe Great Britain Source Type: news
They Relied on Chinese Vaccines. Now They ’re Battling Outbreaks.
More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 22, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sui-Lee Wee Tags: China Seychelles Islands Bahrain Mongolia Vaccination and Immunization Disease Rates Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Source Type: news
New Alzheimer ’s Drug Could Cost the Government as Much as It Spends on NASA
The Alzheimer ’s treatment will cost $56,000 per patient, and millions may use it. The result: “crazy numbers” for Medicare. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 22, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Josh Katz, Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Aduhelm (Drug) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Medicare Federal Budget (US) Biogen Inc Source Type: news
Medicaid Enrollment Surpassed 80 Million, a Record, During the Pandemic
The increase points to the program ’s growing role not just as a safety net, but also as a foundation of U.S. health coverage. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 22, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Medicaid Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) State Children ' s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (2020) Source Type: news
