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Kaiser Health News

Nonprofit News Organization

Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics.

In the country’s unhealthiest state, the disaster of the Affordable Care Act is a group effort.
Now, the soda industry is going to war in a pair of election battles in San Francisco and Berkeley, two of the most liberal cities in the U.S.
Almost nine of 10 uninsured Americans – the group most likely to benefit — don’t know that the law’s second open enrollment period begins Nov. 15, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Missouri sees urban, rural divide in heath care coverage.
A new survey finds the public has a lot to learn about how the Ebola virus is transmitted, which could help explain the growing fears of the disease.
This year, the state aggregated claims and electronic medical record data and patient satisfaction surveys.
Some patients with health insurance are struggling to pay for prescription drugs for conditions such as cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis or HIV/AIDS, as insurers and employers shift more of the cost of high-priced pharmaceuticals to the patients who take them.
With an improving fiscal climate, many states are increasing benefits for Medicaid recipients and paying their providers more.
Consumers using the federal healthcare.gov website when open enrollment begins next month should expect a faster website with a shorter application form and features making it easier to use on mobile devices, Obama administration officials said Wednesday.
An investigation by the HHS inspector general says beneficiaries getting the treatments at “critical access” hospitals pay between two and six times more than those at other hospitals.