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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Author Archive: Jessica Marcy - KHN
Weekend Reading: International baby business and Medicare whac-a-mole
International surrogate-pregnancy business booms. What is Medicare anyway? Five ways to cut health-care costs. And playing Medicare ‘Whac-A-Mole’
Weekend Reading: Santorum is coming for your contraceptives and why it’s so hard to lose weight
A pick of the best articles about health from this week: Rick Santorum’s war on contraception, the “Fat Trap” that makes is so hard to lose weight, and even with health care reform millions will remain uninsured.
Webwatch: The best online reads
What’s a person, exactly? Could Herman Cain get health insurance today? A new approach to caring for the elderly?
Webwatch: Best of the week’s articles on health online
Breast cancer has become a big business. Healthcare and the poor in Texas. A place of the autistic in the adult world. Taming the Medicare ‘monster.’ Living longer, but better?
You can now compare health plan prices and benefits online
Healthcare.gov provides detailed cost and benefit information about plans available in the individual insurance market, the first time such data have been made public.
Doctors’ orders help patients get the end-of-life care they want
The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form, available in Washington state, allows patients to summarize their wishes regarding life-sustaining treatment.
Drug prices rise for seniors who reach Medicare part D coverage gap
Seniors who hit the coverage gap in their Medicare drug plans and must use their own money to buy drugs are facing price jumps far outpacing inflation.
Interview: Indian Health Service Director Yvette Roubideaux
Indian Health Service is responsible for the health care of 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives.
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