Julie Rovner, KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, on Tuesday joined WDET’s “Detroit Today” host Stephen Henderson and Dr. George Kipa, the deputy chief medical officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, to talk about the ... [Continue Reading]
‘An Arm and a Leg’: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. When you need medical care, it can be a lot like entering a casino — playing for your financial life with the deck stacked against you. But in this episode, reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen offers ... [Continue Reading]
Listen: ACA Heading to Supreme Court — Again
Julie Rovner, KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, joins “SCOTUStalk” podcast host Amy Howe to talk about the upcoming Supreme Court hearing on the Affordable Care Act. The two look at the law’s history before the court — it ... [Continue Reading]
Listen: NPR Interview About Less Lethal Weapons That Can Maim Or Kill
The streets in many U.S. cities have erupted with protests recently and police and federal officers have fired rubber bullets and other projectiles into crowds, injuring or even blinding some of the participants. This has been going on for decades, ... [Continue Reading]
Dental and Doctors’ Offices Still Struggling with COVID Job Loss
California’s outpatient health care practices largely shrugged off two recessions, adding more than 400,000 jobs during a two-decade climb from the start of 2000 to early 2020. It was an enviable growth rate of 85% and a trend largely mirrored ... [Continue Reading]
Watch: When a Surprise Helper During Surgery Is Out-of-Network
Gayle King of “CBS This Morning” spoke with KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal about the latest installment of KHN-NPR’s Bill of the Month. College student Izzy Benasso underwent surgery for a torn meniscus after a tennis ... [Continue Reading]
Listen: How the Pandemic Further Politicized Public Health
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies on “The Source” call-in show to discuss her recent reporting on how politics is shaping the public health response to the coronavirus ... [Continue Reading]
Watch: COVID Patients and Families Battle to Get Benefits
As COVID cases in the U.S. continue to soar, health care workers on the front lines are increasingly getting sick and even dying of the disease. KHN’s Christina Jewett and Hari Sreenivasan of PBS NewsHour discuss what often happens and ... [Continue Reading]
As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Younger people are less likely to be hospitalized or die of COVID-19 than their elders, but they circulate more freely while ... [Continue Reading]