In April 2018, 9-year-old Christian Bolling was hiking with his parents and sister in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, near their home in Roanoke. While climbing some boulders, he lost his footing and fell down a rocky 20-foot drop, fracturing both ... [Continue Reading]
Watch: A Status Update On Efforts To Address Surprise Medical Bills
KHN correspondent Rachel Bluth appeared on “PBS NewsHour Weekend” to talk with host Megan Thompson about the continuing problem of surprise medical bills and how the issue is playing on Capitol Hill. Bluth’s interview begins around ... [Continue Reading]
Sen. Alexander Releases Bipartisan Plan To Lower Health Costs, End Surprise Bills
In a year already marked by a wide variety of congressional health care legislation, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the chair and ranking Democrat of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Thursday ... [Continue Reading]
House Hagglers Zero In On Single-Payer And It All Comes Down To Two Little Words
A powerful congressional committee holds a hearing on single-payer health care. It sounds like the perfect place for lawmakers looking to score easy political points and cut new sound bites for one of the nation’s biggest policy debates. Right? Not ... [Continue Reading]
Did The ACA Create Preexisting Condition Protections For People In Employer Plans?
“The most important part of Obamacare…is the protection against pre-existing condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer.” Sen. Chris Coons ... [Continue Reading]