KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: SCOTUS Decides An ACA Case. No, Not THAT Case.
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The Supreme Court this week rejected the efforts of a...
Month: April 2020
Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit
In 40 years of smoking, Katie Kennedy has tried four times to quit but always went back to cigarettes. Today,...
As Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest
When President Donald Trump started touting hydroxychloroquine as “one of the biggest game changers” for treating COVID-19, researchers hoped electronic...
Free Clinics Try To Fill Gaps As COVID Sweeps Away Job-Based Insurance
TUPELO, Mississippi — Joe Delbert hadn’t needed the Tree of Life Free Clinic in three years. The 55-year-old man, who...
Trump Says N95 Masks Can Be Sterilized For Reuse. Only In A Pinch, Experts Warn.
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb, front-line health care workers are decrying unsafe working conditions — in particular, describing inadequate...
COVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not
Even before a novel virus swept around the world, Anna Davis Abel wore a mask to protect herself from getting...
The Challenges Of Keeping Young Adults Safe During The Pandemic
A series of columns addressing the challenges consumers face in California’s health care landscape. Send questions to [email protected]. Last month, after...
Amid Coronavirus Distress, Wealthy Hospitals Hoard Millions
Inova Health System, with campuses in some of the wealthiest suburbs of Washington, D.C., and Truman Medical Centers, a safety-net...
Lawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform: It’s ‘More Needed Than Ever’
SACRAMENTO — During the first week of school closures in San Jose, state Sen. Jim Beall’s office received more than...
Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk
With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19...
Consumer Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Are Still A Work In Progress
After hearing for months about serious access issues involving tests that diagnose COVID-19 based on swabs from the nose or...
Telehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.
Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. COVID-19 cases had...
