Kaiser Health News
When errors happen in the hospital, questions arise: Who's responsible? If treatment makes things worse - meaning patients need more care - who pays?
Going forward, the exam every medical student and new physician must take to get a license will include questions about military medicine.
Though healthcare systems can gain insurance know-how by partnering with or acquiring an insurer or third party administrator to handle claims, compliance and customer service, putting it all together can be challenging.
The federal and state marketplaces - as well as private online brokerages where consumers can shop for coverage - offer some calculator tools to help but they aren't fully up and running.
Cancer patients insured by California's health plan for low-income people are less likely to get recommended treatment and also have lower survival rates than patients with other types of insurance, according to a new study by University of California-Davis researchers.
Two-thirds of the 131 carriers that offered silver-level preferred provider organization plans in 2015 will either drop them entirely or offer fewer of them in January, and those cutbacks will affect customers in 37 states, according to the foundation.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute already has funded 468 studies, and last month opened the second phase of a program to create research networks covering specific diseases and involving millions of patients across the country.
As the open enrollment period for health insurance through the state and federal marketplaces got underway on Sunday, consumers have questions about how the process works and how to choose the best plan to meet their needs.
By emphasizing the impact on taxpayers, supporters are framing the issue in terms of economics rather than humanitarian concerns.
The average 2016 premium for a 40-year-old in Anchorage is $719 a month - more than double the national average, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.