Shefali Luthra; Kaiser Health News

By Not Discussing Cost Issues, Doctors, Patients May Miss Chances To Lower Out-Of-Pocket Expenses

Apr 6, 2016

Combined Effects Of Maternal Obesity, Diabetes ‘Substantially’ Raise Autism Risks

Jan 29, 2016

Fueled By Health Law, ‘Concierge Medicine’ Reaches New Markets

Jan 22, 2016

Even With ‘Skin In The Game,’ Health Care Shoppers Are Not More Savvy

Jan 20, 2016

Research Gives Context To Addressing Nation’s Drug Abuse Crisis, Review Finds

Jan 15, 2016

Fueled By Health Law, ‘Concierge Medicine’ Reaches New Markets

Jan 15, 2016

Gaps Remain Among States’ Medicaid Efforts To Help People Kick Smoking Habit

That’s the main takeaway from a study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs. The law says all state Medicaid programs have to cover tobacco cessation drugs — meaning they have to pay for things like nicotine patches, Chantix, nicotine gum or Wellbutrin, when patients are using them to try to quit smoking.

Jan 6, 2016

Broader Strategies Necessary To Counter Painkiller Over Prescribing, Researchers Say

Dec 15, 2015

Who Are America’s Caregivers? Nearly A Quarter Are Millennials

Dec 4, 2015

When Something Goes Wrong At The Hospital, Who Pays?

When Charles Thompson checked into the hospital one July morning in 2011, he expected a standard colonoscopy. He never anticipated how wrong things would go. Partway through, the doctor emerged and said there were complications, remembered Ann, Charles’ wife. Charles’ colon may have been punctured. He needed emergency surgery to repair it.

Nov 11, 2015