Patients’ Perilous Months-Long Waiting for Medicaid Coverage Is a Sign of What’s to Come

Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she can’t afford more bills without any insurance coverage. But in early March — five months, she said, after applying and with still no decision about her application — a suspected case of the flu sent her blood … Read more

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Funding for the Next Pandemic

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. President Joe Biden released his budget proposal for 2023 this week, and it calls for a nearly 27% increase in funding for the Department of Health and … Read more

The Case of the $489,000 Air Ambulance Ride

Sean Deines and his wife, Rebekah, were road-tripping after he lost his job as a bartender when the pandemic hit. But while visiting his grandfather in a remote part of Wyoming, Sean started to feel very ill. Rebekah insisted he go to an urgent care center in Laramie. “‘Your white blood count is through the … Read more

Cómo evitar facturas médicas sorpresa… y las “trampas” de la nueva ley

Los pacientes ya no están obligados a pagar por la atención médica que hayan recibido por fuera de la red de su plan de salud sin su consentimiento, al ser tratados en hospitales que están dentro de su cobertura. Esto es así desde que entró en vigencia una ley federal a principios de este año. … Read more