Kff in a sentence

Because Medicare covers the drug, patients with privately run Medicare Advantage plans will receive coverage, said Juliette Cubanski, of the non-profit KFF, which researches health care issues.

Between eight and 24 million Americans could eventually lose their Medicaid coverage this year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a nonpartisan health policy organization.

But, as KFF Health News reported in November, the rise of the patient financing industry is often less welcome for patients, who can end up in loans that pile interest on top of what they owe for their medical care.

Despite the record enrollment, more than 25.6 million non-elderly Americans were uninsured in 2022, according to KFF.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told KFF Health News last December that he wouldn’t commit to the FDA ruling on any state application in 2023.

In March, the EPA began contacting “selected properties of interest” in Burns’ neighborhood after KFF Health News, which now operates Georgia Health News, and an attorney representing Burns began asking about the extent of the problem.

One way to interpret that finding is “people want to lose a few pounds but don’t want to be on a drug for the rest of their life,” said Ashley Kirzinger, KFF’s director of survey methodology.

The cap will greatly help beneficiaries who fall into Medicare’s “catastrophic” coverage tier — an estimated 1.5 million Americans in 2019, according to KFF.

The drug was approved too recently (2017) to be part of the current round of price negotiations, KFF says.

The KFF poll and CDC figures underscore the importance of personalized care for the elderly and others with complex care needs.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), about 14 million Americans have more than $1,000 in medical debt.

Half of people who were enrolled in Medicaid prior to unwinding said they heard little or nothing at all about the process, according to the KFF survey, which includes responses from 1,227 adults who were previously covered by Medicaid.

However, an analysis by KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes found that “many insurers are increasing premiums” and that large insurers including UnitedHealthcare and Aetna also reduced the number of plans they offer.

KFF Health News senior producer Zach Dyer reported the audio story.

KFF Health reported on June 11, 2009, that the state’s highest court upheld the Sebelius ruling blocking the Blue Cross sale to Anthem.

Learn more about to KFF Health News’ free Morning Briefing.

Rae Ellen Bichell is a Colorado Correspondent for KFF Health News, based in Longmont.

Seventeen states currently allow Medicaid to pay for abortions, including Nevada's neighbors California and Oregon, according to KFF.

The agreements, in which the company commits to design, develop, implement, or operate state-owned systems, are worth at least $6 billion, dwarfing any of its competitors, a KFF Health News investigation found.

The majority of insured US adults had at least one issue, including denial of claims, with their health insurance in the span of a year, according to a survey released in June 2023 by KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group.