Houston Matters
What a price break on insulin means for health care costs
Posted on · Eli Lilly is reducing prices and capping costs on insulin. Could it be the start of a trend lowering some drug prices?
Tag: Ken Janda
Houston Matters
Cost of prescription drugs (March 7, 2023)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Eli Lilly is capping the cost of its insulin. We discuss why and consider how it might affect the prices for other medications.
Houston Matters
Domestic violence after COVID (Feb. 9, 2023)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: A new report examines domestic violence trends in Greater Houston since the pandemic.
Houston Matters
The Financial Cost Of COVID (Sept. 20, 2021)
Posted on · We hear a lot about the health impact of COVID-19. But what about what it literally ends up costing patients? From ER visits, to hospital stays, and even lost wages, we examine the cost of COVID.
Houston Matters
Bracing For Frigid Weather (Feb. 12, 2021)
Posted on · On Friday's show: The latest on frigid weather rolling into Greater Houston, and why you should care what some COVID testing sites are charging your health insurance.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Houston Matters: Concerns Over Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Vaccines, And Health Care Cost Transparency (Sep. 10, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's Show: Why a leading expert is concerned about fast-tracking a COVID-19 vaccine, why health care costs are so hard to pin down, why some Texans lost power after Hurricane Laura, and previewing the Texans season.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Affordable Care Act Case In Texas, And Rerouting I-45 (July 8, 2019)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: We learn what a Texas court case could mean for the Affordable Care Act, we discuss plans to re-rout I-45 through downtown, we meet the first woman to serve in NASA’s Mission Control, and Jeff Balke updates us on sports.
Houston Matters
Expert Discusses Affordable Care Act Enrollment
Posted on · Ken Janda, CEO of Community Health Choice, thinks the roughly 350,000 people who live in the Houston area and have individual coverage through the ACA will re-enroll this year
Houston Matters
Full Show: Political Roundup, and Texas Horror Films (Oct. 31, 2018)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We preview open enrollment for health care plans in Texas. Our experts break down the latest political stories. Local film critic Dustin Chase discusses Texas movies. And author Joe R. Lansdale tells us about his writing.
Healthcare
Clinics In Low-Income Houston Neighborhoods Sue For Continued Funding
Posted on · Central Care's loss of the grant has ignited fears that some currently serviced by the network will no long be able to access healthcare
News
Insurance Expert Predicts Increasing Costs For Houstonians With End Of ACA Subsidies
Posted on · Ken Janda, president and CEO of the non-profit Community Health Choice, estimates rates could increase between 10 and 15 per cent.
Houston Matters
Elimination Of Health Care Subsidies — What Could It Mean For You?
Posted on · President Trump is eliminating subsidy payments to insurance companies. Houston Matters brings in two health care experts to discuss what it could mean for you.
Houston Matters
Texas Court Battle Over Outpatient Therapy Funding Leaves Providers in Limbo
Posted on · A court battle in Texas over Medicaid cuts for therapists providing outpatient services primarily for disabled and elderly Texans is leaving those therapists’ practices up in the air. As of this moment, the Texas Supreme Court has restored a lower court's injunction halting cuts passed by the Texas legislature last session, which could have a […]
Houston Matters
Will Medicaid Cuts Force Some Agencies to Cuts Services?
Posted on · Last session, state lawmakers cut millions in Medicaid funding to home health agencies and outpatient clinics providing what are known as acute care therapy programs, like physical and speech therapy. The reason? To match payments in other states and through private insurers. Therapy providers, however, believe the cuts (reports estimate anywhere from $200-350 million, perhaps […]
Full Show
HISD Enrollment Caps and Historic Preservation: Monday’s Show (August 17, 2015)
Posted on · The first day of school for Houston Independent School District students is just a week away. Yet, some parents with elementary-age children in the district are confronting some uncertainty as to where their child will be going for the rest of the school year. That's because HISD is cracking down on class sizes in K-4 […]