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California Dabbles With Reining in Health Spending
California is now among the states trying to keep health-care costs down by setting spending caps — a…
Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say
Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, independent pharmacists say…
End of Internet Subsidy Leaves Millions Facing Telehealth Disconnect
When the clock struck midnight on May 31, more than 23 million low-income households were dropped from a…
White House Enlists Doctors and Hospitals To Combat Gun Violence
The White House is calling on hospital executives, doctors, and other health care leaders to take bolder steps…
Thousands of Children Got Tested for Lead With Faulty Devices: What Parents Should Know
A company that makes tests for lead poisoning has agreed to resolve criminal charges that it concealed for…
Nursing Home Staffing Rules Prompt Pushback
The Host It’s not surprising that the nursing home industry is filing lawsuits to block new Biden administration…
Biden Wants Hospitals To Report Data on Gunshot Wounds
The Biden administration is enlisting America’s doctors to help combat gun violence. About 160 health-care executives and officials…
Health Worker for a Nonprofit? The New Ban on Noncompete Contracts May Not Help You
Harris Meyer Many physicians and nurses are happy about the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule banning the use…
California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending
Bernard J. Wolfson California’s Office of Health Care Affordability faces a herculean task in its plan to slow…
El problema del huevo y la gallina en la lucha contra otra pandemia de gripe
Unas pocas noticias sobre una potencial nueva pandemia de gripe es suficiente para hacer que los científicos se…
Readers Issue Rx for Clogged ERs and Outrageous Out-of-Pocket Costs
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We…
The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic
Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs.…
An Obscure Drug Discount Program Stifles Use of Federal Lifeline by Rural Hospitals
Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix…
Safety-Net Health Clinics Cut Services and Staff Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
One of Montana’s largest health clinics that serves people in poverty has cut back services and laid off…
La vacuna contra el sarampión es segura y eficaz. No te dejes engañar por los escépticos
Los casos de sarampión están aumentando en Estados Unidos. En el primer trimestre de este año, se registró…
Tennessee Gives This Hospital Monopoly an A Grade — Even When It Reports Failure
A Tennessee agency that is supposed to hold accountable and grade the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly awards…
Florida Allows Doctors To Perform C-Sections Outside of Hospitals
Florida has become the first state to allow doctors to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, siding with…
Florida es el primer estado en permitir que se realicen cesáreas fuera de hospitales
Florida se ha convertido en el primer estado en permitir que los obstetras realicen cesáreas fuera de los…
FDA Urged To Relax Decades-Old Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay and Bisexual Men
The federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood, reducing…
Reclaman revisar viejas restricciones que previenen que hombres gay y bisexuales donen tejidos
En 2020 y 2023, el gobierno federal cambió su postura sobre quiénes podían donar órganos y sangre de…
Personas de bajos ingresos no pueden recibir terapias efectivas contra la diabetes por el alto costo
Durante el último año y medio, Tandra Cooper Harris y su esposo, Marcus, ambos viven con diabetes, han…
Los Angeles County Launches Ambitious Plan To Tackle Medical Debt. Hospitals Groan.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the nation to…
4 Ways Vaccine Skeptics Mislead You on Measles and More
Measles is on the rise in the United States. In the first quarter of this year, the number…
California Pays Meth Users To Get Sober
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with…
Suplimentele imune pot ajuta la alergii?
Suplimentele imune Alergiile, care afectează milioane de oameni din întreaga lume, rezultă din reacția excesivă a sistemului imunitar…
High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment
For the past year and a half, Tandra Cooper Harris and her husband, Marcus, who both have diabetes,…
Watch: Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding Abortion Ban States
May 21, 2024 Article HTML On KFF Health News’ “What the Health?,” chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner sat…
Medicaid Unwinding Deals Blow to Tenuous System of Care for Native Americans
About a year into the process of redetermining Medicaid eligibility after the covid-19 public health emergency, more than…
Newsom Boosted California’s Public Health Budget During Covid. Now He Wants To Cut It.
When a doctor in Pasadena, California, reported in October that a hospital patient was exhibiting classic symptoms of…
California’s $12 Billion Medicaid Makeover Banks on Nonprofits’ Buy-In
TURLOCK, Calif. — For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing…
The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care
For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these…
Bird Flu Lands as the Next Public Health Challenge
The Host Public health officials are watching with concern since a strain of bird flu spread to dairy…
Federal Panel Prescribes New Mental Health Strategy To Curb Maternal Deaths
For help, call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) or contact the 988…
Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
Noam N. Levey ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jolynn Mungenast spends her days looking for ways to help people pay…
Digging Into Facility Fees – KFF Health News
By Dan Weissmann May 15, 2024 Article HTML Dan Weissmann Facility fees are charges tacked on for visiting…
Abortion Bans Are Repelling the Nation’s Future Doctors
Ash Panakam is about to graduate from Harvard Medical School. She’s from Georgia and always assumed she would…
FDA Said It Never Inspected Dental Lab That Made Controversial AGGA Device
The FDA never inspected Johns Dental Laboratories during more than a decade in which it made the Anterior…
Rompiendo una promesa: déficit en California podría frenar aumentos a cuidadores de personas con discapacidades
Vanessa G. Sánchez SACRAMENTO, California – Las familias de personas con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo dicen que…
Newly Minted Doctors Are Avoiding Abortion Ban States
The Host A new analysis finds that graduating medical students were less likely to apply this year for…
Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions
Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician…
Biden’s Nursing Home Staffing Rule Surfaces Horror Stories
The Biden administration’s plan to set minimum staffing levels for nursing homes prompted comments from more than 46,500…
Amgen Plows Ahead With Costly, Highly Toxic Cancer Dosing Despite FDA Challenge
When doctors began using the drug sotorasib in 2021 with high expectations for its innovative approach to attacking…
An NIH Genetics Study Targets a Long-Standing Challenge: Diversity
In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a precision medicine initiative that would…
Biden Team’s Tightrope: Reining In Rogue Obamacare Agents Without Slowing Enrollment
President Joe Biden counts among his accomplishments the record-high number of people, more than 21 million, who enrolled…
La gripe aviar es mala para las aves de corral y las vacas lecheras. No es una amenaza grave para la mayoría de nosotros… por ahora
Los titulares explotaron después que el Departamento de Agricultura confirmara que el virus de la gripe aviar H5N1…
Oh, Dear! Baby Gear! Why Are the Manuals So Unclear?
Since becoming a father a few months ago, I’ve been nursing a grudge against something tiny, seemingly inconsequential,…
Bird Flu Is Bad for Poultry and Dairy Cows. It’s Not a Dire Threat for Most of Us — Yet.
Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy…
‘Breaking a Promise’: California Deficit Could Halt Raises for Disability Workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities say Gov. Gavin Newsom is reneging on…
Una prueba genética podría salvar la vida de cientos de pacientes en quimioterapia
Una mañana de enero de 2021, Carol Rosen recibió un tratamiento estándar para el cáncer de mama metastásico.…
The Hack – KFF Health News
Dan Weissmann When Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, got hit by a cyberattack this winter, a…
Millions Were Booted From Medicaid. The Insurers That Run It Gained Medicaid Revenue Anyway.
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as…
Abortion — Again — At the Supreme Court
The Host Some justices suggested the Supreme Court had said its piece on abortion law when it overturned…
Genetics Studies Have a Diversity Problem That Researchers Struggle To Fix
CHARLESTON, S.C. — When he recently walked into the dental clinic at the Medical University of South Carolina…
FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Health Care Price Fixing
Julie Rovner, KFF Health News and David Hilzenrath New technologies are making it easier for companies to fix…
Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them.
The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more…
He Thinks His Wife Died in an Understaffed Hospital. Now He’s Trying to Change the Industry.
For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his…
Medical Providers Still Grappling With UnitedHealth Cyberattack: ‘More Devastating Than Covid’
Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say…
In San Francisco’s Chinatown, a CEO Works With the Community To Bolster Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese Hospital, located in the heart of this city’s legendary Chinatown, struggles with many of…
Too Big To Fail? Now It’s ‘Too Big To Hack’
The Host Mary Agnes Carey KFF Health News @maryagnescarey Read Mary Agnes’ stories. Lawmakers in Washington this week…
Medicare’s Push To Improve Chronic Care Attracts Businesses, but Not Many Doctors
Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how…
Why Opioid Settlement Money Is Paying County Employees’ Salaries
More than $4.3 billion in opioid settlement money has landed in the hands of city, county and state…
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries
A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the…
California Health Workers May Face Rude Awakening With $25 Minimum Wage Law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage…
Arkansas Led the Nation in Measuring Obesity in Kids. Did It Help?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sixth-grade boys were lining up to be measured in the Mann Arts and Science…
After Uphill Battle, Company Is Poised for Takeover of Bankrupt California Hospital
MODESTO, Calif. — When American Advanced Management made a bid for the bankrupt Madera Community Hospital last year,…
Congress Likely to Kick the Can on Covid-Era Telehealth Policies
Nearly two hours into a Capitol Hill hearing focused on rural health, Rep. Brad Wenstrup emphatically told the…
Attack of the Medicare Machines
Dan Weissmann Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of “An…
After Public Push, CMS Curbs Health Insurance Agents’ Access to Consumer SSNs
Until last week, the system that is used to enroll people in federal Affordable Care Act insurance plans…
Ten Doctors on FDA Panel Reviewing Abbott Heart Device Had Financial Ties With Company
When the FDA recently convened a committee of advisers to assess a cardiac device made by Abbott, the…
Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care
Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees…
The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her…
Feds Join Ranks of Employers with Generous Fertility Benefits
Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is…
La deuda médica afecta a gran parte de EE.UU., pero en especial a inmigrantes en Colorado
DENVER, Colorado. — En febrero, la hija adolescente de Norma Brambila le escribió una carta que ahora lleva…
Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard
Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her…
For-Profit Companies Open Psychiatric Hospitals in Areas Clamoring for Care
GRINNELL, Iowa — A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric…
ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without…
Adultos mayores, agotados por tener que organizar tanta atención médica
En enero, Susanne Gilliam, de 67 años, estaba yendo a recoger el correo afuera de su casa cuando…
How Primary Care Is Being Disrupted: A Video Primer
By Julie Appleby and Hannah Norman and Oona Tempest April 1, 2024 Article HTML Julie Appleby, KFF Health…
Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year
Arthur Allen One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three…
The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients
Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and…
A State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly Raises Concerns
Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss The Federal Trade Commission has long argued that competition makes the economy better.…
As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge
Christian Espinoza, director of a Southern California drug-treatment provider, recently began employing a powerful new assistant: an artificial…
Programas de inteligencia artificial diagnostican retinopatía diabética en minutos
Christian Espinoza, director de operaciones de una red de clínicas de tratamiento del sur de California, comenzó recientemente…
Some Medicaid Providers Borrow or Go Into Debt Amid ‘Unwinding’ Payment Disruptions
Jason George began noticing in September that Medicaid payments had stalled for some of his assisted living facility…
This State Isn’t Waiting for Biden To Negotiate Drug Prices
As the federal government negotiates with drugmakers to lower the price of 10 expensive drugs for Medicare patients,…
After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss In the small Appalachian city of Bristol, Virginia, City Council member Neal Osborne…
Biden Said Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Cut the Deficit by $160B. That’s Years Away.
Amy Sherman, PolitiFact We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to…
Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop ‘Clawback Cruelty’
David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group The new chief of the Social Security Administration outlined for…
The ACA Turns 14 – KFF Health News
The Host The Affordable Care Act was signed into law 14 years ago this week, and Health and…
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least…
Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids. One California Doctor Has a Plan.
Almost all new parents go through it: the distress of hearing their child scream at the doctor’s office.…
Under Fire for Massive Health System Hack, Biden Team Leans on Insurers
The Biden administration has hit on a strategy to deal with the massive, industry-paralyzing cyberattack on a UnitedHealth…
Cuando tu cobertura de salud dentro de la red… simplemente se esfuma
Sarah Feldman, de 35 años, recibió las primeras cartas amenazantes del Centro Médico Mount Sinai en noviembre pasado.…
Movimientos en contra de las vacunas perjudican a los niños más vulnerables
Gayle Borne ha cuidado a más de 300 niños en Springfield, Tennessee. Niños que rara vez han visto…
How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It
Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital…
When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients
In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for…
Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All
The Host The general election campaign for president is (unofficially) on, as President Joe Biden and former President…
Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay,…
Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks
The Social Security Administration’s new chief is promising to overhaul the agency’s system of clawing back billions of…
Ya hay una droga oral para la depresión postparto… pero cuesta $16,000
En diciembre se lanzó al mercado zuranolona, un tratamiento muy esperado para la depresión postparto, con la promesa…
How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health
Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely…
A New $16,000 Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?
April Dembosky, KQED A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible…
Colorado Isn’t Giving up on Its Drug Importation Dream
Colorado hopes to join Florida to become only the second state authorized to import prescription drugs from Canada.…
VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers
David Hilzenrath Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care…
Biden Team, UnitedHealth Struggle to Restore Paralyzed Billing Systems After Cyberattack
Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind. Since…
Hospitales de California y defensores buscan financiación estable para retener a navegadores de salud conductual
Proveedores de salud y expertos en adicciones advierten que una iniciativa en California, que ayuda a pacientes con…
Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services
In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has…
Statistical Models vs. Front-Line Workers: Who Knows Best How to Spend Opioid Settlement Cash?
Aneri Pattani MOBILE, Ala. — In this Gulf Coast city, addiction medicine doctor Stephen Loyd announced at a…
Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud
A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a…
Choosing the Best Botox and Fillers Courses for Doctors and Nurses
Best Botox and Fillers Courses for Doctors If you are an RN, PA, MD, or DO, there has…
Why Hospitals in Many States With Legal Abortion May Refuse To Perform Them
Many states that tout themselves as protectors of reproductive health care, including California, Michigan and Pennsylvania, have little-noticed…
California Pushes to Expand the Universe of Abortion Care Providers
California’s efforts to expand access to abortion care are enabling more types of medical practitioners to perform certain…
With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help
When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the…
California Hospitals, Advocates Seek Stable Funding to Retain Behavioral Health Navigators
Vanessa G. Sánchez Health providers and addiction experts warn the funding structure is unstable for a California initiative…
Hacking at UnitedHealth Unit Cripples a Swath of the US Health System: What to Know
Darius Tahir Early in the morning of Feb. 21, Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that…
Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update
Over the past two years, Madeline Beal has heard frustration and even bewilderment during public meetings about ethylene…
Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight
Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on…
If You’re Poor, Fertility Treatment Can Be Out of Reach
Mary Delgado’s first pregnancy went according to plan, but when she tried to get pregnant again seven years…
California Gov. Newsom Wants Voters to Approve Billions More to Help the Homeless. Will It Help?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide March 5 whether to pump billions more dollars into combating the…
Lawsuits Claim South Carolina Kids Underwent Unnecessary Genital Exams During Abuse Investigations
Lauren Sausser Warning: Some readers may find graphic details in this article to be offensive or disturbing. CAMDEN,…
Alabama Court Rules Embryos Are Children. What Now?
The Host The Alabama Supreme Court’s groundbreaking ruling last week that frozen embryos have legal rights as people…
Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment
States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate…
‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth
The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not…
The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across America
Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Nurse midwife Beverly Maldonado recalls a pregnant woman arriving at Ascension Saint Agnes…
Patients See First Savings From Biden’s Drug Price Push, as Pharma Lines Up Its Lawyers
Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications…
Southern Lawmakers Rethink Long-Standing Opposition to Medicaid Expansion
Daniel Chang and Andy Miller As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a…
Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis
Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing…
Watch: The Feds May Reexamine Covid Protocols. Here’s Why You Should Care.
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, appeared Feb. 14 on “CBS Mornings” to discuss why…
California Prison Drug Overdoses Surge Again After Early Treatment Success
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year even…
For the Love of Health Care and Health Policy
Nothing melts our hearts like a health policy valentine. Readers made us swoon this season, writing poetic lines…
In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength
In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom…
¿Ofrecer vivienda gratis es atención médica? Programas de Medicaid dicen que sí
Estados están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en un experimento de atención médica de alto riesgo: utilizar…
GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility
GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and…
Senators Weigh Whether Health Care AI Needs a Leash
The Senate Finance Committee contemplated the future yesterday: artificial intelligence and its potential applications to health care. And…
Colorado Moves to Connect Agricultural Workers With Mental Health Resources
Vignesh Ramachandran If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988…
FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late
Ronnie Cohen In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food…
Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid beneficiaries in a…
Colorado avanza con proyectos para conectar a trabajadores agrícolas con servicios de salud mental
Legisladores de Colorado han propuesto un par de medidas que, dicen, mejorarán el acceso a recursos de salud…
Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’
States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using…
Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million
We’re halfway through the Medicaid “unwinding,” in which states are dropping people from the government health insurance program…
Congressman Off-Base in Ad Claiming Fauci Shipped Covid to Montana Before the Pandemic
Katheryn Houghton “IT’S BEEN REVEALED THAT FAUCI BROUGHT COVID TO THE MONTANA ONE YEAR BEFORE COVID BROKE OUT…
Montana Vows Changes to Avoid Delayed Contracts. Some Health Providers Still Await Back Pay.
Katheryn Houghton The head of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services said the agency has…
Is the Nation’s Primary Care Shortage as Bad as Federal Data Suggest?
Federal policymakers have been trying for a long time to lure more primary care providers to understaffed areas.…
The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’
The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, focusing on devices used…
Ketamine Therapy for Mental Health a ‘Wild West’ for Doctors and Patients
In late 2022, Sarah Gutilla’s treatment-resistant depression had grown so severe, she was actively contemplating suicide. Raised in…
A Legal Battle Over Herring Fishing Has Big Implications for Health Care
What do herring fishing and health policy have in common? Quite a bit, it turns out, owing to…
Self-Defense 101: Keeping Your Cool While You Fight
Dan Weissmann Navigating the U.S. health care system can feel like a “battle royale.” From challenging unfair medical…
Readers Weigh Downsides of Medicare Advantage and Stick Up for Mary Lou Retton
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We…
Records Show Publix Opioid Sales Grew Even as Addiction Crisis Prompted Other Chains’ Pullback
Ian Hodgson, Tampa Bay Times and Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals flagged Publix…
Native American Communities Have the Highest Suicide Rates, Yet Interventions Are Scarce
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide &…
The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags.
Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors’ orders last year after they both turned 45,…
Ouch. That ‘Free’ Annual Checkup Might Cost You. Here’s Why.
Elisabeth Rosenthal When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in Washington state last year, she…
Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two…
The FTC Escalates Biden’s Fight Against Drug Prices
It’s daggers out at the Federal Trade Commission in its fight against anticompetitive practices in health care. This…
In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed
LOS ANGELES ― Carla Brown waits on an air mattress, eager for her occupational therapist to arrive at…
988-Hotline Counselors Air Concerns: More Training Needed to Juggle a Mix of Calls
In the year and a half since its launch, 988 — the country’s easy-to-remember, three-digit suicide and crisis…
Watch: Older Americans Say They Feel Stuck in Medicare Advantage Plans
By Sarah Jane Tribble January 22, 2024 Article HTML Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News As enrollment in…
Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements
Some members of Congress are demanding federal oversight of billions of dollars in opioid settlements, which state and…
What the Health Care Sector Was Selling at the J.P. Morgan Confab
SAN FRANCISCO — Every year, thousands of bankers, venture capitalists, private equity investors, and other moneybags flock to…
In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who’s Been Sued by the Hospital
Mitchell Black and Noam N. Levey McALESTER, Okla. — It took little more than an hour for Deborah…
Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times,…
Mamografías que usan inteligencia artificial cuestan dinero extra… pero, ¿vale la pena?
Cuando fui a hacerme mi mamografía anual en noviembre, el asistente del centro radiológico en Manhattan me hizo…
America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily…
Federal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels ‘Growing Pains’
KEOKUK, Iowa — Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism…
Delays in State Contracts Leave Montana Health Providers Strapped
Montana health organizations say a state government backlog in paying its contractors has hindered their ability to provide…
Delicate Labor-Industry Deal in Flux as Newsom Revisits $25 Minimum Health Wage
Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage…
The AMA Wants a Medicare Cut Reversed – And Lawmakers To Stay Out of Care
Congress is back this week and feverishly working on a bipartisan agreement to fund the government for the…
Rural Hospitals Are Caught in an Aging-Infrastructure Conundrum
Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colorado, is facing a…
Alex Azar’s Unusual Spin Through the Revolving Door
Washington’s infamous revolving door took an unusual turn for former Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar. Azar…
Trump Official Who OK’d Drugs From Canada Chairs Company Behind Florida’s Import Plan
The Food and Drug Administration’s unprecedented approval of Florida’s plan to import drugs from Canada was made possible…
Hospitales rurales, atrapados en el dilema de sus viejas infraestructuras
Kevin Stansbury, CEO del Lincoln Community Hospital de Hugo, un pueblo de 800 habitantes en Colorado, se enfrenta…
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The Host As this election year begins in earnest, making it harder for Congress to pass bills, lawmakers…
Rising Malpractice Premiums Price Small Clinics Out of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Cecilia Nowell After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an…
Mammography AI Can Cost Patients Extra. Is It Worth It?
As I checked in at a Manhattan radiology clinic for my annual mammogram in November, the front desk…
These Patients Had to Lobby for Correct Diabetes Diagnoses. Was Their Race a Reason?
When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she…
Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: How the Loss of a Rural Hospital Compounds the Collapse of Care
The share of rural Americans who live in communities without a hospital grows each year. It’s part of…
Woman Petitions Health Insurer After Company Approves — Then Rejects — Her Infusions
When KFF Health News published an article in August about the “prior authorization hell” Sally Nix said she…
Doctors Are as Vulnerable to Addiction as Anyone. California Grapples With a Response.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Ariella Morrow, an internal medicine doctor, gradually slid from healthy self-esteem and professional success…
Can Family Doctors Deliver Rural America From Its Maternal Health Crisis?
CAIRO, Ga. — Zita Magloire carefully adjusted a soft measuring tape across Kenadie Evans’ pregnant belly. Determining a…
‘An Arm and a Leg’: When Hospitals Sue Patients (Part 2)
Dan Weissmann Some hospitals sue patients who can’t afford to pay their medical bills. Such lawsuits don’t tend…
RFK Jr.’s Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year
As pundits and politicos spar over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome…
In Year 6, KFF Health News-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ Helps Patients in a Changing System
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on…
‘AGGA’ Inventor Testifies His Dental Device Was Not Meant for TMJ or Sleep Apnea
A Tennessee dentist who has been sued by multiple TMJ and sleep apnea patients over an unproven dental…
Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals
Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August…
Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records
(Oona Tempest/KFF Health News) Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the…
The Market for Biosimilars Is Funky. The Industry Thinks PBMs Are To Blame
Over the past year there’s been movement to rein in the three big PBMs, which face little regulation…
A New Test Could Save Arthritis Patients Time, Money, and Pain. But Will It Be Used?
SAN DIEGO — Erinn Maury knew Remicade wasn’t the right drug for Patti Schulte, a rheumatoid arthritis patient…
When a Quick Telehealth Visit Yields Multiple Surprises Beyond a Big Bill
In September 2022, Elyse Greenblatt of Queens returned home from a trip to Rwanda with a rather unwelcome-back…
Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?
Too old and too sick for a heart transplant, Arvid Herrman was given a choice: Have a mechanical…
Social Security Chief Apologizes to Congress for Misleading Testimony on Overpayments
The head of the Social Security Administration has sent a letter of apology to members of Congress about…
‘Until It Is Fixed’: Congress Ramps Up Action on Social Security Clawbacks
The Senate Finance Committee is ramping up oversight of Social Security’s overpayment problem and plans to meet with…
Millions of Dollars Flow From Pharma to Patient Advocacy Groups
Pharma money is all over the place — in universities, companies doing continuing medical education for doctors and…
‘Financial Ruin Is Baked Into the System’: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care
Thousands of readers reacted to the articles in the “Dying Broke” series about the financial burden of long-term…
Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again
Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on…
Millions in Opioid Settlement Funds Sit Untouched as Overdose Deaths Rise
Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid…
Republicans Once Championed Public Health. What Happened?
It wasn’t that long ago that Republicans were all-in on boosting public health spending. “The highest investment priority…
Listen: What Our 2-Year-Long Investigation Into Medical Debt Reveals
Noam N. Levey Across the country, Americans are losing their homes, emptying their retirement accounts, and struggling to…
Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
Noam N. Levey and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News Sharon Woodward used to travel the country as a…
Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly
Susan Jaffe Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasn’t looking to replace…