In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News and Colleen DeGuzman In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their...
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Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline...
Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?
The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof that the nation...
Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million
Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid beneficiaries in a one-year span, enrollment in the government-run health...
Back From COP28, California Climate Leaders Talk Health Impacts of Warming
Samantha Young SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wildfire smoke. Drought. Brutal heat. Floods. As Californians increasingly feel the health effects of climate...
Surge in Syphilis Cases Leads Some Providers to Ration Penicillin
When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he...
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 a case...
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 past year, it has...
Prescribing Love: Send Us Your Health Policy Valentines
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and...
Covid sigue matando gente. Esto recomiendan los médicos para protegerse
Con alrededor de 20,000 muertes a causa de covid en Estados Unidos desde principios de octubre, y decenas de miles...
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 local governments...
