Category: Medicine

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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is […]

Felice J. Freyer BRISTOL, R.I. — At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no […]

Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price […]

The Host Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that the federal […]

The Host In his ongoing effort to reshape health policy, Secretary of Health and Human […]

La terapia de rehabilitación puede ser una bendición después de una hospitalización por un derrame […]

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Jordan Rau, KFF Health News Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety […]

Jordan Rau, KFF Health News and Irena Hwang, The New York Times Rehab hospitals that […]

Rehabilitation therapy can be a godsend after hospitalization for a stroke, a fall, an accident, […]

Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions […]

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Dan Weissmann In response to the high price of prescription drugs, “An Arm and a […]

The Host Early Thursday afternoon, the House approved a budget reconciliation bill that not only […]

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In a top-rated nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Donald Goodness is cared for […]

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LIBBY, Mont. — Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine […]

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her […]

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he was midway […]

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A blockbuster lawsuit from the federal Department of Justice alleges that insurers Aetna, Elevance Health […]

[*] When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, […]

NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors […]

Dan Weissmann News has been coming out of Washington, D.C., since the start of the […]

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something […]

The Host Members of Congress are back in Washington this week, and Republicans are facing […]

For several years, Fred Neary had been seeing five doctors at the Baylor Scott & […]

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The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington […]

Arielle Zionts Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do […]

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Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with […]

Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the […]

Mari Villar was slammed by a car that jumped the curb, breaking her legs and […]

HELENA, Mont. — Mark Nay’s first client had lost the van she was living in […]

Rachana Pradhan and Aneri Pattani Illustration by Oona Zenda The National Institutes of Health employee […]

The Host Two months into the new administration, federal workers and contractors remain off-balance as […]

Suz Redfearn “Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth […]

The Senate Finance Committee got its chance March 14 to question Mehmet Oz, President Donald […]

The Host Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already acting on […]

President Donald Trump’s health officials want you to take your vitamins. Mehmet Oz, the nominee […]

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well […]

After a patch of ice sent Marc Durocher hurtling to the ground, and doctors at […]

The Host Can the Trump administration refuse to spend money appropriated through Congress by firing […]

More than three years ago, health insurance giant Centene Corp. settled allegations that it overcharged […]

The Justice Department’s years-long court battle to force UnitedHealth Group to return billions of dollars […]

Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. […]

Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will […]

Probablemente pocos votantes esperaban que el presidente Donald Trump, en sus primeras semanas de mandato, […]

Few voters likely expected President Donald Trump in the first weeks of his administration to […]

Medicaid is under threat — again. Republicans, who narrowly control Congress, are pushing proposals that […]

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The Host Confusion continues to reign at the Department of Health and Human Services, where […]

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The Host Incoming President Donald Trump’s inauguration is Monday, yet the new GOP-led Congress is […]

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A western New York health insurance provider for seniors and the CEO of its medical […]

Medicare officials are pushing back against a federal watchdog’s call to crack down on home […]

Darius Tahir President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, […]

A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers […]

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Fred Schulte, KFF Health News KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health […]

A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down […]

RICHMOND, Vt. — On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of […]

On the campaign trail, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are […]

Joanne Kenen María Sánchez emigró al área de Chicago desde México hace unos 30 años. […]

Joanne Kenen Maria Sanchez immigrated to the Chicago area from Mexico about 30 years ago. […]

The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington […]

Sam Whitehead “We’re bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for […]

The Host As abortion and other reproductive issues gain more prominence in the looming election, […]

Cuando Pam McClure se enteró que el próximo año ahorraría casi $4,000 en sus medicamentos […]

When Pam McClure learned she’d save nearly $4,000 on her prescription drugs next year, she […]

When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she […]

The Host As part of a media blitz aimed at women voters, Vice President Kamala […]

The Host When it comes to health care, this year’s presidential campaign is increasingly a […]

Jacob Gardenswartz “Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. […]

Federal officials resolved more than a decade ago to crack down on whopping government overpayments […]

The Host Recent comments from former President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers preview potential health […]

The Host As expected, the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President […]

LOS ANGELES — For nearly a decade, John Baackes has led L.A. Care Health Plan, […]

La música triunfal suena mientras pacientes con cáncer van de campamento, hacen jardinería y ven […]

Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch fireworks in […]

En medio de una amarga y divisiva contienda, el ex presidente Donald Trump y la […]

A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from […]

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement […]

Elisabeth Rosenthal A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay […]

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Federal regulators have blocked two private sector enrollment websites from accessing consumer information through the […]

Stephanie Armour La elección de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris del gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, […]

Jacob Gardenswartz “As vice president, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you […]

Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead ATLANTA — At the shuttered Atlanta Medical Center, a “Stronger […]

STILLWATER, Minn. — Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her […]

The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, UF […]

The Host The change at the top of the likely Democratic presidential ticket is prompting […]

Many people have gotten used to rolling up their sleeves for flu and covid-19 vaccines. […]

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Stephanie Armour and Julie Appleby, KFF Health News and Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Throughout […]

A lo largo de su presidencia, Joe Biden se apoyó en Kamala Harris, la ex […]

The government is giving away money! So say ads on a variety of social media […]

Angela Hart LOS ANGELES — They distribute GPS devices so they can track their homeless […]

Los Ángeles, California. — Distribuyen dispositivos GPS para poder rastrear a sus pacientes sin hogar. […]

No talk of Obamacare. Or abortion. At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, […]

Ni una palabra sobre el Obamacare o el aborto. En la Convención Nacional Republicana en […]

Jacob Gardenswartz “Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and the […]

SACRAMENTO — When then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for nearly all Californians to buy health insurance […]

What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The […]

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A landmark Supreme Court decision that reins in federal agencies’ authority is expected to hold […]

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KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the […]

Dancing at Birnamwood Polka Days, a festival in Birnamwood, Wisconsin.(Angela Hart/KFF Health News) Polka festivals […]

Deloitte, a global consultancy that reported revenue last year of $65 billion, pulls in billions […]

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Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving […]

The Host A unanimous Supreme Court turned back a challenge to the FDA’s approval and […]

Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, […]

The steep prices — and popularity — of Ozempic and similar weight-loss and diabetes drugs […]

The Host With abortion shaping up as a key issue for the November elections, the […]

The Host Public health officials are watching with concern since a strain of bird flu […]

The Host A new analysis finds that graduating medical students were less likely to apply […]

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Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with […]

Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, […]

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, […]

Dan Weissmann Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This […]

Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health […]

Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. […]

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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are […]

En enero, Susanne Gilliam, de 67 años, estaba yendo a recoger el correo afuera de […]

Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate […]

The Host In its first abortion case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in […]

Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when […]

Online stores sprang up during the covid-19 pandemic’s telehealth boom touting testosterone as a cure-all […]

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Amy Sherman, PolitiFact We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no […]

Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom […]

The Host The general election campaign for president is (unofficially) on, as President Joe Biden […]

Dan Weissmann Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health […]

President Joe Biden touted his administration’s accomplishments in health care in a wide-ranging State of […]

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In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, […]

A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices […]

President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for […]

It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, […]

Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what […]

The Host The Alabama Supreme Court’s groundbreaking ruling last week that frozen embryos have legal […]

Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of […]

The Host A federal judge in Texas has turned back the first challenge to the […]

In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to […]

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Los médicos en Valley-Wide Health Systems nunca saben quién se presentará en su clínica en […]

Clinicians at Valley-Wide Health Systems never know who will appear at their clinic in San […]

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We […]

HANOVER, N.H. — Health care issues are important to Lana Leggett-Kealey, who works as a […]

Medicare Advantage plans are booming — 30.8 million of the 60 million Americans with Medicare […]

As enrollment in private Medicare Advantage plans grows, so do concerns about how well the […]

En la campaña presidencial, el ex presidente Donald Trump está prometiendo, una vez más, derogar […]

On the presidential campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is, once again, promising to repeal […]

The race to win the quickly approaching Iowa caucuses was the theme running through Wednesday […]

The Host As this election year begins in earnest, making it harder for Congress to […]

Congress is back this week and feverishly working on a bipartisan agreement to fund the […]

En 2016, Richard Timmins fue a un seminario informativo gratuito para aprender más sobre la […]

In 2016, Richard Timmins went to a free informational seminar to learn more about Medicare […]

The Host Even without covid dominating the headlines, 2023 was a busy year for health […]

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Medical advances are expensive. Take Wegovy, the wildly successful obesity drug that we learned last […]

Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now […]

The Host With other GOP presidential candidates following Donald Trump’s lead in calling for an […]

Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasn’t looking to […]

A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, […]

Susan Jaffe After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare […]

Después de una ofensiva sin precedentes contra las publicidades engañosas de las aseguradoras que venden […]

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It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the […]