In Year 7, ‘Bill of the Month’ Gives Patients a Voice
In the seventh year of KFF Health News’ “Bill of the Month” series, patients shared their most perplexing, vexing, and downright expensive medical bills, and reporters analyzed $800,000 in charges — including more than $370,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.
LGBTQ+ People Relive Old Traumas as They Age on Their Own
The generation that faced discrimination, ostracism, and the AIDS epidemic now faces old age. Many struggle with isolation along with a host of pressing health problems.
‘Waiting List to Nowhere’: Homelessness Surveys Trap Black Men on the Streets
Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused by systematically placing white people in front of the line ahead of Black people. Now places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Austin, Texas, are developing alternative surveys to reduce bias.
Caseworkers Coax Homeless People out of Las Vegas’ Tunnels for Treatment
Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’ drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment.
Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People
Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones.
An Arm and a Leg: Revisiting ‘Christmas In July’
Journalists Wrap Up 2024 With Topics From Trump 2.0 to Frustration With Health Industry
In Settling Fraud Case, New York Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay up to $100M
How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic
Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trump’s Return
‘Bill of the Month’: The Series That Dissects and Slashes Medical Bills
Readers Offer ‘Solo Agers’ Support and Reflect on Ancestors
He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill
Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash
How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers
From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, we uncovered how billions in opioid settlement funds were used by state and local governments in 2022 and 2023. Find out where the money went.
