Indiana State Senator Moves To Scrap Hospital Monopoly Law He Helped Create
After rival hospitals in Terre Haute scuttled plans to merge, a state senator has introduced a bill to forbid similar mergers by repealing a state law he helped write.
Medicaid Expansion Debate Will Affect Other Health Policy Issues Before Montana Legislature
Legislative leaders say the decision whether to renew Montana’s Medicaid expansion program this year will loom over behavioral health spending and hospital regulation, among other topics.
Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores
The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
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Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.
As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents. The issue will likely shape his national profile for better or worse. And now, Donald Trump brings a new wrinkle.
An Arm and a Leg: A Listener Fighting the Good Fight
Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity
Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health
Stimulant Users Are Caught in Fatal ‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic
Syringe Exchange Fears Hobble Fight Against West Virginia HIV Outbreak
For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Francis Collins on Supporting NIH and Finding Common Ground
In Year 7, ‘Bill of the Month’ Gives Patients a Voice
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.
