In Connecticut, Doctors Now Sue Patients Most Over Medical Bills, Surpassing Hospitals
Physicians, dentists, and other nonhospital providers account for more than 80% of health care debt collection cases in Connecticut courts, a CT Mirror-KFF Health News investigation finds.
An Arm and a Leg: The Accidental Architect of America’s Drug Patent Problem
An Arm and a Leg launches its “101” series with the story of Alfred Engelberg, a lawyer who’s been crusading to improve access to generic drugs by fixing loopholes in a law he helped draft more than 40 years ago.
Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human
With high demand for mental health care, a wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps — with little evidence they work and few regulations.
What the Health? From KFF Health News: A New CDC Nominee, Again
President Donald Trump this week nominated a former deputy surgeon general who has expressed support for vaccines to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Considered a more traditional fit for the job, Erica Schwartz would be the agency’s fourth leader in roughly a year, should she be confirmed by the Senate. And Health […]
Journalists Talk Hot Health Topics: Urgent Care Clinics Performing Abortions and Doulas’ Pay
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Listen: With Little Federal Regulation, States Are Left To Shape the Rules on AI in Health Care
New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More.
As US Birth Rate Falls, Feds’ Response May Make Pregnancy More Dangerous
Rural Nebraska Dialysis Unit Closes Despite the State’s $219M in Rural Health Funding
Medi-Cal Immigrant Enrollment Is Dropping. Researchers Point to Trump’s Policies.
States Change Custody Laws To Keep Children of Detained Immigrants Out of Foster Care
New Orleans Takes Steps To Assess and Clean Lead in Playgrounds After Investigation
How To Make a High-Deductible Health Plan Work for You
Deadly Denials
After Man’s Death Following Insurance Denials, West Virginia Tackles Prior Authorization
After Eric Tennant died, his widow vowed to speak out against West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency, which had denied cancer treatment recommended by Tennant’s doctor. Her efforts paid off. In March, West Virginia’s governor signed a bill to protect some patients from harm tied to prior authorization.
