After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
Some patients who had liposuction or other surgeries later required emergency hospital care — and some died, court records show.
It’s the ‘Gold Standard’ in Autism Care. Why Are States Reining It In?
States facing yawning budget shortfalls have begun cutting Medicaid reimbursements for a wide variety of services. In some states, dramatic cuts are targeting therapies that many families of autistic people say are essential to caring for their loved ones.
Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients.
As the crowdsourced investigative series from KFF Health News approaches its eighth anniversary, “Bill of the Month” offers its top takeaways of 2025 to help patients manage, decipher, and even fight their medical bills.
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An Arm and a Leg: A Few More Good Things From 2025
"An Arm and a Leg" looks back on state laws passed in 2025 aimed at removing medical debts from credit reports and reining in corporate influence on medicine.
Criminally Ill: Systemic Failures Turn State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons
Baltimore Drove Down Gun Deaths. Now Trump Has Slashed Funding for That Work.
Medicaid Health Plans Step Up Outreach Efforts Ahead of GOP Changes
Inside the FDA’s Vaccine Uproar
Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season
Judge in Nursing Home Bankruptcy Case Gives Families Fresh Hope of Compensation for Injuries, Deaths
Scorpion Peppers Caused Him ‘Crippling’ Pain. Two Years Later, the ER Bill Stung Him Again.
Guns Marketed for Personal Safety Fuel Public Health Crisis in Black Communities
States Advance Medical Debt Protections as Federal Support Turns to Opposition
Deadly Denials
After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.
Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer considered a good candidate. He died in September.
