‘No Mercy’ Chapter 6: Trickle-Down Heartache Reaches the Next Generation in a Rural Town With No Hospital
By Sarah Jane Tribble
November 3, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Meet Josh. He’s a teenager in Fort Scott, Kansas, who dropped out of high school around the same time the town’s hospital closed. He says those two things are related.
To Vaccinate Veterans, Health Care Workers Must Cross Mountains, Plains and Tundra
By Patricia Kime
February 19, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Veterans Affairs officials are flying COVID-19 vaccines to remote locations in Montana and Alaska to quickly inoculate rural veterans before the drugs expire.
‘Pennie’-Pinching States Take Over Obamacare Exchanges From Feds
By Phil Galewitz
August 17, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Pennsylvania and New Jersey are leaving the federal marketplace this fall to save money and will start their own insurance exchanges. Kentucky, New Mexico, Virginia and Maine are looking to join them in 2021 or beyond.
As the Terror of COVID Struck, Health Care Workers Struggled to Survive. Thousands Lost the Fight.
By Christina Jewett Robert Lewis
December 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
At least 2,900 health workers have died since the pandemic began. Many were minorities with the highest levels of patient contact.
Superstar Athletes Popularize Unproven Stem Cell Procedures
By Liz Szabo
August 5, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Treatments for baseball pitcher Max Scherzer and other pros may mislead fans about costly, controversial, unapproved stem cell shots.
Estrellas del deporte popularizan terapias con células madre que no están probadas
By Liz Szabo
August 5, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Médicos están preocupados por el mensaje equivocado que se está enviando sobre estos tratamientos que, dicen, no están probados y realmente no aceleran los procesos de recuperación.
For Those With Developmental Disabilities, Dental Needs Are Great, Good Care Elusive
By David Tuller
May 3, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Lack of access means that people with physical and cognitive disabilities have a heavier burden of dental disease.
So Much Care It Hurts: Unneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Only Add To Patients’ Ills
By Liz Szabo
October 23, 2017
KFF Health News Original
Overtreatment of breast cancer and other diseases is pervasive, burdening patients and the health care system with enormous costs and needless suffering.
Do You Speak Health Insurance? It’s Not Easy.
By Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio
January 4, 2016
KFF Health News Original
Even savvy consumers stumble over terms like “coinsurance.”
Table and Map: Government-Backed Loans To Health Care Businesses
May 26, 2010
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<< Go Back: “Experts Worry: Could Government Loans To Doctors Raise Health Costs?” Here is a state-by-state breakdown of Small Business Administration-backed loans under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the stimulus program, to health care-related businesses from February 2009 to April 2010. View Government-Backed Loans To Health Care Businesses in a larger […]
Seven Things You Didn’t Know Were In The Senate Health Bill
By Mary Agnes Carey Laurie McGinley Phil Galewitz
November 30, 2009
KFF Health News Original
While much of the attention paid to the Senate health reform bill has been about the public option or financing, there are many lesser-known provisions that would affect consumers.
How Congress Might Tax Your Health Benefits
By Julie Appleby
June 8, 2009
KFF Health News Original
Lawmakers are considering varied approaches to taxing employer-provided health insurance as a means of paying for an overhaul of the health system, Kaiser Health News reports. Proposals include taxing benefits above a certain premium amount, taxing the benefits only of high-income earners, or combining both approaches.
