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Super Bowl Rally Shooting Victims Pick Up Pieces, but Gun Violence Haunts Their Lives

By Peggy Lowe, KCUR and Bram Sable-Smith Updated November 14, 2024 Originally Published October 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Eight months after the Feb. 14 shooting, people wounded at the Kansas City Chiefs parade are wary of more gun violence. In this installment of “The Injured,” survivors of the shooting say they feel gun violence is inescapable and are desperately seeking a sense of safety.

Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an Abortion, California AG Said

By Molly Castle Work October 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In California, where abortion rights are guaranteed, there’s a loophole. The growth of Catholic hospital systems, which restrict reproductive health care, has left patients with no other option for care. That will be the case for pregnant women in Northern California, with a hospital set to close its birth center.

The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine

By Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker September 30, 2024 KFF Health News Original

New court filings and lobbying reports reveal an industry drive to tamp down critics — and retain billions of dollars in overcharges.

Breast Cancer Rises Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women

By Phillip Reese September 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Asian American and Pacific Islander women once had a relatively low rate of breast cancer diagnoses. Now, researchers are scrambling to understand why it’s rising at a faster pace than those of many other racial and ethnic groups.

Public Voices Often Ignored in States’ Opioid Settlement Money Decisions

By Aneri Pattani and Henry Larweh and Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA August 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In many places, victims of the opioid epidemic are silenced in decision-making about how to use opioid settlement money, a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by KFF Health News and Spotlight PA found.

Traveling To Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism

By Debby Waldman August 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medical aid in death is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia. But only Oregon and Vermont explicitly allow out-of-state people who are terminally ill to die with assistance there. So far, at least 49 people have made the trek while state legislation stalls elsewhere.

Opioid Settlements Promise Mississippi a Windfall. What Happens Next?

By Violet Jira, Mississippi Today and Henry Larweh August 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Millions of dollars from national opioid settlements are pouring into Mississippi. The state and localities haven’t spent much yet. In many cases, how the money will be used is up in the air.

Tribal Nations Invest Opioid Settlement Funds in Traditional Healing To Treat Addiction

By Aneri Pattani and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez May 15, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from settlements with companies that made or sold prescription painkillers. Some are investing it in sweat lodges, statistical models, and insurance-billing staffers.

WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.

By Amy Maxmen May 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

After grave missteps in the covid pandemic, the World Health Organization revisited the science and now confirms that many respiratory viruses are inhaled as airborne particles. The new framework implies that stopping transmission relies on costly measures like ventilation and masking.

What Florida’s New 6-Week Abortion Ban Means for the South, and Traveling Patients

By Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times April 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Florida has served as a haven for Southern pregnant women with little or no access to abortions. But the Florida Supreme Court upheld a six-week abortion restriction that begins in May — so now women across much of the South seeking abortions will have to look farther afield.

Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds

By Phil Galewitz April 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last year’s unwinding say they’re uninsured.

Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Colorado is ahead of the curve on policies to prevent medical debt, but the gap between the debt load in places inhabited primarily by people of color versus non-Hispanic white residents is greater than the national average.

The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across America

By Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht February 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The expansion of Catholic hospitals nationwide leaves patients at the mercy of the church’s religious directives, which are often at odds with accepted medical standards.

Is the Nation’s Primary Care Shortage as Bad as Federal Data Suggest?

By Rae Ellen Bichell February 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal policymakers have been trying for a long time to lure more primary care providers to understaffed areas. The Biden administration boosted funding in 2022 to address shortages and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed sweeping primary care legislation in 2023. But when KFF Health News set out last year to map where the primary care workforce shortages really are — and where […]

A Record Number of Californians Are Visiting Emergency Rooms for Dog Bites

By Phillip Reese January 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

There were nearly 50,000 emergency room visits for dog bites in California in 2022. The rate of such visits per capita is up about 70% since 2005.

States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings

By Phil Galewitz December 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.

‘AGGA’ Inventor Testifies His Dental Device Was Not Meant for TMJ or Sleep Apnea

By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News December 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The FDA and Department of Justice are investigating the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, or “AGGA.” TMJ and sleep apnea patients have filed lawsuits alleging the device harmed them. Its inventor now says the AGGA was never meant for these ailments.

Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records

By Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker Illustration by Oona Zenda December 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of medical devices are sold, and even implanted, with no safety tests.

‘They See a Cash Cow’: Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements

By Aneri Pattani December 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As opioid settlement dollars land in government coffers, a swarm of businesses are positioning themselves to profit from the windfall. But will their potential gains come at the expense of the settlements’ intended purpose — to remediate the effects of the opioid epidemic?

‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don’t Warn Residents

By Hannah Norman Graphics by Lydia ZurawIllustration by Oona Zenda December 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

At least 17 states have issued PFAS-related fish consumption advisories, KFF Health News found. But with no federal guidance, what is considered safe to eat varies significantly among states, most of which provide no regulation.

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