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KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Jordan Rau says he'll be keeping an eye on how Medicare proposes to change how it pays hospitals after changes in the health law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow Marilyn Werber Serafini says she'll be following the 2012 presidential campaigns and how health care plays into the race.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Phil Galewitz says he'll be following health care in the states, Medicaid and how the Supreme Court will rule on the health law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Jessica Marcy says she'll be examining the different kinds of health care workers -- growing in numbers -- looking to give more people more care.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Web Reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni says to watch out for how health disparities are affected by implementation of the health law.
KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN Senior Correspondent Mary Agnes Carey says she'll be following Republican efforts to dismantle the health law.
Test your knowledge of who has said what about Medicare over the many years of the program's history.
Here are the details regarding not only who said what about Medicare, but when and where.
A Senate-passed bill to stop a Medicare physician pay cut, among other provisions like a payroll tax cut extension, was denied a vote by House Republicans Tuesday afternoon. Until lawmakers pass legislation to avert it, doctors are facing a 27 percent pay cut at the beginning of next year.
Former Massachsetts Gov. Mitt Romney's years as governor are defined by his role in reforming health care in the Bay State. It's sometimes a political albatross, but it's also proof, the candidate for president himself says, that he could bridge party divisions in Washington.
The examination found that hospitals with the largest share of poor patients were 2.7 times as likely to have high readmission rates.
Federal officials are seeking to make sure patients get the care they need after discharge. But the new policy is likely to disproportionately affect hospitals that treat the most low-income patients, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis.
Ralph Rust's decade-long struggle to stay out of hospitals involves some of the factors that cause patients to be readmitted frequently. For years he was hospitalized as often as three times a month.
This interactive chart compares the heart failure readmission rates and patient population poverty levels for more than 3,000 hospitals.
Four in five African American women are overweight or obese, and they start adding extra pounds years before their white counterparts. Research suggests the problem may have a lot to do with when girls give up regular exercise.
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