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A Ticking Clock: How States Are Preparing for a Last-Minute Obamacare Deal

By Amanda Seitz and Julie Appleby October 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even if Congress strikes a deal soon to extend more generous Affordable Care Act subsidies, the prices and types of ACA plans available could change dramatically. Unprecedented uncertainty and upheaval could cloud this year’s open enrollment season, which begins in most states on Saturday.

Solving the Home Care Quandary

By Paula Span January 8, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care.

Nuevas alternativas para resolver la crisis del cuidado de salud en casa

By Paula Span January 12, 2026 KFF Health News Original

El cuidado en el hogar ya es una de las ocupaciones de más rápido crecimiento en el país: el año pasado había 3,2 millones de asistentes de salud en el hogar y de cuidado personal, frente a 1,4 millones una década atrás.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: 100 Days of Health Policy Upheaval

May 1, 2025 Podcast

Members of Congress are back in Washington, and Republicans are struggling to find ways to reduce Medicaid spending without cutting benefits. Meanwhile, confusion continues to reign at the Department of Health and Human Services. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker Data visualizations by Lydia Zuraw May 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Taxpayers — through federal infrastructure programs — have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.

Tres personas heridas en el desfile del Super Bowl viven con balas que siguen alojadas en sus cuerpos

By Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR May 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A casi tres meses del tiroteo en el desfile del Super Bowl de los Kansas City Chiefs, que dejó al menos 24 personas heridas, recuperarse de esas heridas es algo profundamente personal e incluye una sorprendente área gris de la medicina: si las balas deberían o no extraerse.

Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt: NY Provider Has Sued More Than 300 Patients Who Had Bariatric Surgery

By Fred Schulte April 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The private equity-backed practice has been known to demand more than $100,000 in charges or penalties. One patient is fighting back.

Three People Shot at Super Bowl Parade Grapple With Bullets Left in Their Bodies

By Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR May 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.

A Mom Owed Nearly $102,000 for Hospital Care. Her State Attorney General Said to Pay Up.

By Fred Clasen-Kelly July 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As politicians bash privately run hospitals for their aggressive debt collection tactics, consumer advocates say one North Carolina family’s six-figure medical bill is an example of how state attorneys general and state-operated hospitals also can harm patients financially.

Big Pharma Went All In to Kill Drug Pricing Negotiations

By Arthur Allen August 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

For more than a century, the drug industry has issued dire warnings of plunging innovation whenever regulation reared its head. In general, the threat hasn’t materialized.

California’s Highest Covid Infection Rates Shift to Rural Counties

By Phillip Reese July 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As vaccination rates rise across the state, the overall numbers of covid cases and deaths have plunged. But health officials are still reporting nearly 1,000 new cases and more than two dozen deaths a day. So, where does covid continue to simmer in California? And why?

Under Pressure, Montana Hospital Considers Adding Psych Beds Amid a Shortage

By Katheryn Houghton September 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A hospital in Bozeman, Montana, is considering whether to add inpatient psychiatric care after a concerted push from mental health advocates. But even if it adds beds, hospitals across Montana provide a cautionary tale: finding enough workers to staff such beds is its own challenge, and some behavioral health units routinely reach capacity.

Covid-Inspired Montana Health Insurance Proposal Wouldn’t Kick In for 2 Years

By Sara Reardon March 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Montana is looking to join most other states in requiring small businesses to offer laid-off employees temporary continuity of their health care plans. But the bill, if it passes, likely won’t take effect in time to help people directly affected by the pandemic.

Biden’s in the Ballpark on How Many People Have Preexisting Conditions

By Victoria Knight October 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A wide range of people — from 54 million to 135 million — could be affected if the provision in the Affordable Care Act were eliminated.

‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care

By April Dembosky, KQED October 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

One woman shares her experience trying to get care in a Bay Area hospital for COVID symptoms. At nearly every turn, a doctor dismissed her complaints. Is bias part of why people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?

Tourists Tote Dollars — And COVID — To U.S. Caribbean Islands

By Chaseedaw Giles and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Tension rises among residents and travelers as U.S. island territories work to stymie the coronavirus while attempting to keep their doors open to tourism.

“Todo lo que quieres es que te crean”: el prejuicio inconciente en la atención de salud

By April Dembosky, KQED October 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los latinos y los afroamericanos suelen ser menos propensos a recibir analgésicos o atención avanzada que los pacientes blancos no hispanos con las mismas quejas o síntomas.

Turistas llevan dólares, y COVID, a las islas del Caribe estadounidense

By Chaseedaw Giles and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha enfrentado los intereses económicos con las guías de salud pública en dos islas cuyas economías dependen en gran parte del turismo.

Nothing To Sneeze At: The $2,659 Bill To Pluck Doll’s Shoe From Child’s Nostril

By Markian Hawryluk Photos by Heidi de Marco November 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A 3-year-old girl put matching doll shoes up her nose. One came out easily. The second required an emergency department visit ― and generated a bill that is not child’s play.

Battling The Bullets From The Operating Room To The Community

By Laura Ungar December 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

St. Louis trauma surgeon Dr. Laurie Punch is on a mission to stop the bleeding of her patients and the violence-plagued communities around her. But the single mom worries she and her 7-year-old will have to move from their home, where bullets buzz in her backyard.

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