At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients
By Rachana Pradhan
September 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Many Catholic health systems, which are tax-exempt, pay their executives millions and can charge some of the highest prices around — while critics say they scrimp on commitments to their communities.
To Protect a Mother’s Health: How Abortion Ban Exemptions Play Out in a Post-‘Roe’ World
By Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times
July 31, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Florida’s six-week abortion law allows exemptions in cases of rape, incest, and human trafficking, and to save the health or life of the mother. But the recent history of such exemptions in other states suggests that very few women will be able to take advantage of them.
A Teen’s Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing
By Fred Clasen-Kelly Renuka Rayasam
August 22, 2024
KFF Health News Original
For years, federal lawmakers have failed to deliver the money needed to fix derelict public housing, leaving tenants — mostly people of color and families with low incomes — living with mold and gun violence that has had lasting health consequences.
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.
From Sewers to Golf Courses, Cities See Green With New Federal Covid Relief Dollars
By Phil Galewitz
October 8, 2021
KFF Health News Original
The American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress in March, provides $130 billion to cities, counties and tribes — with few restrictions on how the money can be spent.
A Title Fight Pits Physician Assistants Against Doctors
By Jordan Rau
December 3, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Physician assistants are pushing to be renamed “physician associates,” complaining their title is belittling and doesn’t convey what they do. “We don’t assist,” they insist. Doctors’ groups fear there’s more than just a name in play.
A Chilling Cure: Facing Killer Heat, ERs Use Body Bags to Save Lives
By JoNel Aleccia
July 22, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Doctors in Washington state used human body bags filled with ice and water to rapidly cool the sickest patients affected by record heat last month.
Minneapolis Police Injured Protesters With Rubber Bullets. The City Has Taken Little Action.
By Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY
May 26, 2021
KFF Health News Original
A year after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody, there is scant evidence the city has changed how its police officers use less-lethal weapons or strengthened its oversight. Instead, it may be a study in stymied reform, unenforced policies and a lack of transparency.
Wear a Mask. If Only It Were That Simple.
By Michael McAuliff Julio Ochoa, WUSF Jackie Fortiér, LAist Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
October 2, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Health experts agree masks are the cheapest, best weapon against the coronavirus pandemic. But how should mask-wearing be enforced? Mandates? Fines? Polite requests? It’s hard to figure out what works as President Donald Trump’s behavior keeps the debate alive over whether they should be worn at all.
Funeral Homes, Families Ponder Deaths In The Age Of COVID-19
By JoNel Aleccia
March 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
As the novel coronavirus marches across the country, it is upending how families and funeral homes honor the dead — and, ultimately, put them to rest.
Usa una máscara. Como si fuera tan simple…
By Michael McAuliff Julio Ochoa, WUSF Jackie Fortiér, LAist Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
October 2, 2020
KFF Health News Original
La forma más simple y fácil de combatir una nueva ola de infecciones es lograr que la mayoría de las personas usen máscaras la mayor parte del tiempo.
Funerarias, y familias, reflexionan sobre las muertes en la era de COVID-19
By JoNel Aleccia
March 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Se están promoviendo los funerales en internet, tomando precauciones extra al atender los cuerpos, y pidiendo que los servicios sean breves y con pocas personas. Un luto distinto.
Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear
By Christina Jewett Lauren Weber
March 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, a new survey reveals widespread medical gear shortages while hospitals give up on a fractured supply chain and take matters into their own hands with planes sprinting past cargo ships.
Los suministros para combatir a COVID-19 en hospitales están llegando desde el cielo
By Christina Jewett Lauren Weber
March 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Hospitales están recurriendo a distribuidores privados y al Ejército de los Estados Unidos para transportar por vía aérea millones de máscaras protectoras y otros suministros hospitalarios desde China.
How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly’s Half-Price Insulin Make?
By Bram Sable-Smith
March 12, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Eli Lilly released a half-price generic version of its own short-acting insulin. At $137.35 per vial, the generic insulin is priced at about the same level as Humalog was in 2012.
No Cash, No Heart. Transplant Centers Require Proof Of Payment.
By JoNel Aleccia
December 5, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The case of a Michigan woman told to fundraise $10,000 for a heart transplant sparked viral outrage, but experts say “wallet biopsies” are common.
Measure To Cap Dialysis Profits Pummeled After Record Spending By Industry
By Ana B. Ibarra Anna Gorman
November 8, 2018
KFF Health News Original
The dialysis industry raised nearly $111 million in a successful bid to defeat the measure, which also was opposed by hospitals and doctors. The union that sponsored the measure collected about one-sixth that amount.
Si no hay efectivo, no hay corazón. Centros de trasplantes piden prueba de pago
By JoNel Aleccia
December 5, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Casi todos los más de 250 centros de trasplantes de la nación requieren que los pacientes verifiquen cómo cubrir las facturas.
Year One Of KHN’s ‘Bill Of The Month’: A Kaleidoscope Of Financial Challenges
December 21, 2018
KFF Health News Original
A crowdsourced investigation in which we dissect, investigate and explain medical bills you send us.
After Opioid Overdose, Only 30 Percent Get Medicine To Treat Addiction
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
June 19, 2018
KFF Health News Original
Patients revived from an opioid overdose who get methadone or Suboxone treatment for addiction afterward are much more likely to be alive a year later, says a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
