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Pot Boom Wakes Sleepy Dinosaur, Colorado

By Markian Hawryluk September 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A small town close to the Colorado-Utah state line strikes it rich with marijuana sales.

The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has Accelerated

By Phillip Reese April 13, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Californians 85 and older are especially susceptible to malnutrition. They accounted for almost three in five malnutrition deaths in the state last year.

Aumenta el número de californianos mayores que muere por desnutrición

By Phillip Reese April 13, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Las muertes atribuidas a la desnutrición aumentaron más del doble, de unas 650 en 2018 a aproximadamente 1,400 en 2022, según datos preliminares de certificados de defunción del Departamento de Salud Pública estatal.

The Painful Pandemic Lessons Mandy Cohen Carries to the CDC

By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Rachana Pradhan and Holly K. Hacker August 23, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Mandy Cohen, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, earned praise for her leadership and communication as the face of North Carolina’s response to covid-19. People in the state’s most vulnerable communities tell a more complicated story.

Cien millones de vacunas contra covid en 100 días no nos hará volver a la normalidad

By Victoria Knight February 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los epidemiólogos estiman que es necesario inocular al menos al 70% de la población para que se alcance la inmunidad colectiva, para poder frenar la pandemia.

Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear

By Christina Jewett and 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 and 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.

When Your Doctor Is Also A Lobbyist: Inside The War Over Surprise Medical Bills

By Rachana Pradhan February 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As lawmakers consider bills to protect patients against surprise medical bills, doctors have waged a stealth on-the-ground campaign to win over members of Congress. Here’s how they did it.

Massachusetts Stroke Patient Receives ‘Outrageous’ $474,725 Medical Flight Bill

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR December 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

After a 34-year-old woman suffered a stroke in Kansas, doctors there arranged for her to be transferred to a Boston hospital, via an Angel MedFlight Learjet. The woman and her father believed the cost of the medical flight would be covered by her private insurance. Then they got the bill.

Lost on the Frontline

By The Staffs of KHN and The Guardian August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

“Lost on the Frontline” is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.

Where There’s Willingness, There’s A Way For Congress And Trump To Fix Health Law

By Julie Rovner April 4, 2017 KFF Health News Original

After the collapse of the Republican replacement plan, there may be a way to find consensus and repair the law.

Surgeon General Murthy Wants America To Face Up To Addiction

By NPR Staff November 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.

Harmful Chemicals Are Everywhere — But What Does That Mean?

By Zhai Yun Tan June 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A report by the Environmental Working Group measures how much Americans are exposed to a variety of chemicals that may be linked to cancer.

Indiana, Several Other States Look To Expand Medicaid Next Year

By Phil Galewitz September 2, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This KHN story can be republished for free. (details) Who’s next? With the long-awaited deal to expand Medicaid finally struck last week between Pennsylvania and the Obama administration, 27 states and the District of Columbia have adopted a key coverage plank of the Affordable Care Act. And the momentum continues to grow in Republican-led states […]

For A Family With Job-Based Insurance, Premium Subsidies Fall Far Short Of Promises

By Kathie Platt March 31, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A Texas woman explains how her family’s hopes of help from the health law were dashed when they found out that they were not eligible.

Claims Drop After Texas Takes Over Women’s Health Program

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune December 13, 2013 KFF Health News Original

With the exclusion of roughly 40 Planned Parenthood clinics, claims for birth control and wellness exams dropped for the first six months of 2013, as did enrollment numbers.

Monthly Premiums For A ‘Benchmark’ Silver Plan In Federally Run Insurance Marketplaces

September 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This chart lists sample premiums in the 36 states where the federal government is running the online insurance marketplaces.

Two (Very Different) Miami Hospitals Prepare For Health Law’s Medicaid Expansion

By Sammy Mack, WLRN & HealthyState.org March 20, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Even as Florida leads the Supreme Court challenge against the health law, a private and a public hospital are anticipating an influx of new patients who will be covered by Medicaid if the law stands.

The Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals

September 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Details on revenues, spending and total assets of 39 children’s hospitals from around the country.

The Old Practice Of House Calls Is Returning To Some Areas

By Michelle Andrews May 10, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Businesses and individuals looking for convenience are contracting with services that will provide same-day medical appointments at home or office.

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