Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice
By Arthur Allen
September 19, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Thousands of patients with autoimmune diseases who rely on Humira, with a list price of $6,600 a month, could get financial relief from new low-cost rivals. So far, the pharmacy benefit managers that control drug prices in America have not delivered on those savings.
Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’
By Angela Hart
February 6, 2024
KFF Health News Original
States are using their Medicaid programs to offer poor and sick people housing services, such as paying six months’ rent or helping hunt for apartments. The trend comes in response to a growing homelessness epidemic, but experts caution this may not be the best use of limited health care money.
Readers Offer ‘Solo Agers’ Support and Reflect on Ancestors
December 20, 2024
KFF Health News Original
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate
By Aneri Pattani
October 23, 2023
KFF Health News Original
State and local governments will receive a windfall of more than $50 billion over 18 years from settlements with companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers. Using the funds for law enforcement has triggered important questions about what the money was meant for.
Cómo una regla federal propuesta sobre el calor podría haber salvado la vida de trabajadores agrícolas
By Amy Maxmen
October 28, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Los trabajadores están sufriendo, y muriendo, cada vez más, a medida que los veranos se vuelven progresivamente más calurosos debido al cambio climático.
Readers and Tweeters Chime In on Disability Rights and Drug Discounts
December 16, 2022
KFF Health News Original
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
States Opting Out of a Federal Program That Tracks Teen Behavior as Youth Mental Health Worsens
By Daniel Chang
October 26, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Colorado, Florida, and Idaho are the latest states to opt out of a survey that tracks concerning behaviors in high school students. Officials cite low participation and state laws that require parental permission. But some advocates say dwindling state participation is an “enormous loss” that will make it harder to track signs of poor mental health — like drug and alcohol misuse and suicidal ideation — among teens.
California’s Resolve Questioned After It Grants Medi-Cal Contract Concessions
By Bernard J. Wolfson Samantha Young
January 27, 2023
KFF Health News Original
After the Department of Health Care Services canceled Medi-Cal contract awards under pressure from major insurers, some consumer advocates question the administration’s willpower to improve care in the safety-net program.
Should Older Seniors Risk Major Surgery? New Research Offers Guidance
By Judith Graham
November 28, 2022
KFF Health News Original
An important new study offers much-needed data to inform older Americans of the risks and benefits they must weigh when facing major surgery.
An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare Episode
By Dan Weissmann
March 11, 2024
Podcast
On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann breaks down the complicated and expensive world of Medicare with practical tips to pick the right plan and avoid penalties.
New Mexico Program to Reduce Maternity Care Deserts in Rural Areas Fights for Survival
By Sarah Jane Tribble
May 15, 2023
KFF Health News Original
A federally funded program in remote New Mexico has helped hundreds of pregnant mothers stay healthy, but it’s running out of time and money despite a growing national maternity care crisis. The four-year, nearly $3 million grant has provided telehealth, coordinated care, and social services to mothers in need.
NY requiere que doctores receten naloxona a algunos pacientes que toman analgésicos opioides
By Michelle Andrews
January 5, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Aunque los titulares son por las muertes por sobredosis de drogas ilícitas vendidas en la calle, el riesgo de sufrirlas también es real para los pacientes que toman opioides recetados por sus médicos.
California amplió el Medi-Cal a todos los residentes más allá de su estatus migratorio. Los resultados son desiguales.
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
November 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Estos inmigrantes se han ido sumando al programa poco a poco, a medida que el estado fue eliminando el requisito de residencia legal.
La crisis de deuda que los estadounidenses enfermos no pueden evitar
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
August 2, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Poca atención pública se ha centrado en lo que es, al menos estadísticamente, una crisis de deuda más grande: se estima que 100 millones de personas, o el 41% de todos los adultos del país, tienen deudas de atención médica, en comparación con 42 millones con deuda estudiantil.
100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
By Noam N. Levey
June 16, 2022
KFF Health News Original
The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.
Por qué el sarampión, la tos ferina y otras enfermedades graves podrían resurgir con RFK Jr.
By Arthur Allen
December 6, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Expertos afirman que una confluencia de factores podría causar el resurgimiento de epidemias mortales de enfermedades como el sarampión, la tos ferina y la meningitis, o incluso de polio.
People With Down Syndrome Are Living Longer, but the Health System Still Treats Many as Kids
By Tony Leys
April 17, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The median life expectancy for a U.S. baby born with Down syndrome jumped from about four years in 1950 to 58 years in the 2010s. That’s largely because they no longer can be denied lifesaving care, including surgeries for heart defects. But now, aging adults with Down syndrome face a health system unprepared to care for them.
Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many
By Jordan Rau JoNel Aleccia
November 22, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The private insurance market has proved wildly inadequate in providing financial security for millions of older Americans, in part by underestimating how many policyholders would use their coverage.
Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care
By Reed Abelson, The New York Times Jordan Rau
November 14, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The United States has no coherent system of long-term care, leading many to struggle to stay independent or rely on a patchwork of solutions.
¿Deberían los adultos mayores someterse a cirugías invasivas? Nueva investigación ofrece guía
By Judith Graham
November 28, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Casi 1 de cada 7 adultos mayores muere dentro del año después de someterse a una cirugía mayor, según un nuevo estudio que arroja luz sobre los riesgos que enfrentan las personas mayores cuando tienen procedimientos invasivos.
