Jimmy Carter se enfrentó al horrible gusano de Guinea cuando nadie más lo hizo. Y ganó
By Jason Beaubien, NPR Sam Whitehead
March 8, 2023
KFF Health News Original
El Centro Carter informó que en 2022, solo hubo 13 casos humanos registrados de la enfermedad, un número provisional que se confirmará oficialmente, probablemente este mes.
Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In
By Markian Hawryluk
September 22, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Investors are banking on increased demand in death care services as 73 million baby boomers near the end of their lives.
¿Ofrecer vivienda gratis es atención médica? Programas de Medicaid dicen que sí
By Angela Hart
February 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Estados están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en un experimento de atención médica de alto riesgo: utilizar fondos ya escasos de seguros de salud públicos para proporcionar vivienda a los estadounidenses más pobres y enfermos.
An Arm and a Leg: Attack of the Medicare Machines
By Dan Weissmann
April 10, 2024
Podcast
In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann tells a horror story. Instead of monsters and aliens, it’s about private health insurance companies and algorithms that call the shots on patient care.
¿Ahorrar miles de millones o quedarse con Humira? Intermediarios farmacéuticos guían hacia la opción más costosa
By Arthur Allen
September 19, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Humira lleva 20 años disfrutando de una exclusividad muy cara en el país. Sus competidores podrían ahorrarle al sistema sanitario $9,000 millones.
Tennessee Offers to Expand Dental Schools as Medicaid Coverage Stretches Need
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
March 31, 2022
KFF Health News Original
As states expand Medicaid’s dental benefits, they’re running up against a shortage of dentists willing to work on those patients, especially in rural communities. So Tennessee is helping dental schools expand and offering to pay off student loans for those who work in high-need areas.
Sports Programs in States in Northern Climes Face a New Opponent: Scorching Septembers
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR
September 30, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Montana and many other states in the northern U.S. have not updated their policies to keep young athletes safe from heatstroke amid rising temperatures.
Nursing Home Surprise: Advantage Plans May Shorten Stays to Less Time Than Medicare Covers
By Susan Jaffe
October 4, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Private Medicare Advantage health plans are increasingly ending coverage for skilled nursing or rehab services before medical providers think patients are healthy enough to go home, doctors and patient advocates say.
Mental Health Crisis Teams Aren’t Just for Cities Anymore
By Tony Leys Arielle Zionts
October 3, 2022
KFF Health News Original
In many cities, social workers and counselors are responding to mental health emergencies that used to be solely handled by police. That approach is spreading to rural areas even though mental health professionals are scarcer and travel distances are longer.
For Medically Vulnerable Families, Inflation’s Squeeze Is Inescapable
By Heidi de Marco
August 15, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Inflation hasn’t hit Americans like this in decades. And families living with chronic diseases have little choice but to pay more for the medicine, supplies, and food they need to stay healthy.
Incidental Cases and Staff Shortages Make Covid’s Next Act Tough for Hospitals
By Lauren Weber Phil Galewitz Andy Miller
January 13, 2022
KFF Health News Original
As omicron sweeps the country, many hospitals are dealing with a flood of people hospitalized with covid — including those primarily admitted for other reasons. While often milder cases, so-called incidental covid infections still drain the beleaguered health care workforce and can put them and other patients at higher risk for contracting covid.
Silence in Sikeston: Hush, Fix Your Face
By Cara Anthony
September 17, 2024
Podcast
In Episode 2 of the “Silence in Sikeston” podcast, host Cara Anthony speaks with Sikeston, Missouri, resident Larry McClellon, who grew up being told not to talk about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. He is determined to break the cycle of silence in his community. Anthony also unearths a secret in her own family and grapples with the possible effects of intergenerational trauma.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': A Very Good Night for Abortion Rights Backers
November 9, 2023
Podcast
Abortion rights backers won major victories in at least five states in the 2023 off-year elections Nov. 7, proving the staying power of abortion as a political issue in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health finally has a new director, after Democrats temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s nominee over a mostly unrelated fight about prescription drug prices. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Julie Appleby, who reported and wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.
Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
January 19, 2023
KFF Health News Original
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Medical Marijuana Users Brace for Shortages as Montana’s Recreational Market Opens
By Justin Franz
January 5, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Sales of recreational marijuana are underway, and dispensary owners say they’re not ready to meet the demand. That may mean problems for the 55,000 Montanans who hold medical marijuana cards.
Why Cheap, Older Drugs That Might Treat Covid Never Get Out of the Lab
By Arthur Allen
April 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
The hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin fiascoes have soured many doctors on repurposing drugs for covid. A few inexpensive old drugs may be as good as some of the new antivirals, but they face complex obstacles to get to patients.
Patients Expected Profemur Artificial Hips to Last. Then They Snapped in Half.
By Brett Kelman Anna Werner, CBS News
December 5, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The FDA and the manufacturer were alerted to Profemur titanium hips breaking inside U.S. patients as of 2005. It took 15 years to recall the devices. Many fractures could have been avoided.
Más de 100 millones de estadounidenses viven acosados por las deudas médicas
By Noam N. Levey
June 16, 2022
KFF Health News Original
La investigación revela un problema mucho más extendido de lo que se había informado anteriormente. Esto se debe a que gran parte de la deuda que acumulan los pacientes figura como saldos de tarjetas de crédito, préstamos familiares o planes de pago a hospitales y otros proveedores médicos.
Justices Block Broad Worker Vaccine Requirement, Allow Health Worker Mandate to Proceed
By Julie Rovner
January 13, 2022
KFF Health News Original
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a federal rule requiring larger businesses to mandate employees be vaccinated or wear masks and undergo weekly testing. At the same time, however, it allowed a federal order that health care workers be vaccinated.
An Arm and a Leg: Can Racism Make You Sick?
By Dan Weissmann
October 29, 2024
Podcast
In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann sits down with KFF Health News’ Cara Anthony to talk about the documentary and podcast series she produced about the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community. The project is called “Silence in Sikeston.”
