What Long-Term Care Looks Like Around the World
By Jordan Rau
November 14, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Most countries spend more than the United States on care, but middle-class and affluent people still bear a substantial portion of the costs.
End of Pandemic Internet Subsidies Threatens a Health Care Lifeline for Rural America
By Sarah Jane Tribble
June 5, 2024
KFF Health News Original
As the Affordable Connectivity Program runs out of money, millions of people face a jump in internet costs or lost connections if federal lawmakers don’t pass a funding extension.
TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead
By Darius Tahir
November 21, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies. Were he confirmed to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, his job would involve interacting with giants of the industry that have contributed to his wealth.
A Boy’s Bicycling Death Haunts a Black Neighborhood. 35 Years Later, There’s Still No Sidewalk.
By Renuka Rayasam Fred Clasen-Kelly
October 8, 2024
KFF Health News Original
John Parker was in first grade when he was struck by a pickup truck driving on Durham’s Cheek Road, which lacks sidewalks to this day. Neighborhoods with no sidewalks, damaged walkways, and roads with high speed limits are concentrated in Black neighborhoods, research finds.
Rescate desde el cielo: cómo los drones pueden reducir el tiempo de respuesta a una emergencia
By Michelle Andrews
July 22, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Cada año más de 356,000 personas sufren un paro cardíaco fuera de un hospital. Cada minuto que pasa sin intervención médica disminuye las probabilidades de supervivencia en un 10%.
Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
By Reed Abelson, The New York Times
December 4, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help.
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation
By Hannah Norman Patricia Kime
April 29, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The Department of Veterans Affairs has long given vets who served in Vietnam disability compensation for illness connected to Agent Orange harm. But those exposed at U.S. bases are still waiting for the same benefits.
A Striking Gap Between Deaths of Black and White Babies Plagues the South
By Lauren Sausser
May 22, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Infant mortality rates across the South are by far the worst in the U.S. A look at South Carolina — where multimillion-dollar programs aimed at improving rates over the past 10 years have failed to move the needle — drives home the challenge of finding solutions, especially in rural communities.
Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work Requirements for Medicaid
By Andy Miller Sam Whitehead
November 18, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Federal officials have apparently stopped fighting Georgia’s plan for a limited Medicaid expansion that includes work requirements. The plan, a key policy of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s, would cover a much smaller portion of the population: those who can work or volunteer 80 hours a month.
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.
Hurricane Ian’s Deadly Impact on Florida Seniors Exposes Need for New Preparation Strategies
By Judith Graham
November 2, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Lengthy checklists from public health officials on handling emergencies miss vulnerable seniors who can’t always follow the recommendations.
More Cities Address ‘Shade Deserts’ as Extreme Heat Triggers Health Issues
By Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times Jack Prator, Tampa Bay Times
August 28, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Where trees are growing — and who has access to their shade — affects health and well-being, especially in one of the hottest states in the country.
These Appalachia Hospitals Made Big Promises to Gain a Monopoly. They’re Failing to Deliver.
By Brett Kelman Samantha Liss
September 29, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Ballad Health, the only hospital system across a large swath of Tennessee and Virginia, has fallen short of quality-of-care and charity care obligations — even as it’s sued thousands of patients for unpaid bills.
I Got a ‘Mild’ Breakthrough Case. Here’s What I Wish I’d Known.
By Will Stone
September 20, 2021
KFF Health News Original
I was miserable for five days, am fully recovered a month later and have learned even more about what we do and don’t know about covid now.
Gene Screenings Hold Disease Clues, but Unexplained Anomalies Often Raise Fears
By Christina Bennett
February 9, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Multiple-gene panel tests are frequently offered to patients at risk for diseases such as cancer that can assess more than 80 genes. But in screening a wide variety of genes, doctors might see a variant that hasn’t yet been deciphered and be unable to explain its significance, leaving patients with concerns and no answers.
What the Slowing Vaccine Rates Mean for One Rural Montana County
By Katheryn Houghton
May 11, 2021
KFF Health News Original
In one northwestern Montana county where demand for covid vaccines is dropping well before widespread immunity is reached, people are split on whether the virus is a threat.
Déjà Vu for California Voters on Dialysis
By Samantha Young
October 26, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Californians are again being asked to weigh in on a dialysis ballot measure. This one purports to target patient safety, and dialysis industry giants are once again spending big to defeat it.
‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After Covid Vaccinations
By Judith Graham
March 31, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Whether it’s making plans to hug their grandchildren, scheduling long-overdue medical appointments or just petting the neighbor’s dog, seniors are inching back to a lifestyle they’ve missed during the pandemic.
Trouble Managing Money May Be an Early Sign of Dementia
By Michelle Andrews
May 5, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Long before they receive a dementia diagnosis, many people begin to mismanage their finances as their memory, organizational skills and self-control falter.
In Search of the Shot
February 25, 2021
KFF Health News Original
KHN readers detail their frustrations and successes as they hunt for a scarce covid-19 vaccine.
