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.
9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding
By Phil Galewitz
December 4, 2024
KFF Health News Original
About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed. Coverage could be at risk in the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid.
Mezcla letal: se extiende el uso de fentanilo con sedantes para caballos
By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times
February 29, 2024
KFF Health News Original
La xilacina se utiliza para sedar a los caballos. Ahora la están mezclando con fentanilo. Es letal y la naloxona no frena las sobredosis.
Even Political Rivals Agree That Medical Debt Is an Urgent Issue
By Noam N. Levey
October 7, 2024
KFF Health News Original
In red and blue states, state lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.
She Received Chemo in Two States. Why Did It Cost So Much More in Alaska?
By Arielle Zionts
September 29, 2023
KFF Health News Original
A breast cancer patient who received similar treatments in two states saw significant differences in cost, illuminating how care in remote areas can come with a stiffer price tag.
Move to Protect California’s Indoor Workers From Heat Upended by Cost Questions
By Samantha Young
March 21, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A years-long process that would have created heat standards for California workers in warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other indoor job sites catapulted into chaos Thursday when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration pulled its support. Regulators, saying they felt “blindsided,” approved the regulation anyway. It’s unclear what happens next.
Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru’ Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances
By Arielle Zionts
June 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The network is aimed at helping rural patients, who face higher rates of traumatic injuries and death but may not live near a hospital with a stockpile of blood.
VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers
By David Hilzenrath
March 8, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The historically troubled White House Medical Unit is just one part of a government health system that gives VIP care to top officials, military officers, military retirees, and families. Pentagon investigators say some were prioritized over rank-and-file soldiers.
Leyes que protegen a trabajadores de California del calor extremo ayudarían a estudiantes
By Samantha Young
June 10, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Estas mismas normas se extenderán a las escuelas, donde profesores, conserjes, quienes atienden las cafeterías y otros empleados suelen trabajar sin aire acondicionado, igual que sus alumnos.
Tennessee Gives This Hospital Monopoly an A Grade — Even When It Reports Failure
By Brett Kelman
May 29, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the United States and is the only option for hospital care for a large swath of Appalachia.
More Restrooms Have Adult-Size Changing Tables To Help People With Disabilities
By Tony Leys
October 3, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Adults with disabilities and their caregivers are pressing governments and private businesses across the U.S. to help them avoid undignified public bathroom experiences.
Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. It Could Get Worse.
By Renuka Rayasam
February 23, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A lack of oversight and standards for pregnancy care in jails is becoming more problematic as the number of incarcerated women rises and abortion restrictions put medical care further out of reach.
Weighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon
By Judith Graham
January 3, 2023
KFF Health News Original
How do older adults know when the potential benefits from surgery are worth the risks? And what questions should they ask as they try to figure this out? Our columnist asks experts for guidance.
America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
By Judith Graham
January 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
More than a third of older adults have a disability. Many find it difficult to get the medical care they need. New federal regulations would address that problem.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An Encore: 3 HHS Secretaries Reveal What the Job Is Really Like
October 5, 2023
Podcast
In this special encore episode, KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” asks three people who have served as the nation’s top health official: What does a day in the life of the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services look like? And how much of their agenda is set by the White House? Taped in June before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Ideas Festival, in Aspen, Colorado, host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former HHS secretaries. Secretary Xavier Becerra and former secretaries Kathleen Sebelius and Alex Azar talk candidly about what it takes to run a department with more than 80,000 employees and a budget larger than those of many countries.
An Outdated Tracking System Is a Key Factor in Texas’ Foster Care Shortcomings
By Colleen DeGuzman
May 10, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The computer program, designed in 1996 to be a secure location for foster children’s medical and school records and histories of neglect and abuse, is older than Google — and has had far fewer updates.
California protegerá a trabajadores del calor extremo en interiores
By Samantha Young
January 3, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Sólo otros dos estados, Minnesota y Oregon, han adoptado normas sobre el calor para las personas que trabajan en interiores, según la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (OSHA).
An Obscure Drug Discount Program Stifles Use of Federal Lifeline by Rural Hospitals
By Sarah Jane Tribble
May 30, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A disconnect between two federal programs meant to help keep hospitals afloat discourages struggling rural facilities from accepting the aid.
A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals
By Sarah Jane Tribble
September 27, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A remote Wyoming community hoped for years to have more access to health care. Now, after receiving federal funding, it is bucking dismal closure trends throughout the rural U.S. and building its own hospital. And it’s not the only one.
Suzanne Somers’ Legacy Tainted by Celebrity Medical Misinformation
By Liz Szabo
October 18, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The popular actress and author, who died this week, also can be remembered as a progenitor of selling dubious medical information to a trusting public.
