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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

By Amy Maxmen June 24, 2025 KFF Health News Original

While Congress fails to stave off cuts to HIV care, community leaders in Mississippi and beyond race to limit the damage.

The Case of the Two Grace Elliotts: A Medical Billing Mystery

By Mark Kreidler December 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A health system charged a woman for a shoulder replacement at a hospital across the country that she had not visited for years. She didn’t receive the care, but she did receive the bill — and the medical records of a stranger.

An Arm and a Leg: ‘Your Money or Your Life’: This Doctor Wrote the Book on Medical Debt

By Dan Weissmann November 9, 2023 Podcast

What happens when you can’t afford the health care you need? On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” hear from emergency medicine physician and historian Luke Messac about the history of medical debt collection in the United States.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid

March 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The FDA authorized the emergency use of a one-shot vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, which could help accelerate the pace of vaccinations to prevent covid-19. But after a dramatic decline, case numbers are again rising, and several states are rolling back public health mitigation efforts. Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Jordan Rau about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode.

A New Test Could Save Arthritis Patients Time, Money, and Pain. But Will It Be Used?

By Arthur Allen December 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Stories of chronic pain, drug-hopping, and insurance meddling are all too common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Precision medicine offers new hope.

‘Financial Ruin Is Baked Into the System’: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care

By Jordan Rau and Reed Abelson, The New York Times December 15, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of people shared their experiences and related to the financial drain on families portrayed in the “Dying Broke” series, a joint project by KFF Health News and The New York Times that examined the costs of long-term care.

Montana State Officials Seek More Control Over Judicial Involuntary Commitments

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR September 11, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Health department officials are asking legislators to change criminal commitment laws amid a bottleneck at the Montana State Hospital.

Analysis: Don’t Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Glenn Kramon August 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills.

¿Un test de covid más caro que un Tesla? En Texas es posible

By Aneri Pattani September 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A lo largo de la pandemia, abundaron las historias de precios sorprendentemente altos para las pruebas de covid. Pero éste supera a todos.

The AMA May Reconsider Single-Payer Health Care

By Julie Rovner November 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Is the American Medical Association going soft on single-payer health care? We’re about to find out. For more than a century, the most influential U.S. physician group has stridently opposed what could generally be described as “national health insurance.” It famously helped defeat health reform efforts in the 1930s and 1940s, delayed the establishment of […]

Rural NC County Is Set To Reopen Its Shuttered Hospital With Help From a New Federal Program

By Taylor Sisk September 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

One rural North Carolina county is on track to be among the first where a hospital reopens owing to a new federal hospital classification meant to help save small, struggling facilities.

An Arm and a Leg: Fight Health Insurance — With Help From AI

By Dan Weissmann November 13, 2024 Podcast

Meet the tech worker on a quest to use artificial intelligence to combat denials for coverage from patients’ health plans.

California Aims to Maximize Health Insurance Subsidies for Workers During Labor Disputes

By Annie Sciacca November 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Workers who lose employer-based health coverage during a strike or lockout will have access to a full-subsidy plan through Covered California.

Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage

By Susan Jaffe March 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Disputes between hospitals and Medicare Advantage plans are leading to entire hospital systems suddenly leaving insurance networks. Patients are left stuck in the middle, choosing between their doctors and their insurance plan. There’s a way out.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Democrats See Opportunity in GOP Threats to Repeal Health Law

December 7, 2023 Podcast

Sensing that Republicans are walking into a political minefield by threatening once again to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Biden administration is looking to capitalize by rolling out a series of initiatives aimed at high drug prices and other consequences of “corporate greed in health care.” Meanwhile, the Supreme Court hears a case that could determine when and how much victims of the opioid crisis can collect from Purdue Pharma, the drug company that lied about how addictive its drug, OxyContin, really was. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Rachana Pradhan of KFF Health News join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dan Weissmann of KFF Health News’ sister podcast, “An Arm and a Leg,” about his investigation into hospitals suing their patients over unpaid bills.

Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become ‘Trendy.’ Medicaid Expansion Has Not.

By Lauren Sausser February 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

State legislatures nationwide, including several in the South, are spending millions to improve rural health outcomes and access. For years, though, most Southern states have refused billions of federal dollars to provide public health insurance to more low-income adults. That isn’t likely to change with Trump back in office.

Trump Wants Harris To Pay a Political Price for Generous Immigrant Health Policies

By Joanne Kenen November 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Several Democratic-led states have expanded public insurance programs to cover immigrants in the U.S. regardless of legal status. Donald Trump is trying to blame Kamala Harris for the policies.

Social Security Overpayments Draw Scrutiny and Outrage From Members of Congress

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group September 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers are faulting the Social Security Administration for issuing billions of dollars of payments that beneficiaries weren’t entitled to receive — and then demanding the money back — in the wake of an investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group.

ER’s Error Lands a 4-Year-Old in Collections (For Care He Didn’t Receive)

By Daniel Chang March 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A Florida woman tried to dispute an emergency room bill, but the hospital and collection agency refused to talk to her — because it was her child’s name on the bill, not hers.

Presidential Election Puts Affordable Care Act Back in the Bull’s-Eye

By Stephanie Armour October 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The outcome of the upcoming presidential election could affect the number of insured Americans, the fate of premium-reducing subsidies, the shape of Medicaid, and the cost of coverage for tens of millions of people.

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