Search Results

Filter Results

Reset filters

Date

All Dates

Past 7 Days 4

Past 30 Days 14

Past year 128

Custom range

Custom Date Range

Start date: End date:

Topic

All Topics

Insurance 820

States 779

Health Industry 717

Cost and Quality 615

The Health Law 476

Health Care Costs 448

Public Health 444

California 257

Medicaid 255

Medicare 236

Multimedia 197

COVID-19 187

Aging 171

Pharmaceuticals 145

Mental Health 145

Uninsured 107

Courts 105

Rural Health 100

Elections 72

Race and Health 59

Navigating Aging 31

Medi-Cal 30

Health Care Reform 18

Asking Never Hurts 17

Global Health Watch 14

Postcards 11

Capitol Desk 9

Covered California 7

KFF Health News Impact 5

The New Old Age 3

Spotlight 2

KFF Health News On Air 2

Noticias En Español 1

HealthBent 1

Content Type

All Content Types

Morning Briefing 110

Podcast 71

Story 1,843

Showing 181-200 of 2,044 results for "out-of-network"

Sort by Relevance Date

A photo of protesters holding signs outside that read, "Stop the billionaire takeover," "Stop Elon now. Nobody elected Elon," "Workers over billionaires," and "We are one. Respect our rights."

Current, Former CDC Staff Warn Against Slashing Support to Local Public Health Departments

By Jess Mador, WABE March 24, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Public health and science researchers are concerned about the Trump administration’s cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reductions in staff and budgets could undermine the nation’s ability to respond to threats, they say.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

What the Health? From KFF Health News: 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.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A photo of three older Asian women outside practicing tai chi.

New Medicare Advantage Plans Tailor Offerings to Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+

By Stephanie Stephens September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As more seniors opt for Medicare Advantage, a few small insurers have begun offering plans that provide culturally targeted benefits for cohorts including Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+ people. The approach, policy researchers say, has potential and perils.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A photo of three medical workers in surgical garb treating a patient in front of an MRI machine.

Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care

By Rachana Pradhan August 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A woman wearing sunglasses and a blue jacket gets into a white police sport utility vehicle

Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?

By Nicole Leonard, WHYY and Kate Wolffe, CapRadio and Simone Popperl February 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Cities are experimenting with new ways to meet the rapidly increasing demand for behavioral health crisis intervention, at a time when incidents of police shooting and killing people in mental health crisis have become painfully familiar.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A photo of the exterior of Montana's Department of Health and Human Services.

Delays in State Contracts Leave Montana Health Providers Strapped

By Katheryn Houghton Updated January 16, 2024 Originally Published January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is months behind in paying organizations contracted to connect people to care. The interruption is likely to have lasting effects, even after the state catches up.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

An abstract illustration of overlapping hands increasing in size as they repeat upwards, holding a pill. The bottom half of the illustration shows a gavel with ripples that spread out from its impact. The ripples mirror the pattern of the hands above.

Abortion Clinics — And Patients — Are on the Move, as State Laws Keep Shifting

By Bram Sable-Smith Illustration by Oona Zenda September 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away — and are expanding in response. Despite the Supreme Court’s overturning of federal protections in 2022, abortions are now at their highest numbers in a decade.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

Three vertical photos are shown separated by thin white lines. From left are a man who looks off to his right, a woman who looks at the camera, and another man who looks at the camera.

California Expanded Medi-Cal to Unauthorized Residents. The Results Are Mixed.

By Vanessa G. Sánchez November 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California this year completed its Medi-Cal expansion to include income-eligible residents regardless of their immigration status. This final installment of the “Faces of Medi-Cal” series profiles three of those newly eligible patients and how coverage has affected their health.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A sign with text that reads, "Vote NO on Fluoridation."

As Bans Spread, Fluoride in Drinking Water Divides Communities Across the US

By Melba Newsome April 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The broad availability of over-the-counter dental products containing fluoride has some community leaders arguing that its addition to public drinking water is no longer necessary. But public health experts worry that, much like vaccines, fluoridation may be a victim of its own success.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

Thune Says Health Care Often ‘Comes With a Job.’ The Reality’s Not Simple or Straightforward.

By Arielle Zionts June 27, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Sixty percent of Americans have health insurance through their own workplace or someone else’s job. But not all employers provide health insurance or offer plans to all their workers. When they do, cost and quality vary widely, making Thune’s statement an oversimplification.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A 25-year-old woman sits on a couch and looks directly towards the camera.

Most Insurance Covers IUDs. Hers Cost More Than $14,000.

By Julie Appleby Updated January 31, 2025 Originally Published January 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Affordable Care Act requires most insurance plans to cover preventive care, including many forms of contraception, without cost to patients — but not if they’re “grandfathered” plans, which predate the law.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

Watch: Cyclist Hits Olympic-Size Medical Bills After Crash

July 31, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal appears on “CBS This Morning” to discuss the latest installment of the KHN-NPR Bill of the Month investigative series.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A woman in a blue tshirt with dark hair and red lipstick smiles at the camera. She is seated in front of a blue door

The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year

By Daniel Chang June 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesn’t extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A photo of a female doctor wearing a white coat standing beside a sign that says: "Healthy Rural California, Inc. / Family medicine residency program / committed to training residents to be excellent clinicians."

Health Care Cuts Threaten Homegrown Solutions to Rural Doctor Shortages

By Bernard J. Wolfson September 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In a rural, largely Republican region of California, homegrown efforts to bolster the medical workforce face an uphill battle, in part because of federal health care cuts approved by the GOP Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in July, as well as a state budget deficit.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics

By Susan Jaffe November 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration wants to crack down on deceptive or misleading Medicare Advantage and drug plan sales tactics. It’s counting on beneficiaries to help catch offenders.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Abortion Pill Goes Back to Court

May 18, 2023 Podcast

A three-judge appeals court panel heard testimony this week about revoking the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of a key pill used in medication abortion and miscarriage management. The judges all have track records of siding with abortion foes. Meanwhile, as the standoff over raising the federal debt ceiling continues in Washington, a major sticking point is whether to impose work requirements on recipients of Medicaid coverage. Victoria Knight of Axios, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A woman embraces a young boy, feeding him a liquid from a small cup

States Are Cutting Medicaid Provider Payments Long Before Trump Cuts Hit

By Bram Sable-Smith and Sarah Jane Tribble September 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

North Carolina and Idaho are cutting their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

An adult with short brown hair, wearing a black T-shirt, stands in front of a stoop and is directly facing the camera.

The Patient Expected a Free Checkup. The Bill Was $1,430.

By Samantha Liss and Lauren Sausser April 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Carmen Aiken of Chicago thought their medical appointment would be covered because the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to pay for a long list of preventive services. But after the appointment, Aiken received a bill for more than $1,400.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contagion Confusion

January 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

It’s 2022 and the covid-19 pandemic is still with us, as are congressional efforts to pass President Joe Biden’s big health and social spending bill. But other issues seem certain to take center stage on this year’s health agenda, including abortion, the state of the health care workforce, and prescription drug prices. Tami Luhby of CNN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Victoria Knight, who reported the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

A photo of Laura Esserman pointing to another speaker onstage at a conference.

Doctors Urging Conference Boycotts Over Abortion Bans Face Uphill Battle

By Ronnie Cohen October 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A famed breast cancer surgeon has created a California alternative to a major Texas event. Yet many doctors believe boycotting medical conferences in states that criminalize abortion accomplishes nothing and can be harmful.

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

More From KFF Health News

A close-up photo of the header of the CDC website.

What To Know About the CDC’s Baseless New Guidance on Autism

A photo of a sign outside the National Cancer Institute's campus in Rockville, Maryland.

US Cancer Registries, Constrained by Trump Policies, To Recognize Only ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Patients

A photo of a husband and wife standing on the beach.

After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.

A woman sits on a blue couch typing on a keyboard before a phone. A small dog lays beside her.

Cancer Stole Her Voice. She Used AI, Curse Words, and Kids’ Books To Get It Back.