Tiny, Rural Hospitals Feel the Pinch as Medicare Advantage Plans Grow

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Jason Bleak runs Battle Mountain General Hospital, a small facility in a remote Nevada gold mining town that he described…

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Open Enrollment Mixing Bowl

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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of…

Health Care ‘Game-Changer’? Feds Boost Care for Homeless Americans

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The Biden administration is making it easier for doctors and nurses to treat homeless people wherever they find them, from…

Abortion Coverage Is Limited or Unavailable at a Quarter of Large Employers, KFF Survey Finds

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About a quarter of large U.S. employers heavily restrict coverage of legal abortions or don’t cover them at all under…

Nuevos planes de Medicare Advantage adaptan ofertas para asiáticos, latinos y LGTBQ+

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A medida que Medicare Advantage gana popularidad entre los adultos mayores, tres compañías del sur de California están lanzando nuevos…

Medicare Enrollees Can Switch Coverage Now. Here’s What’s New and What to Consider.

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Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots — and airwaves and mailboxes are filled…

Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats

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Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after 13 days in a medically induced coma.…

Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients

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Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from…

She Received Chemo in Two States. Why Did It Cost So Much More in Alaska?

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Emily Gebel was trying to figure out why she was having trouble breastfeeding. That’s when she felt a lump. Gebel,…

GOP Presidential Primary Debate No. 2: An Angry Rematch and the Same Notable No-Show

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From the start of the second Republican presidential primary debate of the 2024 campaign, the seven candidates on stage were…