‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States
More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn’t get cut off from Medicaid. Callers in Missouri…
Comienza la inscripción para los seguros de salud del Obamacare
Para millones de personas que compran su propio seguro de salud a través del mercado establecido por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, popularmente conocida como…
Start Shopping: Enrollment Begins Nov. 1 for Most Obamacare Insurance Plans
For millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, the end of the year brings a day of reckoning: It’s time to compare…
Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics
With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood pressure and other medical conditions, Winston Griffin, CEO of Laurel Grocery Co., knew his company had to…
Pruebas genéticas rápidas a bebés pueden salvar vidas, pero muchas aseguradoras no las cubren
A 48 horas de su nacimiento en un hospital del área de Seattle en 2021, Layla Babayev fue sometida a una cirugía por una obstrucción intestinal. Dos semanas después, tuvo…
Es el momento de revisar el plan de Medicare. Lo nuevo que hay que saber
El otoño está marcado por dulces de Halloween, hojas que caen, vacunas contra la gripe… y anuncios sobre las opciones de Medicare. Es el momento de la inscripción abierta anual…
Hospitales perderán reembolsos de Medicare si no combaten mejor la mortal sepsis
Don Smith recuerda el momento en que despertó en una unidad de cuidados intensivos tras 13 días en coma inducido. Su mujer y su hija estaban a su lado y…
Quick Genetic Test Offers Hope for Sick, Undiagnosed Kids. But Few Insurers Offer to Pay.
Just 48 hours after her birth in a Seattle-area hospital in 2021, Layla Babayev was undergoing surgery for a bowel obstruction. Two weeks later, she had another emergency surgery, and…
Tiny, Rural Hospitals Feel the Pinch as Medicare Advantage Plans Grow
Jason Bleak runs Battle Mountain General Hospital, a small facility in a remote Nevada gold mining town that he described as “out here in the middle of nowhere.” When several…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Open Enrollment Mixing Bowl
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the…