A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers
Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her…
Community With High Medical Debt Questions Its Hospitals’ Charity Spending
PUEBLO, Colo. — As 41% of American adults face medical debt, residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren’t providing enough charity care to justify the…
Journalists Sum Up the Costs to Patients of New Weight Loss Drugs and Hospital Mergers
KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed a lobbying effort to get Medicare to cover a new class of weight loss drugs on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 10. Click…
Seeking Medicare Coverage for Weight Loss Drugs, Pharma Giant Courts Black Influencers
Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has turned to influential Black Americans in pursuit of what would be a lucrative victory: having Medicare cover a new class of weight loss drugs, including…
Look Up Your Hospital: Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?
Under programs set up by the Affordable Care Act, the federal government cuts payments to hospitals that have high rates of readmissions and those with the highest numbers of infections…
The Real Costs of the New Alzheimer’s Drug, Most of Which Will Fall to Taxpayers
The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as it remains out of reach for…
His Anesthesia Provider Billed Medicare Late. He Got Sent to Collections for the $3,000 Tab.
Thomas Greene had been experiencing pain in his right leg, a complication from diabetes, when doctors recommended a procedure to increase blood flow to the limb. Retired from a career…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Another Try for Mental Health ‘Parity’
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…
New Weight Loss Drugs Carry High Price Tags and Lots of Questions for Seniors
Corlee Morris has dieted throughout her adult life. After her weight began climbing in high school, she spent years losing 50 or 100 pounds then gaining it back. Morris, 78,…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Long Road to Reining in Short-Term Plans
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…