kffhealthnews.orgadded August 2026
KFF Health Newsby Noam N. Levey20h ago
Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix. LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los...
KFF Health Newsby Elisabeth Rosenthal20h ago
‘Medicare for All’ Is Back. Now Comes the Hard Part. Turning an inspirational slogan into law gets gnarly.
KFF Health Newsby Halle Parker, Verite News1d ago
Food Aid Enrollment Tanks After SNAP Rule Changes After President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act more than a year ago, enrollment in the federal food assistance program dropped...
KFF Health Newsby Kate Wells1d ago
‘Medicare for All’ Message Attracts Voters Buckling Under Medical Bills LANSING, Mich. — Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d...
KFF Health Newsby Catherine Sweeney, WPLN2d ago
Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’ On Sept. 30, I was one of the seven media witnesses who observed Tennessee fail to execute convicted murderer...
KFF Health Newsby Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Cara Anthony and Katherine Ruppelt, Nashville Public Radio2d ago
When Lori Baute first learned about precautionary full-body MRI scans, she dismissed the idea. “ I heard Kim Kardashian got one, and some other wealthy people,” Baute said.
KFF Health Newsby Linley Sanders, The Associated Press, Sarah Jane Tribble, Ali Swenson, The Associated Press and Fatima Hussein, The Associated Press3d ago
President Donald Trump has championed sprawling health policy changes under the Make America Healthy Again movement, but a KFF-Associated Press survey of rural voters found people aren’t seeing the...
KFF Health Newsby Markian Hawryluk6d ago
Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone. Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to...
KFF Health Newsby Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors Is-Layout-Flow7d ago
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KFF Health Newsby Melanie Evans, Tradeoffs7d ago
Hospitals Have a Little-Known Tool To Prevent Medical Debt. Here’s How It Works. If you have medical debt, there’s a good chance you owe money to a hospital.
KFF Health Newsby KFF Health News Staff7d ago
Healthcare Is Scary. Channel Your Fears Into a Haiku. Something wicked this way comes, and it’s 5-7-5.
KFF Health Newsby Ali Swenson, The Associated Press, Sarah Jane Tribble and Linley Sanders, The Associated Press8d ago
Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed by...
KFF Health Newsby Brett Kelman, Holly K. Hacker, Daniel Chang, Frankie McLister, WCCO | CBS News Minnesota and Jason Rantala, WCCO | CBS News Minnesota8d ago
NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise.
KFF Health Newsby Jordan Rau8d ago
In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community.
KFF Health Newsby Catherine Sweeney, WPLN9d ago
After Failed Execution, Health Workers Say State’s Rules Flout Medical Ethics This story describes a lethal injection procedure used in state executions.
KFF Health Newsby Aaron Bolton, MTPR9d ago
Confusion and Angst Follow State’s Early Rollout of Medicaid Work Rules MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school English teacher.
KFF Health Newsby Michelle Andrews9d ago
Autumn Daniels is no stranger to migraine headaches, which have troubled her since childhood. The migraine tormenting the 32-year-old in April was even worse than usual.
KFF Health Newsby Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio10d ago
Amye Joseph says America’s political polarization has made it an “interesting time” in her Tennessee household. She and her husband, Charlie, have been married 35 years. She’s a Republican.
KFF Health Newsby Bram Sable-Smith and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez13d ago
Abortion Is on the Ballot Again as Post-Roe Policies Continue To Evolve MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — After Missouri voters added abortion protections to the state constitution in 2024, Kelly McCoomb decided to...
KFF Health Newsby Taylor Sisk14d ago
Black Lung Disease Remains a Threat, but Federal Officials Delay Effort To Address It OAK HILL, W.Va.
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