The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
21 - 40 of 606 Results
Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegasâ drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment.
Georgiaâs ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kempâs âPathwaysâ Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with persistently slow Medicaid application processing times.
Vermont has one of the lowest uninsured rates in the U.S., even though its residents pay some of the highest health insurance costs. Still, most of its hospitals are losing money and patients often face long waits for care.
About 8% of Americans lacked health insurance in 2023, the Census Bureau announced. But its report doesnât capture the effect of states winnowing their Medicaid rolls by millions of people since the pandemic emergency ended.
Both Florida and Arizona want to expand eligibility for the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, but their approaches to charging low-income families premiums for the coverage showcase the nationâs ideological divide on helping the disadvantaged.
A medical residency program designed to train future primary care physicians in outpatient rather than hospital settings has proved an effective means to bring doctors to rural and underserved areas. But it hinges on unpredictable congressional funding.
A man from Michigan was evacuated from a cruise ship after having seizures. First, he drained his bank account to pay his medical bills.
A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last yearâs unwinding say theyâre uninsured.
More doctors are integrating oral health care into their practices, filling a need in Americaâs dental deserts.
A state policy to extend Medi-Cal to qualified Californians without legal residency is running up against a federal requirement to resume eligibility checks. The redetermination process is causing many Latinos, who make up a majority of Medi-Cal beneficiaries, to be disenrolled.
Even as Anthem Blue Cross and University of California Health announced a contract agreement this month, analysts say patients are increasingly at risk of being affected by such disputes.
While more Medicaid beneficiaries have been purged in the span of a year than ever before, enrollment is on track to settle at pre-pandemic levels.
The gold-medal gymnastâs explanation of why she remained uninsured has health policy experts doing mental gymnastics â because it makes little sense.
Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic âunwindingâ?
More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.
Californiaâs Medicaid program is undergoing major changes that could improve health care for residents with low incomes. But they are happening at the same time as several other initiatives that could compete for staff attention and confuse enrollees.
About a third of the 130,000 people Utah has dropped from Medicaid this year say they now lack health insurance. Itâs a glimpse into the fate of people caught up in Medicaidâs âunwinding.â
Š 2026 KFF