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As many lower-income Americans prepare to lose pandemic-era access to Medicaid, President Joe Biden vowed to stop Republicans from making deeper cuts to lower the national debt. Other changes may still be up for discussion.
Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers find ways to get around new surprise-billing laws, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.
Coloradoās proposed legislation to cap the copay for the EpiPen is part of a nationwide trend as more states try to shield patients from skyrocketing drug prices.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is winding down state assistance for health care services to migrants seeking asylum. Heās lobbying the Biden administration to increase aid along the stateās southern border.
Patients who depend upon special drugs to treat rare diseases are caught in the crossfire as drugmakers and the FDA battle over regulations that reward companies for developing treatments for relatively small pools of patients.
The billionaire entrepreneur and NBA team owner is making waves with his new drug company. But his generics arenāt always the lowest-priced deal.
A listener sued a hospital in small-claims court and lost but felt as if sheād won. Now, she wants to encourage more people to take their bills to court.
Twitter has been a hotbed for the burgeoning insulin access movement and activism surrounding other medical conditions. For people with diabetes, the platform has helped propel concern about insulin prices into policy. Can it continue to win with hashtags?
The first installment of InvestigateTV and KHNās āCostly Careā series explores one California motherās experience struggling to get reimbursed for midwifery care and the differences between providers that may determine whether insurance covers them.
KHN shares the cream of the crop of creative valentines about health policy submitted by readers and tweeters. Our favorite is anointed with an original illustration and bragging rights as āthe one.ā
When Medicare stops paying for a pricey drug that prolongs life, an Ohio man considers giving up treatment to spare his family enormous debt.
As a money-saving strategy, emergency rooms are turning to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other staffers who earn far less than physicians.
As Montana officials seek to make nonprofit hospitals prove the benefits they provide the community justify their tax exemptions, industry leaders propose their own changes ā which state officials say would further limit the stateās authority.
Insurers, employers, and taxpayers will all be affected as drug manufacturers move these products to the commercial market.
A private equity firm bought a birth center and then shut it down. The community brought it back as a nonprofit.
Our partners at PolitiFact fact-checked a range of President Joe Bidenās statements, including key health-related comments.
As he takes the reins of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, the independent from Vermont and implacable champion of āMedicare for Allā maps out his strategy for negotiating with Republicans ā and Big Pharma.
Pharmacy closures by two of the biggest home infusion companies point to grave shortages and dangers for patients who require IV nutrition to survive.
Can a medical provider youāve never heard of send you an outrageous bill? Sure. Can you fight back and win? Yes, sometimes you can. Hereās how to do it.
As the federal government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected. āA dog would get better care than he did,ā one residentās wife said.
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