As money flows to abortion rights initiatives in states, some donors focus on where anger over the "Dobbs" ruling could propel voter turnout and spur Democratic victories up and down the ballot, including in key Senate races and the White House.
Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission
Four years since the covid pandemic emerged, health care workers want rules that protect them during outbreaks. They worry the CDC is repeating past mistakes as it develops a crucial set of guidelines for hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, and other facilities that provide health care.
Amid Mental Health Staffing Crunch, Medi-Cal Patients Help One Another
Peer leaders can help ease the shortage of mental health providers and build trust through shared experiences, state health officials say. In 2022, California started allowing counties to use Medicaid dollars to pay them for their work.
As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back
After California passed the first law in the nation to limit the disavowed term “excited delirium,” bills in other states are being introduced to help end use of the diagnosis. But momentum is being met with resistance from law enforcement and first responder groups, who cite free speech.
They Were Injured at the Super Bowl Parade. A Month Later, They Feel Forgotten.
In the first of our series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the spotlight by the shootings, they wonder how they will recover.
Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom
A New Orleans Neighborhood Confronts the Racist Legacy of a Toxic Stretch of Highway
How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It
When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All
Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks
Montana, an Island of Abortion Access, Preps for Consequential Elections and Court Decisions
West Virginia City Once Battered by Opioid Overdoses Confronts ‘Fourth Wave’
Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
Deadly Denials
Woman Petitions Health Insurer After Company Approves — Then Rejects — Her Infusions
Even people with good insurance aren't guaranteed affordable care, as this KFF Health News follow-up to one patient’s saga shows.