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Readers Issue Rx for Clogged ERs and Outrageous Out-of-Pocket Costs
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.
Lawmakers Must Protect Home Health To Alleviate Hospital Bottlenecks
The…
‘So Much Death’: Lawmakers Weigh Stricter Speed Limits, Safer Roads for Pedestrians
LOS ANGELES — The party was winding down. Its young hosts, María Rivas Cruz and her fiancé, Raymond Olivares, had accompanied friends to their car to bid them farewell. As the couple crossed a four-lane main road back to the home…
Journalists Talk Cost of Weight Loss Drugs and Lack of Obesity Doctors to Manage Their Use
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed weight loss drugs on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on May 29.
Click here to hear Rayasam on “Total Information AM”
Read Rayasam’s…
After Grilling an NIH Scientist Over Covid Emails, Congress Turns to Anthony Fauci
Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci has faced many hostile questions from members of Congress, but when he appears before a House panel on Monday, he’ll have something new to answer for: a trove of…
The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic
Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs.
They worried about them in 2005, and in 2009, and they’re worrying now. That’s because millions of fertilized hen eggs are still…
Wyden Demands Penalties for Obamacare Enrollment Fraud
Lawmakers and state officials are turning up the heat on federal regulators to stop unscrupulous, commission-hungry insurance agents from enrolling thousands of people in Affordable Care Act plans, or switching their coverage,…
Safety-Net Health Clinics Cut Services and Staff Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
One of Montana’s largest health clinics that serves people in poverty has cut back services and laid off workers. The retrenchment mirrors similar cuts around the country as safety-net health centers feel the effects of states…
An Obscure Drug Discount Program Stifles Use of Federal Lifeline by Rural Hospitals
Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix a federal program created to keep lifesaving services in small towns nationwide.
In Anamosa, Iowa — a…
Presidential Election Could Decide Fate of Extra Obamacare Subsidies
When Cassie Cox ended up in the emergency room in January, the Bainbridge, Georgia, resident was grateful for the Obamacare insurance policy she had recently selected for coverage in 2024.
Cox, 40, qualified for an…
Trabajadores agrícolas están en alto riesgo de exposición a la gripe aviar, pero las pruebas les son…
Los trabajadores agrícolas enfrentan algunas de las exposiciones más intensas al virus de la gripe aviar, pero defensores dicen que muchos de ellos no tienen recursos a los que recurrir si se enferman.
Hasta ahora, solo dos…