Industry Groups in California Vie for New Medicaid Money
Angela Hart and Samantha Young
SACRAMENTO, CA — California's strong health care industry has achieved a historic victory. The state will commit $11.1 billion...
Will the Doctor See You Now? The Health System’s Changing Landscape
Lucia Agajanian, a 25-year-old freelance filmmaker living in Chicago, doesn't have a specific doctor and prefers the convenience of visiting her local clinic for...
Journalists Cover Air Quality, Tick Risks, and … Brazilian Butt Lifts?
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News Senior Fellow and Public Health Editor-in-Chief, spoke on CBS's "CBS Mornings" on June 8 to discuss the health concerns...
Foster Kids in Casino Hotels? It Happened in Rural Nevada Amid...
ELKO, Nevada — In April, Brandy Holbrook drove hundreds of miles across four counties in northeast Nevada to plead with local leaders about the...
A Windfall in Health Insurance Rebates? It’s Not as Crazy as...
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
"Americans will get $1.1 billion in rebates from health insurance companies this year because of the provisions I wrote in...
Will a ‘National Patient Safety Board,’ Modeled After the NTSB, Actually...
People concerned about patient safety often liken health care to aviation. Why can't hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from...
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast...
Rachana Pradhan and Anna Werner, CBS News and Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News
The federal government is reconsidering a decision protested by breast cancer patients,...
A Catch-22 for Clinics: State Bans Limit Abortion Counseling. Federal Title...
rachana pradhan
Abortion bans in Tennessee and other states that restrict women's health care put family planning clinics at risk of losing federal funding.
The conflict...
Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder
Millions of Americans have had this experience over the past few years. I once filed a health insurance claim that could have been...
As More Hospitals Create Police Forces, Critics Warn of Pitfalls
ATLANTA — Destiny heard screams and rushed to a hospital room, where he witnessed a patient assault a therapist. As a nurse at...