Bird Flu Lands as the Next Public Health Challenge
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health...
Newly Minted Doctors Are Avoiding Abortion Ban States
The Host A new analysis finds that graduating medical students were less likely to apply this year for residency training in states that ban or...
Abortion — Again — At the Supreme Court
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health...
Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem — Chronic Illness
Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with chronic conditions by paying their doctors an additional monthly fee...
Medical Providers Still Grappling With UnitedHealth Cyberattack: ‘More Devastating Than Covid’
Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout, even...
Medicare’s Push To Improve Chronic Care Attracts Businesses, but Not Many Doctors
Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription...
Attack of the Medicare Machines
Dan Weissmann Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of “An Arm and a Leg” sounds like a...
Rising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern
Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act...
Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees
Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month.” President Joe Biden, in...
Florida Limits Abortion — For Now
The Host Florida this week became a major focus for advocates on both main sides of the abortion debate. The Florida Supreme Court simultaneously ruled...