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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

threshold, so it’s not unusual to move in and out of the program year to year,” UC Davis Health said in an email....

Lives Cost from Meager Paid Sick Leave at Walmart

Walmart’s failure to have a paid sick leave policy that met the needs of associates and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic has cost 138 deaths that could have been avoided.

To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront

California’s Medicaid program pays for the in-home care that Cynthia Williams provides for her sister, a military veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, and her daughter, who is blind. Williams spoke at a town hall meeting in Tustin, California, on Feb. 20, urging the audience to send GOP lawmakers a loud and clear message: Hands off Medicaid. (Jenna Schoenefeld for KFF Health News)

Five Things to Consider When Being Admitted to Hospital

If you are in hospital, it can be hard to cope, let alone focus on key tasks needed to help your journey proceed as...