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Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before…

3 months ago

After Man’s Death Following Insurance Denials, West Virginia Tackles Prior Authorization

Six months after a West Virginia man died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care,…

6 months ago

So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

[REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION - FROM KFF Health News - By By Bram Sable-Smith; Illustrations by Oona Zenda] Last winter, Amber Wingler started…

11 months ago

Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

[By Jariel Arvin June 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original - Reprinted with Permission] On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving…

1 year ago

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…

2 years ago

Long-Covid Patients Are Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn’t Found New Treatments

Estimates of prevalence range considerably, depending on how researchers define long covid in a given study, but the Centers for…

2 years ago

Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment

The MAHA movement says they will restore trust in Federal health agencies that lost public support during the pandemic.

2 years ago

The Role Health PLAYED in the Election

This is not a “health care election,” except, of course, for the impact abortion will have on voting and turnout,…

2 years ago

Springfield, Ohio: How Candidates Amplify Misinformation

[Reprinted with permission from KFF - The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. Drew Altman authors this article.]…

2 years ago

The New Covid Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want To Rush To Get It

Covid is commonplace. Some, are laid up with symptoms for days or weeks. A smaller group risks hospitalization or death.…

2 years ago

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