KFF Health News

Rural Hospitals Are Caught in an Aging-Infrastructure Conundrum

Rural hospitals throughout the nation are facing a conundrum. An increase in costs amid lower payments from insurance plans makes…

1 year ago

‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness

This story is part of the “Overpayment Outrage” series on Cox Media Group TV stations and is authored by By Fred Clasen-Kelly on…

1 year ago

Countering Health Misinformation, by the Numbers Via KFF

[Reprinted with permission from KFF Health News - authored by Drew Altman] Health misinformation is everywhere, now fueled by AI.…

1 year ago

Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients

[Reprinted with permission from KFF Health News, authored by Susan Jaffee] Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a…

1 year ago

Millions of Rural Americans Rely on Private Wells. Few Regularly Test Their Water

More than 43 million Americans rely on private wells, which are subject to a patchwork of state and local regulations,…

2 years ago

Doctors and Patients Try to Shame Insurers Online to Reverse Prior Authorization Denials

This story is authored by LAUREN SAUSSER and is reprinted with permission by KFF Health News. Sally Nix was furious…

2 years ago

A Year With 988: What Worked? What Challenges Lie Ahead?

The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline marked its one-year milestone this month. Mental health experts say the three-digit number…

2 years ago

Giant Health System Almost Saved a Community Hospital. Now, It Wants to ‘Extract Every Dollar’

[KFF Health News By Bernard J. Wolfson and Melissa Montalvo, The Fresno Bee - Reprinted with Permission] For most of last year, St.…

2 years ago

Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

[KFF Health News - By Taylor Sisk - Published with Permission. This story also appeared on CBS News] DANDRIDGE, Tenn. —…

2 years ago

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