The House Speaker’s Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, It’s a Lifeline.
MANSFIELD, La. — When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36 million in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital that opened in 1952,…
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Blockbuster Deal Will Wipe Out $30 Billion in Medical Debt. Even Backers Say It’s Not Enough.
Underscoring the massive scale of America’s medical debt problem, a New York-based nonprofit has struck a deal to pay off old medical bills for an…
This Bill Aims To Help Firefighters With Cancer. Getting It Passed Is Just the Beginning.
As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, signed onto legislation with a…
Un acuerdo exitoso eliminará $30 mil millones de deuda médica. ¿Es suficiente?
Subrayando la magnitud del problema de la deuda médica en el país, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Nueva York ha llegado…
Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price.
Alanys Ortiz reads Josephine Senek’s cues before she speaks. Josephine, who lives with a rare and debilitating genetic condition, fidgets her fingers when she’s tired…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: American Health Gets a Pink Slip
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…
Trump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Accommodations for Disabled People
For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf. No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings,…
Healthy Horizons in Arizona
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. Thanks to their effectiveness over the past 75 years, diseases like t…
Seniors Plus Students Discuss Restarting High School
There could be any number of reasons why graduating from high school in four years does not work out for a young adult. But there…
Celebrate National Nutrition Month: Food Connects Us All!
March is National Nutrition Month! This year's theme, "Food Connects Us," reminds us that food is more than just sustenance. It's a universal langua…
