Biden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees…
Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden…
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Will a ‘National Patient Safety Board,’ Modeled After the NTSB, Actually Fly?
People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can’t hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn…
As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast…
California Governor and Democratic Lawmakers at Odds Over Billions in Health Care…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office four years ago, the Democrat went after Republicans on the national stage as they sought to gut the…
Expanding the conversation about discrimination in housing
Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Tribune Content Agency
Q: It would appear that you are unaware of the several federal laws regarding discrimination in…
These states have the highest maternal mortality rates. For Black mothers, outcomes…
Charles Johnson said his wife, Kira, was in "exceptional health" when she died from childbirth in 2016. Kira Johnson had a C-section at Cedars-Sinai…
Special Medicaid Funds Help Most States, but Prompt Oversight Concerns
The extra federal money comes through an obscure, complicated mechanism called “directed payments” — available only for states that hire health insurers to deliver services…
Legal Questions, Inquiries Intensify Around Noble Health’s Rural Missouri Hospital…
A year after private equity-backed Noble Health shuttered two rural Missouri hospitals, patients and former employees grapple with a broken local health system or missing…
Idaho Dropped Thousands From Medicaid in the Pandemic’s First Years
During the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, while the federal government was trying to prevent people on Medicaid from losing health coverage, Idaho dropped nearly…
Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered
OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by…