Journalists Explore Shadow Pandemics of Hospital Violence and Grieving Children
KHN Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith discussed how the pandemic has exacerbated violence in hospitals on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning
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If Congress Adds Dental Coverage to Medicare, Should All Seniors Get It?
William Stork needs a tooth out. That’s what the 71-year-old retired truck driver’s dentist told him during a recent checkup.
Read moreERs Are Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Although Many Don’t Have Covid
Inside the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, staff members are struggling to care for patients showing up
Read moreTexas Abortion Law Gets Speedy High-Court Hearing Monday
The Supreme Court on Nov. 1 will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of a new Texas abortion law —
Read moreWhat’s Scarier Than Covid? Halloween Health Haikus
Boo that we couldn’t treat all the readers participating in our third annual KHN Halloween Haiku Contest to their moment
Read moreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Social-Spending ‘Framework’ Pulls Back on Key Health Pledges
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Read moreDemocrats’ Plans to Expand Medicare Benefits May Pinch Advantage Plans’ Funding
“Did you think we wouldn’t notice?” an older woman says, speaking into the camera. “You thought you could sneak this
Read moreMedicare Punishes 2,499 Hospitals for High Readmissions
The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments
Read moreDemocrats’ Plans to Expand Medicare Benefits Put Pinch on Advantage Plans’ Funding
“Did you think we wouldn’t notice?” an older woman says, speaking into the camera. “You thought you could sneak this
Read morePharma Campaign Cash Delivered to Key Lawmakers With Surgical Precision
The Biden administration and Congress are embroiled in high-stakes haggling over what urgent priorities will make it into the ever-shrinking
Read moreMedicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
When Teresa Nolan Barensfeld turned 65 last year, she quickly decided on a private Medicare Advantage plan to cover her
Read moreHow Billing Turns a Routine Birth Into a High-Cost Emergency
Caitlin Wells Salerno knew that some mammals — like the golden-mantled ground squirrels she studies in the Rocky Mountains —
Read moreUnderstaffed State Psychiatric Facilities Leave Mental Health Patients in Limbo
Many patients dealing with mental health crises are having to wait several days in an ER until a bed becomes
Read moreDirect Primary Care, With a Touch of Robin Hood
MODESTO, Calif. — Britta Foster and Minerva Tiznado are in different leagues as far as health care is concerned. Foster,
Read moreAnalysis: A Procedure That Cost $1,775 in New York Was $350 in Maryland. Here’s Why.
For the past 18 months, while I was undergoing intensive physical therapy and many neurological tests after a complicated head
Read moreIn Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews
On a recent morning, Jerrad Dinsmore and Kevin LeCaptain of Waldoboro EMS in rural Maine drove their ambulance to a
Read moreFresh Faces, Fewer Tools: Meet the New Bosses Fighting Covid
VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. — Emilie Sayler’s roots run deep in southwestern Montana. She serves on a nearby town council and
Read more3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve Care
Nursing homes receive billions of taxpayers’ dollars every year to care for chronically ill frail elders, but until now, there
Read more“Este es el último pañal que me queda”: la ansiedad de ser padres en la pobreza
Para los padres que viven en la pobreza, la “matemática del pañal” es un cálculo diario, apremiante y angustiante, con
Read moreConfronting Ageism in Health Care: A Conversation for Patients, Caregivers and Clinicians
Can’t see the video player? View the video here. What does ageism in health care look like? It can be
Read moreMontana Tribes Want to Stop Jailing People for Suicide Attempts but Lack a Safer Alternative
POPLAR, Mont. — When Maria Vega was a senior in high school in 2015, she found the body of one
Read more‘Down to My Last Diaper’: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go
Read more‘No Mercy’ Bonus Episodes: More From Fort Scott, Kansas
Searching for the Nuns Who Ghosted Fort Scott Host Sarah Jane Tribble sets out on a mission to learn more
Read moreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dems Agree to Agree, But Not on What to Agree On
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Read moreThe Yelp of Covid: Vigilantes Crowdsource Pandemic Safety Tips for Consumers
ATHENS, Ga. — Melissa Lee had more to deal with than funeral planning when her husband, Dan Lee, died by
Read moreDC’s Harllee Harper Is Using Public Health Tools to Prevent Gun Violence. Will It Work?
After four people were murdered in one week in early September — all in the same Washington, D.C., neighborhood —
Read moreWorn-Out Nurses Hit the Road for Better Pay, Stressing Hospital Budgets — and Morale
In parts of the country where covid-19 continues to fill hospitals, a rotating cast of traveling nurses helps keep intensive
Read moreCientíficos buscan la causa de una misteriosa inflamación en niños relacionada con covid
Como la mayoría de los niños con covid, Dante y Michael DeMaino no parecían tener síntomas graves. Infectados a mediados
Read moreCalifornia’s Mental Health Crisis: What Went Wrong? And Can We Fix It?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is steering a major transformation of California’s behavioral health care system, with much at stake in the
Read moreScientists Search for Cause of Mysterious Covid-Related Inflammation in Children
Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms. Infected in mid-February, both
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