Hospitals Refused to Give Patients Ivermectin. Lockdowns and Political Pressure Followed.
HELENA, Mont. — One Montana hospital went into lockdown and called police after a woman threatened violence because her relative
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Journalists Cover Issues From Pollution to Vaccines and the Spread of Covid in Hospitals
KHN freelancer Jim Robbins discussed unhealthy ozone levels in the West on KUNC’s “Colorado Edition” on Tuesday. Click here to
Read MoreThe ER Charged Him $6,500 for Six Stitches. No Wonder His Critically Ill Wife Avoided the ER.
Jason and DeeAnn Dean recently relocated to her hometown of Dellrose, Tennessee, where she grew up on a farm. Both
Read MorePatients Get Stranded Out of Network as Insurer-Hospital Contract Talks Fall Apart
In September, when Shelly Azzopardi went to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital with abdominal pain, she didn’t worry about her insurance. Doctors
Read MoreCongressional Doctors Lead Bipartisan Revolt Over Policy on Surprise Medical Bills
The detente that allowed Congress to pass a law curbing surprise medical bills has disintegrated, with a bipartisan group of
Read MoreHow Low Can They Go? Rural Hospitals Weigh Keeping Obstetric Units When Births Decline
As rural hospitals struggle to stay financially stable, their leaders watch other small facilities close obstetrics units to cut costs.
Read MoreReaders and Tweeters Find Disadvantages in Medicare Advantage
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Read MoreAs Constituents Clamor for Ivermectin, Republican Politicians Embrace the Cause
When state senators in South Carolina held two hearings in September about covid-19 treatments, they got an earful on the
Read More‘Covid Hit Us Over the Head With a Two-by-Four’: Addressing Ageism With Urgency
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that
Read MoreFew Acute Care Hospitals Escaped Readmissions Penalties
Preventable rehospitalization of the nation’s older adults has proved a persistent health and financial challenge for the U.S., costing Medicare
Read MoreUninsured in South Would Win Big in Democrats’ Plan, but Hospitals Fear Funding Loss
At least 2.2 million low-income adults — nearly all in Texas and the Southeast — would be eligible for government-funded
Read MorePatients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out.
They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with covid-19 — if
Read MoreJournalists 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 MoreJournalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America
KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed organ transplants and the covid-19 vaccine on NBC’s “NBC Now” on Oct. 8. Click
Read MoreCómo hacer desaparecer una deuda médica: 5 consejos para usar la asistencia caritativa del hospital
¿Qué pasa si se aprueba una ley pero nadie la hace cumplir? Eso es básicamente lo que ha ocurrido con
Read MoreHow to Crush Medical Debt: 5 Tips for Using Hospital Charity Care
What if a law passed but no one enforced it? That’s essentially what has happened with one small but helpful
Read More6 Months to Live or Die: How Long Should an Alcoholic Liver Disease Patient Wait for a Transplant?
The night before Brian Gorzney planned to check into rehab for alcohol use, he began vomiting blood. First at 2
Read MoreTrabajadores de salud alertan sobre el aumento de la violencia en hospitales
El departamento de emergencias del Hospital San Leandro, en California, donde trabaja la enfermera Mawata Kamara, se cerró de urgencia
Read MoreCentros de órganos a pacientes de trasplantes: vacúnense contra covid o bajarán en la lista de espera
Un candidato a trasplante de riñón de Colorado que fue puesto en estado inactivo por no vacunarse contra covid-19 se
Read More‘Are You Going to Keep Me Safe?’ Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
The San Leandro Hospital emergency department, where nurse Mawata Kamara works, went into lockdown recently when a visitor, agitated about
Read MoreOrgan Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a Covid Shot or Move Down on Waitlist
A Colorado kidney transplant candidate who was bumped to inactive status for failing to get a covid-19 vaccine has become
Read More‘An Arm and a Leg’: How One State Protects Patients From Hospital Lawsuits
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. In Maryland, hospitals had been suing people — taking them to court
Read MoreMajor Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors
Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions of dollars in payments owed to hospitals
Read MoreMandatory Vaccines for Health Care Workers Might Upend Nurses’ Training
Kaitlyn Hevner expects to complete a 15-month accelerated nursing program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville in December.
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